Biography

At the height of their short career, the popularity of Nashville's Walk the West rivaled that of EMI labelmates Jason & the Scorchers on the Southeast circuit. Walk the West was formed in 1984 by guitarist/vocalist Paul Kirby, the son of songwriter Dave Kirby (writer of "Is Anybody Goin' to San Antone?", childhood friends John and Will Golemon, and drummer Richard Ice. The band's rise in popularity echoed that of other similar mid-'80s Nashville artists like Will Rambeaux & the ... Read more