1. William Knight Kirchen was born on June 29,1948 and is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter.
15 Facts About Bill Kirchen
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Bill Kirchen was a member of Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen from 1967 to the mid-1970s and later worked with Nick Lowe.
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Bill Kirchen was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut but grew up in Ann Arbor, Michigan where he attended Ann Arbor High School and learned to play the trombone.
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Bill Kirchen met a folksinger named David Siglin, long-time manager of local folk music venue The Ark, and joined the local folk scene.
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In 1969, Bill Kirchen took Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen to California and they developed a reputation as musical "outlaws" that were praised by other outlaw musicians and bands like Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, The Grateful Dead and the Allman Brothers Band.
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Bill Kirchen began to develop as guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and performer.
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Lowe produced the Moonlighters' second album Rush Hour, and Bill Kirchen toured with Lowe and joined him in the studio from time to time.
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Around 1986, Bill Kirchen moved to the Washington, DC area and formed the band Too Much Fun with Dave Elliot on drums and John Previti on bass.
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Bill Kirchen recorded the album Tombstone Every Mile on Demon Records, while in England and then released the recording in the USA after he signed with Black Top Records in 1994.
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Bill Kirchen released the critically acclaimed and musically eclectic album, Have Love, Will Travel in 1996 and Raise a Ruckus on Hightone Records in 1999.
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In 2006, Bill Kirchen kicked off his new deal with Proper Records by recording "Hammer of the Honky-Tonk Gods" at their London studio.
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In November 2012, Bill Kirchen was a guest performer on Larry Monroe's Texas Radio Live show on KDRP.
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Bill Kirchen was named "The Titan of The Telecaster" by Guitar Player magazine for his musical prowess on the Fender Telecaster guitar.
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Bill Kirchen played a 1959 model with a maple fretboard and sunburst finish that he calls the "coal burner", acquired in 1967 when he exchanged his Gibson SG with a stranger on a bus.
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Bill Kirchen is a father and has been married for more than 25 years.