1. In 1989, after graduating from Mulberry High School and then Polk Community College, Kenny Howes attended Florida State University in Tallahassee, and while there began his recording career, following the breakup of his band The Mustardseeds and after a stint with local faves Zombie Birdhouse.
Overdubbing all voices and instruments, Kenny Howes released his first collection Nothing Wrong With That first as a DIY cassette EP in 1993 and then as a full-length CD in 1995.
Kenny Howes rejoined Orange Hat ten years later, and continues to record and perform with the band.
Also, starting in 1998, Kenny Howes began performing regularly at the annual International Pop Overthrow music festival in Los Angeles.
Kenny Howes appears briefly in Glenn Tilbrook's film One for the Road, accompanying the Squeeze frontman in an impromptu 2001 living room concert in Atlanta.
Kenny Howes collaborated on a side project, Hautewerk, who recorded and released the disc Stop Start Again, and, in April 2009, licensed three songs to the Rockband video game.
Kenny Howes was a member of The PopDudes, a lighthearted cover band of rotating members who perform annually at the International Pop Overthrow festival in Los Angeles.
Kenny Howes released a compilation of his early recordings, Holding Up the Sound, in October 2010, and toured to US East Coast for five weeks in support.
Kenny Howes was a master teacher at Huntington Beach High School's Academy for the Performing Arts, assisting and coaching the Academy's students for their Commercial Recording Arts Department's biannual performances, a role he had begun in 2004 and continues on occasion.
Kenny Howes performed occasionally as the fill-in bassist for the Smithereens, including the closing night of famed New York City nightclub Kenny's Castaways in October 2012, for their June 2013 dates supporting Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, and for a 2014 performance at Asbury Park, New Jersey's Stone Pony, which was simulcast on Yahoo LiveNation.
In February 2017, Kenny Howes released a music video for his new single, "She Knows What I Mean".
In July 2017, Kenny Howes joined the Retro Futura Tour, a nationwide package American tour, as bass guitarist for Katrina of the Waves, Paul Young, and, for select shows, Annabella of Bow Wow Wow.
In November 2018, Kenny Howes performed on bass with Don Fleming for two Velvet Monkeys reunion shows that were part of a series of concerts in honor of Henry Owings' 50th Birthday.