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Wild Horses (US rock band) Wild Horses (US rock band) Wild Horses was a band that originally featured former Buster Brown and Montrose members Johnny Edwards and James Kottak. The band also featured James Kottak's former Kingdom Come bandmate Rick Steier. The band went through at least two bassists: Chris Lester and Jeff Pilson. Johnny Edwards left to sing for Foreigner and was replaced by former Shout lead vocalist John Levesque before the band recorded their first album "Bareback". John Levesque sang on both of the band's official albums ("Bareback" and "Dead Ahead"). Johnny Edwards and James Kottak previously played together on Buster Brown's second