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The legendary Bill Kirchen Headlines The Backstage with Durawa
Bill Kirchen is an American rockabilly guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He was a member of the seminal Commander Cody, which drove “Hot Rod Lincoln” into the Top Ten nationwide. Named a “Titan of the Telecaster” by Guitar Player Magazine, Kirchen celebrates a musical tradition that embraces rock ‘n’ roll, blues, bluegrass,Texas Western swing, and California honky-tonk.” Bill received his Grammy nomination in 2001. A winner of multiple Wammies over the years, in 2002 he was one of three artists inducted into the Washington D.C. Area Music Association Hall of Fame.
Famous for his indelible Telecaster sound, Bill Kirchen has been everywhere over the span of a 40-plus-year career: he released eight critically acclaimed solo albums, and toured internationally with Nick Lowe, and has performed with Doug Sahm, Gene Vincent, Elvis Costello, Dan Hicks, Emmylou Harris, Bruce Hornsby and Link Wray
Notable Quotes:
Nick Lowe describes Bill as “... a devastating culmination of the elegant and funky...a really sensational musician, with enormous depth.”
Rolling Stone: “... Bill Kirchen cranked up his Tele for a set that gave the crowd a hotfoot, sparked by his epic cover of (Hot Rod Lincoln). Danny Gatton Tribute, Tramps, New York, NY”
Washington City Paper: “Like an impassioned preacher in a souped-up convertible, Kirchen described passing Muddy Waters, Link Wray, Merle Haggard, B. B. King, Carl Perkins, Jimi Hendrix and more, nodding in tribute to each one with a perfect guitar quotation as he drove by. ... Bill Kirchen took everyone for the ride of their lives in his Hot Rod Lincoln.”
Join headliner Bill Kirchen at Durawa Tuesdays on May 20. Doors: 6:30pm. Downbeat: 7:00pm. Tickets are $15 at the door (cash). Tasty Tex-Mex and Margaritas are served in the showroom and ample free parking is a plus.
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