John Phillip Sousa, Rogers and Hammerstein, all my small records, particularly Buffalo Gals and From Kalamazoo To Timbuktu And Back, Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen, Merdith Wilson, Jimmy Dean, all the jillions of band, orchestra, solo and ensemble pieces I played throughout the school years, The Dovells, Gilbert and Sullivan, The Beatles, Stones, Pete Seeger, New Lost City Ramblers, Weavers, Bob Dylan, The Holy Modal RoundersDave Van Ronk, Mississippi John Hurt, Kweskin Jug Band, Kentucky Colonels, Muddy Waters, Howlin Wolf, Little Walter, Mike Bloomfield, Paul Butterfield, The Lovin' Spoonful, Flatt and Scruggs, Bill Monroe, The Stanley Brothers, Mark Spoelstra, everyone I saw at Newport Folk Festivals '64 and '65: Dylan accoustic ('64), Dylan goes electric w. Bloomfield, Al Kooper, Jerome Arnold and Sam Lay ('65), Koerner, Ray, and Glover, Mississippi John Hurt, Son House, Skip James, Rev. Robert Wilkins, Robert Pete Willims, Sleepy John Estes w. Hammie Nixon and Yank Rachell, Mance Lipscomb, Lightnin' Hopkins, Joan Baez, Richard and Mimi Farina, Tom Rush, Eric von Schmidt, The Georgia Sea Island Singers, The Staple Singers, The Chambers Brothers, dozens more. The Prime Movers, Iggy and the Stooges, The Charlatans, Aaron Neville, Ernie K. Doe, Jessie Hill, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Earl Hooker, Albert King, Freddie King, B. B. King, Freddy Roulette, Magic Sam, Otis Rush, The Blues Project. Buck Owens, Merle Haggard, Red Simpson, Red Foley, The Willis Brothers, Jumpin' Bill Carlisle, The Osborne Brothers, Bob Wills and his Texas Platboys, Marty Robbins, Terry Fell and the Fellers, Moon Mullican, Little Willie John, The Delmore Brothers, Elvis Presley, Gene Vincent, Carl Perkins, Ronnie Self, The Rivingtons, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Ricky Nelson, Dallas Frazier, Wayne Raney, Nick Lowe, Austin De Lone, John Tichy, Billy C. Farlow
Grammy nominated guitarist, singer and songwriter Bill Kirchen is one of the fortunate few who can step on any stage, play those trademark licks which drove the seminal Commander Cody classic Hot Rod Lincoln into the Top Ten nationwide, and elicit instant recognition for a career thats spanned over 30 years and includes performances with names like Nick Lowe, Emmylou Harris, Doug Sahm, Elvis Costello and Danny Gatton. Named A Titan of the Telecaster by Guitar Player Magazine, he celebrates an American musical tradition where country music draws upon its origins in blues and bluegrass, and in the Western swing of Texas and California honky tonks. An apt description of Bills singing, songwriting and guitar playing skill is provided in this quote from Nick Lowe: He's like a devastating culmination of the elegant and funky... a really sensational musician, with enormous depth.
A winner of multiple Wammies over the years, In 2002 Bill Kirchen was one of three artists inducted into the Washington Area Music Association Hall of Fame along with Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters, Nirvana)and John Phillip Sousa. A Kirchen performance recalls a half century of guitar legends from C&W virtuosos like Merle Travis, Joe Maphis and Grady Martin to rock legends like Scotty Moore, James Burton, Duane Eddy, all the way to Jimi Hendrix and extends their brilliance into the present. This is well captured on his latest CDs: Raise A Ruckus,Hot Rod Lincoln - Live! and Tied to the Wheel on HighTone Records, featuring the 2001 Grammy nominated original composition "Poultry in Motion". His latest release for the Cracker Barrel label is Dieselbilly Road Trip.
Bill accompanied Ralph Stanley on a national broadcast of Mountain Stage radio. He performed at the 25th year reunion radio show of Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen on the widely syndicated Garrison Keillor's A Prairie Home Companion in January 2001. He fronted an allstar band benefitting Rep. Dave Obey with ex-Dead Mickey Hart on drums and Bruce Hornsby on piano. Some more recent international touring highlights have been the Blue Highways Festival in Utrecht Holland with the Twangbangers in 2002 and with Austin deLone in 2005, the Country Rendez-Vous Festival with Too Much Fun, in France, the Byron Bay Blues Festival in Australia with The Paladins and, back in the USA, The Philadelphia Folk Festival where Bill single-handedly brought down the house with his solo semi-acoustic set. The Nick Lowe CD Untouched Takeway, recorded live on Nicks Impossible Bird Tour in 1995, features Bill on guitar as well as singing lead vocal on Tombstone Every Mile.
In early June of 2005, back by popular demand, Bill revisited Jorma Kaukonens Fur Peace Ranch Guitar Camp for his third year as a guitar instructor and performer. He has also been appearing on the lecture circuit, at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC as part of the Electrified, Amplified and Diefied - The Electric Guitar exhibition in 1996 and at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. Kicking off the TNN special Yesterday and Today: Honky Tonk & Western Swing, Bill is interviewed and performs along with Hank Thompson, Doug Sahm, Don Walser and more. He was a keynote speaker in 1998 at the International Conference on Elvis Presley in Memphis.
Bill's new album will be released by Proper Records in the UK on 9/18/2006. Recorded in London, Bill is joined by Nick Lowe (Bass and vocals), Audie Delone (Keyboards and vocals), Geraint Watkins (Keyboards and vocals), and Robert Trehern (Drums).
Love your style of guitar playing. Out of all the concerts I've been to, one band I never got to see was CC& His LPA. "Deep In The Heart Of Texas," one of the greatest live albums ever.
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Stoppin by and saying HI. Always nice to hear from friends. Hope life's treating you well but most of all I hope you’re smiling! Come see who you know and say Hi to all!!!
Take care and KEEP ROCKIN. Shoot for the moon!
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Hey Bill Kirchen! Just want to stop by to say thanks for being friends! Keep me in mind if you need any mastering done. All of the info is on my page and feel free to email me anytime. Only $25 per song and $100 for an EP, mix-tape, or full CD! Thanks!! Jim Wavelength MD
Every time that we listen & write music... play an instrument... dance... act in a play... or work in some audio/image/video engineering process... something is healing inside...
When we share it with friends... something is healing all over...
Love can drive... in a simple way... everything
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Thanks for the add. "Hammer of the Honky Tonk Gods" has'nt left my cd player for months now. Love turning friends on to it. Hope I get to see you live soon! Think you might make it to SC sometime soon? mh
I first saw you back in the mid-nineties when friends at Sound and Light Design told me to come along to the ‘Half Moon’ at Putney to see the greatest tele-twang player in the world, just after your then latest album ‘Tombstone Every Mile.’ I wasn’t disappointed is an understatement, and have been an aficionado since.
It took me until a year or so ago to catch you in the UK again, with Austin, at ‘The Bull’s Head’ at Barnes. What a treat that was to see the true gentleman of the telecaster again. I treasure the signed copy of ‘Hammer of the Honky-Tonk Gods.’
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