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I've Been working on some NEW studio tracks with drummer Erin Conley, who also played on my "Can You Hear It Ring?" instrumental CD. Also starting work on a tab/transription book of my entire CD.
Glen Kuykendall is now officially endorsed by FENDER MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS CORP. & GRETSCH. Loving my new Fender '57 Heavy Relic Strat and Gretsch '62 Silver Jet.
CD review by GUITAR NINE RECORDS (they also carry the CD for sale if you prefer to avoid ebay/paypal) CD REVIEW CLICK HERE
As a guitarist & bassist, I’ve been playing for over 35 years. Based out of Nashville, TN I’m originally from northern Virginia. I moved to Nashville in the late 90s, with the goal of wanting to do music full time. These days all is well in that department. Quite regularly you can find me performing on the road or on the GRAND OLE OPRY with country music legend EDDY RAVEN. Eddy Raven's career boasts an impressive 8 Number 1 hits, 14 top 10s, 23 top 100s, and 24 albums. It's a great "Lead Guitar players" gig with many challenging guitar parts and truly great songs.
During the festival season I occasionally cover fretless bass duties with my lovely wife in her Bluegrass group, Karen Pendley & Heartstrings. I also own a music publishing company with my dad, WYNWOOD MUSIC,.INC. and our latest achievement was 2 cuts in the movie “O Brother Where Art Thou?”.
I teach guitar & bass in the Nashville area, and have been teaching guitar now for over 25 years. I estimate by now I've taught over 2000 students, and taught over 20,000 lessons!
I also do plenty of recording session work either as engineer, producer, or performer.
My first solo CD release “Can You Hear It Ring?” was released in 2007. An all instrumental rock/blues/country recording featuring the awesome drumming of Erin Conley, and myself on guitar and bass. The roots of this recording goes way back to when I was featured on a GUITAR PLAYER magazine Soundpage for the instrumental “Sundown”. The magazine wrote “a profoundly musical rocker with a too-good-to-be true-tone.”
Several years later the other recordings on the CD took shape, and finally I can say it has all come together in a package I’m fully proud of. I guess the thing I've been known for the most over the years is my knack for getting impressive guitar "tones". My obsession with "tone" all started very early for me, and heck I was only 18 when I bought my original '59 Gibson Les Paul. Later when I got my first Trainwreck amp NO ONE had hardly heard of one (and even made fun of it's funny homemade looks) but I liked what I "heard" with it from the get go. Still, tone is in the hands for the most part but a great guitar and amp truly make it worthwhile and so much more effortless. That all said the CD is currently available through Guitar 9 Records, and I also always keep it listed EBAY for purchase direct, please see the link below.
I should also mention the CD is dedicated to my friend, the late Ken Fischer of Trainwreck guitar amplifier fame. Over the years Ken helped me immensely with my guitar tone, and knowledge of the inner workings of guitar amps. I owe him a lot for my tone, and for selling me my first Trainwreck Express amp in 1989 for a token $850. Ken’s amps these days have practically reached Holy Grail status, though less than a handful of commercial recordings exist that feature his famous and rare amps. My CD is most likely the only instrumental CD ever released featuring these rare and valuable amplifiers. That said my CD features my Trainwreck amp on all the tunes except for one acoustic track, all recorded the way Ken probably would have liked with NO guitar pedals inline period.
These days my other interests include spending time with my lovely wife, riding and racing vintage motocross bikes, flying RC airplanes, and I’m currently working on getting my private pilots license.
I look forward to joining in on all the fun with the “My space” phenomenon and making many new friends here. Thanks!, GK
100s of comments from buyers of Glen Kuykendall’s “Can You Hear It Ring?” instrumental guitar CD. Thanks folks!!!!
“Incredible musicianship-awesome TONE! Thanks!!
“Awesome cd, buy it don't ask any questions”
“great cd - tone for days”
“The CD was awesome!”
“Excellent communication, great CD.”
“Dynamic Tone on CD”
“Glen is a modern master of the guitar! Buy his CD.”
“Killer guitar CD with awesome tone.”
“My friend loves the cd. Thanks so much!”
“Good communication and fast shipment of really fine music. Get it!”
“great cd.”
“Great Album.“
“Incredible player.... Fabulous tone :) Thanks Glen !”
“Fantastic work as always! More YouTube Videos Please!”
“GREAT CD!!!!”
“If you love guitar, you'll love this CD! Great music, great price, keep pickin!”
“excellent contact and incredible player ! Thanks Glen”
“Great CD, Pleasure to deal with, excellent communication - you have new fan!”
“Great CD - Thanxalot!!!”
“Fantastic tone and fast shipment - perfect!”
“Great CD awesome tones - thanks Glen!”
“Glen rocks!! AAA+++!”
“Enjoying the record, hope it does well for you.”
“Thank you ! It..s a great sound, and fantastic playing!”
“Thanks Glen. FABULOUS CD!!! WOW!!!”
“This is good playing and writing, not just a blessing to the Wreck-curious. Thx!”
“Great CD! “
“Rippin' bro!!! Great CD!!!!!!!!!!!!”
“DAMN this boy can write songs and P-L-A-Y his guitar!”
“Great tunes from a great guitarist”
“Great CD!!”
“Great Music...Thanks Glen !”
“Awesome CD, Thanks”
“Thanks Glen. Killer playing and tones. A +++++”
“Excellent job Glen. This will get some play time. Thanks”
“brilliant cd”
“GREAT CD!!!! “
“Great CD “
“Very fast shipping and most excelent music”
“great CD & awesome guitar sound! You've made my day! Cheers,Larry”
“Awesome CD! Thanks!”
“Nice CD, Thanks for the Tones!”
“Excellent CD, Thanks Glen!!!”
“excellent CD. And the Trainwreck sounds of Phat City!”
“Great tunes-Awesome Tone!!! A+++++++++++”
“Quick postage and a great record! Cheers Glen!”
“Ace of a guitar player. A+++”
“Glen, superb record, wonderfull guitar sounds!!! A must have! Thanks again!!!”
“I really hope Glen makes more tracks and CDs available to us; Thanks again Glen!”
”Thanks Glen!!!!! Recommended!!!!”
“excellent CD”
“Incredible disc too. Thumbs WAY up!”
“Thanks Glen great playing..Fantastic Tone!! A+++”
“Man if you play guitar any style you gotta here this guy play.,,ty so much :O)”
“EXCELLENT CD! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!”
“Great CD, a must have!”
“Great CD and great TONE!!! A+++++”
“Thanks Glen! Love The CD.....AAA+++”
“Wicked album, great tones, great tunes and great playing - Respect.”
“great musicianship & tone!”
“Great album, especially for the guitarist. Super demonstration of the Trainwreck”
“Great CD! Great playing, and awesome tone. Thanks!”
“Great CD and WHAT TONE! Thanks, Glen!!!”
“Great CD...serious TONE!”
“excellent CD! thanks Glen!”
“Great CD Glen. Thanks!”
“Wonderful music, thank you Glen!”
“Great Guy, great service, great CD.”
“Great CD!!!! Fast shipping - Thanks!”
“great communication. quick shipment. nice music”
“Great product. Very inspiring. Thanks very much. 5*****”
“Amazing player with outstanding tone. I've really enjoyed the CD. A must have CD”
“Great cd thanks Glen!”
“Great CD awesome guitar player and tone”
“awesome cd, great tones and songs! awesome playing glenn!”
“GREAT SOUND!!! Thanks Glen. A++++++++++++++++++++++++++”
“PERFECT!!!”
“Great CD! Thanks!”
“a great CD... thanks Glen!!”
“Great Cd Love your playing and tone”
“Great CD, Great Sounds, A+++”
“Great tones and good playing!”
“Love the CD! Cool tunes and great tone--very interesting!! Super nice guy, too!”
“Great tunes and great tone”
“Excellent CD”
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“Great playing, excellent tones, love the cd.”
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“Great CD!”
“Great Music Cd Media!!”
“Absolutely great music !”
“beautiful music.......Thanks!!!.....”
“great tunes, great tones!”
“Great CD, good Music, great Tones. Thanks a lot, Glen.”
“Fantastic CD!!+”
“Great CD!! Tasty tunes and tone to die for. Good job”
“GREAT CD, Great playing, Nice TONE, and a Great Player,and Smoke'n Amp,BUY IT”
“Awesome CD...thanks”
“Great CD Thanks !”
“Great CD”
“A very nice CD “
“Great CD”
“Terrific CD pity there isn’t more music made like this. Sounds great too!”
“Great CD Glen. Great tones and tunes. Thanks.”
“Great CD. By some for your friends. They'll thank you! A+++++++”
“Great sounds and even better playing. Awesome CD! “
“Thanks Glen, The Cd is awesome! Killer tunes tones and playing! AAAA+++++”
“GREAT CD!Awesome CD, killer playing man! Thanks!”
“fantastic player, fantastic album, ALL highly recommended!”
“Awesome CD”
“Great CD...”
“Glen's Trainwreck CD is excellent.”
“Great CD”
“An amazing CD!”
“Buy this CD! Great tone and technique, dude!”
“wonderful CD, reccomended AAAA+++”
“great music. Thanks!”
“Great ebayer but an even better guitar player, impeccable tone, A+++”
“Awesome!!!”
“Awesome CD. Great ebayer. Good luck with the record.”
“great cd”
“Great CD! “
“Thanks Glen! Very cool CD!”
“Nice disk, trainwreck heaven! Thanks!”
“a killer CD. pick one up. trainwreck tone, killer playing!!”
“great tone!! Thanks!!! AAA+++”
“great CD”
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hey glen! i love your music. one of these days are you going to make a follow-up to "can you hear it ring?" seriously, i need more of that awesome stuff!
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I should also mention the CD is dedicated to my friend, the late Ken Fischer of Trainwreck guitar amplifier fame. Over the years Ken helped me immensely with my guitar tone, and knowledge of the inner workings of guitar amps. I owe him a lot for my tone, and for selling me my first Trainwreck Express amp in 1989 for a token $850. Ken’s amps these days have practically reached Holy Grail status, though less than a handful of commercial recordings exist that feature his famous and rare amps. My CD is most likely the only instrumental CD ever released featuring these rare and valuable amplifiers. That said my CD features my Trainwreck amp on all the tunes except for one acoustic track, all recorded the way Ken probably would have liked with NO guitar pedals inline period.
Music is the best-FZ
