The Wild Things

When people think of Vox equipment, many names come to mind, including Brian Jones, Johnny Thunders, and the Chesterfield Kings, over several decades. But in the 1960s, in the Midwest, around Missouri, Kansas, and Iowa, there was one band that did as much to popularize the sound and look of Vox equipment, including guitars, keyboards, and amps, as any chart-topping outfit of the era: the Wild Things. The group came out of Missouri, starting out as a neighborhood band based in Sedalia that included Ted Engle on guitar, Bob Bledsoe on keyboard, and Jack H. Lewis on drums. That ...