Head West

Head West is a self-titled album released in 1970 by the American band Head West, who were based in Paris, France. The band are best known today for their vocalist/guitarist Bob Welch, who went on to join Fleetwood Mac in 1971. Since 1973, by which time Welch had become more well-known, the album was repackaged as more of a solo album, credited to Bob Welch with Head West. Singles were also released but with little success.^[1]

Released1970

GenreFunk, soul, rock

Length38:01

LabelVogue (France)

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Head West
Studio album by Bob Welch / Head West
Released	1970
Genre	Funk, soul, rock
Length	38:01
Label	Vogue (France)
Bob Welch / Head West chronology
Head West (1970) French Kiss (1977)

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After Head West had split up, organist Bobby Hunt toured with Fleetwood Mac and as a back up keyboard player for Christine McVie in 1974.^[2][3] After Welch had left Fleetwood Mac, he and Hunt recorded demos for Warner Bros. which were then developed into the Paris power trio project.^[2]

The iconic drumbeat of the seventh track, "Attention", has been sampled by several other recording artistes–– most notably Gorillaz on the track "New Genious (Brother)" from their self-titled 2001 debut album,^[4] and on the opening track "Igor's Theme" on rapper Tyler, the Creator's 2019 album, Igor.^[5] It was also sampled as well on professional wrestler and actor John Cena's theme song, The Time Is Now, which was in use since 2005.