DANNY OTT - guitar (Dave Alvin,
Chris Gaffney & The Cold Hard
Facts, Gregg Allman, Greg Leisz,
Garth Hudson, Rick Shea),
JOHN SENNE - drums (Chris Gaffney
& The Cold Hard Facts),
MIKE BARRY - bass (Honey Boy Edwards,
Chris Gaffney & The Cold Hard Facts,
Dave Alvin, Bernie Pearl, Freddy Fender, Jose Feliciano),
JOHN BAZZ - bass (The Blasters,
Top Jimmy),
JOHN SLEEGER - bass (Farmer Tan)
Influences
WHAT OTHERS SAY ABOUT KERN RICHARDS:
"CRITIC'S CHOICE: WINE, WOMEN AND SONG — Kern Richards sings about the important things in life...Richards is a storyteller." – R.V. Scheide, North Bay Bohemian
"HIS MUSIC DOES THE TALKING — Kern Richards finds his way in a Country-influenced style...a gravelly baritone that at times is uncannily close to that of Tom Waits." – Theo Douglas, Long Beach Press-Telegram
"Phenomenal...not to be missed!" – Chris Herrod, starkravingbeautiful.com
"...then Kern started singing and I literally stopped in my tracks...[his] work is natural, it's not put on." – Mike Martt, Songwriter/Producer
"THE THIN LINE BETWEEN TRAGEDY AND COMEDY. Kern Richards is so damn intense..." – jhvu.com.
From the Southern California area, Kern Richards began his solo career at the historic PALOMINO CLUB in North Hollywood, moving quickly to other venues in Southern California and beyond. He performs his own style of Folk/Blues/Americana as a solo act, and with a strong backing band which features DANNY OTT on Guitars (Garth Hudson, Gregg Allman, Dave Alvin, Chris Gaffney).
Kern has shared the stage with a diverse range of internationally-acclaimed, name performers including American Folk Legend RAMBLIN' JACK ELLIOTT, legendary Honky-tonk songwriter CHRIS GAFFNEY, The Blasters and X guitarist & songwriter DAVE ALVIN, western soul artists THE HACIENDA BROTHERS, new-country artists I SEE HAWKS IN L.A., Honky-tonk songwriter MIKE STINSON, L.A. Bluesman TOP JIMMY, Minutemen & Iggy Pop bassist MIKE WATT, author/artist BRUCE CAEN, percussionist STEPHEN HODGES (Tom Waits, Smashing Pumpkins), Black Flag and Circle Jerks singer KEITH MORRIS, Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist FLEA, author/artist BRUCE CAEN, former Plimsouls singer PETER CASE, Jane's Addiction drummer STEPHEN PERKINS, cowpunk pioneers TEX AND THE HORSEHEADS, country songwriter JOE NEW, Canadian songwriter JIM RIDER and many, many others.
Kern has been included on several west-coast tour junkets courtesy of NoCal live-promotions genius KC Mosso. He has appeared live, in-studio on college radio stations in California, Illinois, and Minnesota,and on Long Beach Cable TV's "Long Beachin' With Mo", which was distributed and released in Southern California, Great Britain, Australia and New Zealand in 2005 and 2006.
**************************************************************************************************************************** NEWS: New, full-length studio album is now in production. Tentative release is Fall 2009. More news as it makes itself available. ******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
hey bud, thanks for letting me use that KILLER amp last night. y'all sounded great, for sure. be sure to take a look at my site again - it's seems to be working properly now. i think thte problem was myspace, and not the actual site...
it was cool to meet you, and cool to talk to Danny Ott...i've been hearinng him perform for more than 15 years...
KERN RICHARDS TONIGHT playing Claremont's Friday Nights Live concert series. 6-9 PM. FREE! At the Village Plaza outside the Laemmle Theater, one block West of Indian Hill Boulevard, between 1st & 2nd Streets.
KERN RICHARDS tomorrow, August 8th, at The Press in Claremont! 10 pm, 21+, NO cover. For map and directions go to www. thepressrestaurant. com. See you there!
