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Jack Kinney Music

About Me

I like to tell people that I've been playing electric guitar & bass for over 40 years (give or take) and haven't gotten any better in the last 35 but, I have gone from The "Wonder Bread" age of radio, to Rockabilly, to instrumental "Surf" music, to Rhythm & Blues, to the British invasion, to a brief encounter with Country & Western, on to Heavy Rock (called acid rock back then) when I was rambling around Europe. I've backed up or opened for several major touring acts such as Ray Peterson, Ray Sharpe, The Isley Bros, Guy Mitchell, Small Faces, Amon Duul, Prophecy, Necktar and some others that would really test the resolve of any musician such as "Fat Danny's Wife", "Oat Willie" and a couple other strange projects in Europe. Landing firmly in the arms of the Blues, I haven't strayed too far, and have played with, and recorded with "The Randy Oxford Band" on the CD "All The Buzz", same with "Stickshift Annie & the Overdrive" on "Out of her Mind." The song I've got posted is from a trio I was involved with, "The Pat Henry Band." I'm finally retired from the everyday grind of balancing work with play, and hope to move along to Mississippi before too long and get about neck deep in the blues, I can hear 'em callin' me now.
"You got to Blues me, before you loose me!

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Member Since: 04/11/2007
Influences: I was "hooked" at a very young age, listening to the radio when my parents thought I was asleep - That's kind of a cliche, but it is the truth. Neither of my parents were musically inclined but, they were tolerant and supportive allowing me to take lessons on about every instrument known to man until I finally discovered that the electric guitar and bass had volume knobs. My Father was a huge Lawrence Welk fan so we made the trip from Santa Barbara to Santa Monica several times to see his show live. My Mother owned a small restaurant and I got to meet quite a few of the traveling bands and would sometimes try to entertain them by playing the wooden spoons to whatever was on the jukebox when they would stop in for a little Home Cookin'. For awhile, the family lived directly across the street from "King's Supper Club" and I used to sit on the porch and listen to the bands, and watch as, ocassionally, the party would spill out into the street. Influences, oh yeah, lots of them, from big bands to rockabilly to Rhythm & Blues to early Rock'n'Roll, music was something I just couldn't get out of my head.
Sounds Like: The Bass player
Record Label: Unsigned

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