1. Steve Kimock was born on October 5,1955 and is an American rock guitarist.
15 Facts About Steve Kimock
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Steve Kimock was a member of San Francisco Bay Area bands Zero and KVHW.
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Steve Kimock's tone and some of his playing approach has been compared to Jerry Garcia, who was a friend of his, and he has been affiliated with musicians connected to Grateful Dead, including the bands the Other Ones, RatDog, and Phil Lesh and Friends.
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Steve Kimock was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania on October 5,1955, to his parents Joseph and Mildred Steve Kimock.
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Steve Kimock briefly attended Liberty High School, but was expelled in his freshman year.
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Steve Kimock was sent to the Lehigh Centennial School for the socially and emotionally disturbed.
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Steve Kimock has toured and recorded with many Grateful Dead-themed bands, including Keith and Donna Godchaux's Heart of Gold Band, Bob Weir's Kingfish, Merl Saunders and the Rainforest Band, Vince Welnick's Missing Man Formation, Phil Lesh and Friends, and The Other Ones.
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Steve Kimock was a member of the Rhythm Devils in 2006, a supergroup formed by Grateful Dead drummers Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart, featuring Mike Gordon of Phish.
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In July 2007, Steve Kimock was asked to fill in for a few months for Mark Karan in Bob Weir's RatDog and rejoined Ratdog in 2013.
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In October 2016, Steve Kimock was added to Bob Weir's Campfire touring band in support of Weir's 2016 solo release Blue Mountain.
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Steve Kimock has toured with Jorma Kaukonen and Hot Tuna throughout the past decade and is an instructor at Jorma's Fur Peace guitar camp.
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Steve Kimock featured on two recordings by Bruce Hornsby, and toured as featured guitarist with Hornsby and his band in 2002.
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Steve Kimock was featured along with Bobby Vega and Jimmy Sanchez in the Pete Sears written soundtrack for the film, The Fight in the Fields: Cesar Chavez and the Farmworkers' Struggle.
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Steve Kimock was a member of Jazz is Dead on its 2023 tour.
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Steve Kimock has been married since 2000 to Jennifer Steve Kimock and has four children.