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Kevin Gordon

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General Info

  • Genre: Americana / Blues / Indie

    Location Monroe LA / Nashville TN, Tennessee, Un

    Profile Views: 122432

    Last Login: 6/5/2012

    Member Since 1/12/2006

    Website www.kevingordon.net

    Record Label crowville

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    ..born: Shreveport Louisiana, grew up along the I-20 corridor(Shreveport, Ruston, Monroe). Lived in Iowa City, IA 1987-92. Iowa Writers' Workshop mfa grad, '89. Currently resides in Nashville. .. .. "Kevin Gordon's 'O Come Look At The Burning' may be the least classifiable of the [Nashville Underground] lot but perhaps the best, with a strange assortment of swamp rock, blues and literate lyrics."--Playboy, September 2006.. "An absolutely magnificent piece of work--stunning, really--from an under-recognized Nashville treasure"--Peter Cooper, The Tennessean, re: my current release, o come look at the burning; 12/25/05.. Buddy Miller talks about o Come Look at the Burning:.. "I love the record. I get transported to a beautiful, strange, familiar place. It's where the best music comes from. Deep and soulful. I can't take it off. It reminds me of why I love music....".. .... .... Click Here to Buy CDs Now! .... .. ..Kevin Gordon's songs have been recorded by Keith Richards, Levon Helm, Irma Thomas, Webb Wilder, Ronnie Hawkins, Sonny Burgess, Blackie and the Rodeo Kings, Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, Kate Campbell and Pat Gallagher. ..special guests on my records include Lucinda Williams (down to the well), Charles "Wigg" Walker (flowers), Kate Campbell(dissatisfied), and Bo Ramsey. .... .... I edited my profile with ..Thomas Myspace Editor V3.6..! ............ .. .. .. .. .. ........................................

  • Members

    a rotating cast

  • Influences

    leadbelly, jimmy reed, lou reed, X, ramones, the germs, son house, joe light, mary t. smith, jim sudduth, woody guthrie, the grifter, luke the drifter, muddy waters, slim harpo, dylan, neil young, keith richards, chuck berry, sister rosetta tharpe, robert johnson, robert petway, bo diddley, bo ramsey, joe price, kenny bill stinson, buddy flett, john berryman, james wright, tony joe white, fellini, scorcese, coppola, jarmusch, les blank, mance lipscomb, lightnin' hopkins, g.m. hopkins

  • Sounds Like

    music

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