Now and Then

We wrote a new song last night. This song started as an fledgling idea in about August, took a little more shape during the fall, and found its real voice once my cat Meanie died. We buried Meanie on December 22nd, right after a winter rainfall. Bitten by the cold wind, feeling the cold mud [...]

Birds, Mics and an Outhouse

Real quick update to let ya know about us… We had a real nice weekend off this week, spent a good amount of time workin’ on our old house, diggin’ in the dirt, continuing on setting the studio up and watching birds of all kinds come and go from the newly-hung birdfeeder in the backyard. [...]

Rounding out the year–and what a year!

Hello friends and fans, We have a very exciting couple of weeks coming up, and the opportunity to play with some wonderful musicians–specifically, Possessed by Paul James and John Egan. We are thrilled and honored to have the chance to share the stage with such talent. We’ll be running all over the state through early [...]

Wildfire Benefit Concert for Texas

Westbound plays at 2:30pm. Information from the promoter… Please join us for a day of great Texas music to raise money for victims of the Tricounty and Bastrop wildfires. The show will run all day Sunday, October 2nd from 1pm-10pm. 93Q is sponsoring the event and will be broadcasting LIVE from the Firehouse! Participating artists [...]

Helping folks in Texas

Hey y’all, Wildfires in Texas, our home state, have taken homes and lives… And as always, our highest priority and concern is helping others, so what we’ve done is partner with the American Red Cross of Central Texas, and with ‘Houston: Homespun’. For one day only, on Wednesday September 14th, all proceeds from sale of [...]

Rested and Ready

Hello friends and fans! We have finished two things this week: Our vacation to beautiful Seattle, and our studio! (Well, finished enough anyway. A studio-warming party is hopefully around the corner.) We have also just about finished our bookings through the end of this year, at which time we will begin recording our second album–a [...]

Farther on Down the Road

Hello friends and fans! As ever, we’re adding to our summer schedule and loving it. We’re heading back out to the awesome Crazy Frogs Saloon this weekend, and then we’re off to Eureka Springs, AR, to see if June is as good to us as January was. Come out and hang with us if you’re [...]

Packing up for the Juke Joint Festival

Hello friends and fans – Well our Spring/Summer lineup has been officially “kicked off,” and we couldn’t be happier. The reception we’ve had in Austin, Houston and Bryan, TX over the last few weeks has been wonderful, and we want everyone to know how much we appreciate all the love and support. We really couldn’t [...]

Interview, with Robin Babb of Space City Rock

Robin Babb, of Space City Rock (SCR), interviewed us on March 2011. Thank you, Robin. “Westbound is the hard-rocking duo of Rebecca Ferguson and John Stoll, who released their debut album, Blackjack Road, last year. You can catch up with them on their website and on their Facebook page. SCR: You all released your debut [...]

Review of ‘Blackjack Road’, from Project Backstage

Westbound Blackjack Road Review Posted on 21 March 2011. “Westbound is a two person band from Texas, that has found a niche in a mix of americana, southern rock, root rock and a hint of blues. I was a little skeptical when I first saw that there were only just two members in the band, [...]

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