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12 Facts About Kirk Fletcher

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Kirk Fletcher was born on December 23,1975 and is an American electric blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter.

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Kirk Fletcher has been nominated for four Blues Music Awards and was a 2015 British Blues Awards nominee.

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Kirk Fletcher's album, Hold On, was self-released in October 2018.

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Kirk Fletcher was the younger son of a Baptist minister, and gained enough confidence from watching his elder sibling, Walter, perform at their father's church, that Kirk learned to play rudimentary guitar by the age of eight.

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Kirk Fletcher was a member of a jazz band during high school, and later played with his friends on road trips in Southern California.

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Shortly afterwards, Kirk Fletcher was invited to collaborate with Charlie Musselwhite.

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An opening appeared to join the Fabulous Thunderbirds, and Kirk Fletcher played in the band from 2005 until 2008.

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Kirk Fletcher played on the Fabulous Thunderbirds 2005 album, Painted On.

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In 2006, Kirk Fletcher appeared with Nick Curran at the Notodden Blues Festival.

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From that point onward, Kirk Fletcher was able to front his own band on tours, and undertake some international tours, both as a member of The Mannish Boys and as lead guitarist for the Italian musician Eros Ramazzotti.

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In 2014, Kirk Fletcher self-released the live collection, Burning Blues.

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In 2018, Kirk Fletcher recorded a video with Josh Smith and Joe Bonamassa, performing the Albert King track "Crosscut Saw".