Kyle Hunt has been singing as long as he can remember back. Growing up in the small town of Rice, Texas, he can remember entertaining his friends with the latest songs he had learned. A music teacher ( Mrs. Dickenson) in the 4th grade picked Kyle out of the class, and took him to audition at the fine arts theater in Corsicana, Texas for the musical The Music Man. Kyle landed the roll as the character Winthrop. When asked to audition for another roll after the success of The Music Man, Kyle at the age of just ten wanted to play baseball. Through the years of his childhood and his teenage years, Kyle continued to sing for his friends and family. After high school he would sing to all the guys on the construction site where he worked. One day a co-worker of his ( Donny Duke ) let him listen to a tape he had of Robert Earl Keen. Up until that time Kyle thought that the only ones that made a living playing music were the ones that were on the radio. And at that time there werent any Texas radio stations to hear this kind of music. That tape changed the course for Kyle's life, and thats when he started working his way into the Texas music scene.
Kyle started playing anywhere that would let him. He would play mostly covers with just him and his guitar. Later he started playing some of the songs that him and his dad Steve Hunt had written. When people started asking about the songs that were originals, he told his dad that we need to make an album. After Kyle and his dad had enough songs, Kyle and the band recorded there first album titled MY WAY.
The Kyle Hunt Band has been the entertainment for many of the honkytonks and festivals for the past 6 years in Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and even Alaska. The KHB has played in front of many other artists such as Jason Boland & The Stragglers, Bleu Edmodson Band, Wade Bowen, CooderGraw, Deryl Dodd, Kevin Fowler, The Great Divide, Roger Creager, Cory Morrow, Randy Rogers Band, Pat Green, Marshall Tucker Band, Tracy Lawrence, Trent Willmon, No Justice, Reckless Kelly, Chris Knight, Mickey & the Motercars, Mike Mancy, Kyle Bennet Band, Eli Young Band, and Brandon Ryder. The KHB has also played many festivals including 2006 KSCS Country Fair at Texas Stadium, 2004,2005,2006,and 2007 Dallas Mardi Gras, State Fair Of Texas Chevrolet Stage, and 2006 Willie Nelson's Fourth Of July Picnic.
The Kyle Hunt Band's release of My Way has been a success for the band. Crowds grow week in and week out. Radio stations across the state have been nothing less than great to the band. With the release of a new album RIDE, the Kyle Hunt Band will surely be entertaining many more honkytonks and festivals for the years to come.
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