It ain't the blues if you ain't paid the dues."Born in 1953 in Houston, Texas, Kevin got his first guitar when he was 9 years old.But Kevin's epiphany came one day when his father grabbed his guitar, wanting to play. Then he took a bottle and started playing slide and when Kevin heard that, He told himself, 'Man, that's what I wanna do.' And it's what I've been doing since."From his very first band , Blues on the Run, to his incarnation in the virtual world of Second Life as solo bluesman Kelvinblue Oh, Kevin has been faithful to his music, earning him the the title "The Real Deal" from a loyal and still growing army of fans.Kevin came under the spell of some of the greatest influences like Albert Brooks, Jimi Hendrix, Lynnyrd Skynnrd and ZZ Top-style."From the early 1980s, Kevin earned a name as a guitarist of the unique Zydeco sound.Through that decade and the next, Kevin would play guitar in several Zydeco bands, even touring England. From 1991, he spent five years with Step Rideau''s Zydeco Band, with whom he played several US cities and cutting three CDs.A friend invited him to try out what was then a still little known virtual world on the Internet. "I came in, but there werent many ppeople there, so I left," Kevin recalls.About a year later, he decided to give it another try and returned to find Second Life the phenomenon it is today. The friend, Jenzza Misfit, "helped set me up and then let me play and I've been doing so ever since."While much about Second Life, including the live music scene, is about experimenting and pushing the limits, Kevin, or Kelvinblue Oh, and his beloved Fender Strat, Miss Blue, have proven that even in this virtual world, it is still soul that counts.From lowdown roots blues to boogie woogie to flaming covers of his idol Hendrix, Kevin has become a real star in Second Life, which has allowed his honest performances and down home humor to instantly connect him with an international audience that knows and holds on to real talent when they see it.And most everyone who watches him knows his many original songs by heart and "sing" along with him. It isn't unusual either for someone in the audience to say they're jamming along to Kevin on their own guitars or keyboards or some other instrument in RL or real life.Kelvinblue Oh, international music star.
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