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Ken K

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About Me

Ken K is a songwriter, guitarist, and performer residing in the Rocky Mountain region of Colorado, USA. Energetic and entertaining, his music has been described as contemporary rocking roots encompassing acoustic, electric, instrumental, folk, Americana, blues and rock with reckless energy and emotion.
Not content to just strum along, Ken K adds a secret sauce to his playing with aggressive technique, speed, and rhythmic excitement. Armed with a looper and his acoustic and electric guitars, he cultivates a big sound as a solo band in a live performance setting.
For his original songs, Ken draws influence from many of the greats - Beatles, Stones, Neil Young, Tom Petty, Bob Dylan, as well as less familiar artists such as Bob Schneider, Gomez and Kevin Gilbert. His songs are honest and sometimes humorous tales of life, ripe with memorable melodies and anthemic, sing-along choruses. Stylistically diverse, his music moves easily from engaging instrumentals to captivating ballads and on into flat-out rocknroll. He showcases frequently in the Rocky Mountain songwriter community.
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Member Since: 3/2/2006
Band Website: kenk.com
Band Members: I am a solo artist and play all the instruments on my studio recordings.

For live shows, I use a Boss RC-2 loopstation as a looper, a Breedlove acoustic guitar and a Line6 Variax 700 electric guitar through a Pod XT Live. All loops are real-time and no prerecorded tracks are ever used. It's been described as "very big sound" for a solo band. Come see for yourself.
Influences: In no particular order...
Jimi Hendrix, Neil Young, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Steve Morse, Tim Reynolds, David Bowie, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton, Mick Ronson, Mick Ralphs, Mick Rogers, Al Dimeola, Tommy Emmanuel, Ben Harper, Dave Beegle, Richard Thompson, Acoustic Alchemy, Gomez, Kevin Gilbert, Tom Petty, Leo Kottke, Gary Moore, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Frank Zappa, Pete Townsend, Todd Rundgren, Todd Snider, Leslie West, Jack Johnson, Eric Johnson, Monte Montgomery... and still growing!
Sounds Like: me, influenced by the people mentioned above.
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

"Dirty Windows" moving up the charts!!

As of today my song, "Dirty Windows" has climbed up the #32 on the Neil Young Living With War Today Top Songs of the Times.   It started out at #867 about two weeks ago.    The sit...
Posted by Ken K on Tue, 28 Nov 2006 10:08:00 PST

Guitar Instruction Available

G U I T A R  I N S T R U C T I O NCLASSES Guitar, Bass Guitar, Music Theory, Digital Recording  - (weekly or bi-weekly 45 minute sessions)"Introducing the Guitar" - (1-2 hour seminar...
Posted by Ken K on Mon, 24 Apr 2006 01:21:00 PST