Did You Happen To Love That Scruffy Dude Who Performed A Hendrix Cover During The Idol Auditions?

Well, did you? He was rather good, I suppose, in a “I’m a real musician” sort of way (how he’ll cope with the theme weeks remains to be seen, of course). If you didn’t make note at the time, the fellow in question is Wes Carr, and as soon as I heard James Mathieson reveal the identity of Dicko’s mancrush, I thought to myself “I know that name… I know that name!

And it turns out I did. Anyone remember Ben Gillies from Silverchair’s 2005 side project Tambalane?Wes was the singer in that very band! You can check out their MySpace page here - 282 friends? Guys, you should have tried harder! I remember thinking their tune Little Miss Liar was quite sweet at the time. Since the Gillies collaboration, Carr has been playing residencies in SA bars, travelled to the States to work with Joe Cocker’s musical director, and jammed away with members of the Doobie Brothers.

He’ll make the Top Ten, no question.

(If he doesn’t, let’s all forget the above sentence was ever typed).

If you’re interested in Wesley’s solo work, his personal MySpazz page is here and there are a couple of free downloads. Revel in his soulful balladry! The songs up there would be a pretty good indication of the stuff he’d release if he ended up winning Idol, I’d wager.