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sam kenny

About Me

i bought a guitar in 1998 because i wanted to learn bob dylan songs and be bob dylan when i grew up. i am currently not bob dylan. i work as a barista for a certain big-brother-ish coffee shop while trying to write pretty songs. i also have too many t-shirts. contact me if you have further questions regarding "my story".
if you'd like to buy a song off my swell new cd, See the Storm Through, or want to buy the whole dag-blam cd, just click on the above link. here's what john sinkevic's said about it in the grand rapids press: "At first blush, this West Michigan singer-songwriter exhibits hints of Simon and Garfunkel from that duo's heyday. But his spare, original acoustic music also resonates with a unique poetic pulse."

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 15/10/2007
Band Website: this is my website-- congratulations, you're here!
Band Members: me and my boobies.
Influences: bob dylan, paul simon, nick drake, john lennon and that band he was in, alexi murdoch, ben folds, ccr, fleetwood mac, leonard cohen, elvis costello, the everly brothers, lovin' spoonful, karisa wilson, buddy holly, the decemberists, the velvet underground, emmy lou harris, morphine, the pogues, and the soundtrack to 'bugsy malone'.
Sounds Like: i'm told my voice sounds like my cousin sean's on the phone and i can also do a fair impression of my brother, mayor quimby and moe from the simpsons, cher, that 'sixpence none the richer' girl, the gingerbread man from shrek, and meatwad from 'aquateen hunger force'. i'm not sure what my music sounds like-- you tell me, and i'll write it in here.
Record Label: labels are for suckers (until i get signed)

My Blog

portrait of a man-- 4th draft

your filthy fingers leave swirls on the bottle's neck as though it was attacked by twisting hurricanes or tiny galaxies you fall asleep on the deck to the sound of bass drums and taxis   then ...
Posted by on Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:28:00 GMT

Recoil Magazine Review-- January 2008

SAM KENNY SEE THE STORM THROUGH GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. January 2008 Sam Kenny, a folk musician hailing from Grand Rapids’ Eastown, has released a collection of compositions as strong as any on ...
Posted by on Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:52:00 GMT

WYCE/ Revue Magazine review of "See the Storm Through"

Sam Kenny See The Storm Through January 19, 2008 Somewhere in Southwest Michigan last Tuesday I put Sam Kenny in, turned on my headphone's noise cancellers, and blanked with my head leaning against th...
Posted by on Mon, 04 Feb 2008 10:31:00 GMT

'our lazy susan' 2nd draft

I lay upon our lazy susan the moon does pull the sea so she starts spinning me and the stars draw circles in circles so sickening I end at the center of all things   for I'm sinking I know I'm ...
Posted by on Wed, 02 Jan 2008 00:14:00 GMT

ghost in the warehouse 12th draft

she painted buddhas on her tables and buddhas on her walls she only read one chapter then put her religion with the book in the hall so heaven help the man who takes her elbow and chooses to sta...
Posted by on Thu, 06 Dec 2007 00:45:00 GMT

THE ELEGY AT VERDUN 3rd draft

THE ELEGY AT VERDUN   WE REMEMBER WE DIED WE REMEMBER THE SOUND WE REMEMBER WE CRIED              WITH THE BRIGHT POPPED ROUND   WE R...
Posted by on Mon, 03 Dec 2007 23:17:00 GMT

6th draft 2am recedes

can all of you hear from the reeds a weak cry an infant's cry that comes and goes and lifts and drifts from this foggy fringe then recedes and my 2am is yours my 2am is yours   turn fast and fac...
Posted by on Mon, 29 Oct 2007 23:25:00 GMT

Thank Yous for "See the Storm Through"

I thank the following people for support and creative input: Sean Kenny, Becky Kenny, Billy Kenny, EJ Feddes, Kelli Krueger, Matt Kanelos, and Mike Kirkpatrick.  Also, Sarah Kenny for the cover a...
Posted by on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 10:41:00 GMT