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KENNY HOWES
Powerpop / Rock / Acoustic



Orange County, California
United States

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Last Login:  6/29/2008
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   KENNY HOWES: General Info
Member Since6/23/2005
Band Websitecdbaby.com/found?allsearch=kenny+howes
Band MembersMeet the KENNY HOWES ROCK QUARTET!

- ERIC HARTMAN on Rickenbacker bass
- KENNY on Rickenbacker guitars and lead sing-a-long
- JEFF MARINO on drums
- CHUCK VAUGHAN on Rickenbacker 12-string


The following Kenny-related projects kept Kenny off the streets and in the recording studio for a while. Some good stuff here, check 'em out:

- HAUTEWERK
- The ULTRASUEDE
- The POPDUDES

Please also dig:

- ORANGE HAT, with whom KH played Vox organ for many many many years
- LINDSAY SMITH, whose last CD Kenny produced and played lots o' guitar on
InfluencesBritish Invasion, Garage, Power Pop, ’80s pop. The Who, Cheap Trick, The Beatles, etc. You know what I mean.


Some reviews:

"Kenny Howes’ Lady Friend contains some of the finest tunes the guitar ace has ever committed to tape." - John Borack, Amplifier magazine

"The new Kenny Howes album Lady Friend totally rocks." - kErrY kOMpOsT, kompost.blogspot.com

"Lady Friend is no-frills pop-rock with traces of glam, indie and garage thrown into the mix...impossible to ignore." - Kevin Mathews, Going Underground

"Kenny Howes...is an indie power pop classic who straps on his 12-string Rickenbacker and rips up the power pop genre." - Not Lame Recordings

"Some people get their hands on a Rickenbacker and they start making these really wussy, twangy sounds. Howes puts it through a cranked up class-A amp, hot to a 2" 16 track board...the man first caught my attention at The Troubadour in L.A. a few years ago when he tore the place up on a scorching version of The Who’s "The Seeker" with Pat DiNizio from The Smithereens and an absolutely bashing Clem Burke from Blondie. That’s where he’s coming from...this is SO my cup of tea." - Corin Ashley, The Big Takeover (Issue 52), July 2003

"Kenny is a star with real panache and an exhilarating live presence." - Robin Wills, UK magazine Bucketful of Brains (Issue 63), Jan 2003

"Howes digs his old Who and Big Star records and channels that enthusiasm into rousing, unpretentious rock ’n’ roll with a pronounced ’60s and ’70s bounce." - Steve Dollar, Atlanta Journal-Constitution

"Although I’d never heard of Kenny Howes until I got [his] compilation of remixed and remastered songs from his first 3 CD’s (all originally on AAJ Records and now out of print); one trip through The Right Idea and I was heading to eBay to try to find the originals...hopefully someone out there will have sense enough to reissue the originals, because this stuff needs to be heard." - Geoff Melton, In Music We Trust, June 2001

"Weaned on the masters of power pop, Howes’ sound evokes classic artists like The Beatles and The Who while retaining his own identity." - Bill Holmes, Cosmik.com

"Kenny Howes is my hero. Why? Because he consistently creates music that is evocative of the pop spirit born in the likes of The Beatles and early Who and Kinks while often charging things up with the raucousness of Cheap Trick - and often with reverence for all points in-between...with a past like this, the future can only be bright." - Claudio Sossi, Shake It Up! , June 2000

"The songs are smart and just the slightest bit familiar, even if you have never heard them before." - babysue magazine, June 2000 issue

"It’s no wonder this guy has become a favorite among pop music reviewers across the country. I can’t figure out why a record company has not signed this fellow, as his material is eons better than most of the pop slop that comes into this office..." - babysue magazine, September 1998 issue

"Rickenbacker-wielding pop star Kenny Howes is a talent deserving your ear time. " - Bill Holmes, Consumable

"...an innocent and delightful tribute to an age when pop meant popular, and choruses were meant for singing along to." - Hal Horowitz, Atlanta Press

"When Howes hits his mark, i.e. a bullseye on the perfect pop target, there’s no reason he shouldn’t be selling as many records as Evan Dando or Matthew Sweet." - FOCUS magazine, June 1995

"These songs are honest and memorable." - MOON magazine, May 1995

"Howes offers personal glimpses with a simple delivery and refined songwriting talent...infectious progressions that are both meaningful and frivolous, in a variety of sonic settings." - JAM magazine, April 1995

"Howes is good at what he does, and it’s obviously a labor of love." - JAM, March 1996
Sounds LikeKenny Howes
Record Labelcurrently unsigned
Type of LabelNone








   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Jul 3 2008 8:00P
IKTOMS @ Liberties Bar [Camden, London, UK] Camden, London and South East
Jul 13 2008 1:00P
Plaza Arts Stage, OC Fair [KHR4] Costa Mesa, California

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9/1/07 - Acoustic show/Minus 5/Band show all in ONE NIGHT!  (view more)

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   About KENNY HOWES
Kenny Howes writes songs, makes and produces records, and jumps and kicks on stage. He’s from the South, but now he’s in the West. He fully embraces his influences yet constantly redefines his own musical guidelines. He continues to carry the torch for traditional power-pop and rock-n-roll while eschewing the trappings of the form. Reverent, yes. Copycat? No!!!

He just wants to rock.

Like what you’ve heard here? You can buy Kenny Howes CDs at CD Baby, you know.

   KENNY HOWES's Friend Space (Top 40)
KENNY HOWES has 1188 friends.
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KENNY HOWES's Friends Comments
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Dana





Jun 28 2008 3:54 PM

Wow - great pic! (FSU1991) takes me back.
Jennie





Jun 25 2008 9:00 PM

Look what I found!

Kenny

Earth Day 1991 at FSU!
annaZZZ





Jun 22 2008 3:00 PM

Making big noise and such at the OC Fair - YEAH!
Creative Coquette





Jun 20 2008 11:41 AM

Ooooo...London

:)
What The...?





Jun 13 2008 1:44 PM

Dig the new/old pics!
Jason





Jun 11 2008 7:59 PM

You thought my name was Jay.

That's not my name.
Melissa





Jun 11 2008 8:41 AM

Hi Kenny....

It's been awhile, so just thought I'd stop by to say hi! Hope you're having a great week!

Rock on,

Melibee
Jason





Jun 11 2008 7:10 AM

Look out, baby. There's a plane a-commin'.
Eric





Jun 8 2008 12:09 PM

ROCK N ROLL!!!

Photobucket
M Goldman





Jun 8 2008 7:13 AM

I miss those guys.
The Invisible Girl





Jun 6 2008 10:58 AM

I found that Roland Jazz Chorus on ebay.
You can pretty much find anything on there :)
Rebecca





May 30 2008 2:55 PM

Love that photo of you and Pete Yorn! I've seen him twice, and I've seen you like a hundred times...or however many times you played at Bullwinkle's while I was behind the bar. Hope Cali is treating you well. I'm drinking a German beer and doing just fine...
Debonee





May 30 2008 10:55 AM

Or was that Noddy Holder?!
Photobucket
Debonee





May 30 2008 8:53 AM

Hey, Pete Yorn said he saw you on stage with REM last night...
Dana





May 28 2008 4:44 PM

Norma Desmond
Diane





May 27 2008 10:39 PM

The Colors! The Colors!
Psychedelic
Raymond Huffman





May 23 2008 2:39 PM

YOU AIN'T A HUMAN BEING!!
M Goldman





May 23 2008 12:01 PM

"wet spot bigger than great lake"
The Quarter After





May 18 2008 3:15 AM

Thanks for your help man! Great to meet you.
STOOTSIE





May 15 2008 8:58 AM

Hello maestro! ...the famous "Strawberry festival" - I'd love to be there... see you soon, stoots
Diane





May 14 2008 2:00 PM

going to the U.K.
?? Well aren't you stylin'??!! :)
Larry Harrison





May 13 2008 10:09 AM

Great stuff Kenny. Come visit.
thanks, Harrison
Brilleaux





May 10 2008 2:41 PM

Hi Kenny!
All the best with your future projects and thanks for being a friend
Cheers from NZ!
errol





May 10 2008 10:56 AM

I know - I suck. I was there for an afternoon and then a night - non consecutively.

Ironically one of the few things I did do was go record shopping - and bumped into Ben there!

xo

errol
Charley Dush





May 9 2008 4:34 PM

Hi Kenny,

Thanks for the friend request.

Cheers!

Charley
Pez