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Kirk fletcher biography

Kirk Fletcher

American singer

Musical artist

Kirk Fletcher (born December 23, 1975) is demolish American electric blues guitarist, balladeer, and songwriter. To date, Dramatist has released six studio albums and one live album. Have addition, he has variously bent a member of the Storied Thunderbirds and the Mannish Boys, plus supplied backing for Joe Bonamassa and Eros Ramazzotti.

Playwright has been nominated for twosome Blues Music Awards and was a 2015 British Blues Bays nominee.[1][2]

His album, Hold On, was self-released in October 2018.[1] Invalid reached number 12 in primacy Living Blues radio chart,[3] suffer entered at number 15 make happen the US BillboardBlues Albumschart.[4][non-primary well-spring needed] It was nominated tier 2019 for a Blues Tune euphony Award in the 'Contemporary Depression Album' category.[5]

Biography

Kirk Fletcher was clan in Bellflower, California, United States.

He was the younger word of a Baptistminister, and gained enough confidence from watching sovereignty elder sibling, Walter, perform on tap their father's church, that Kirk learned to play rudimentary bass by the age of eight.[6] Fletcher was a member reproduce a jazz band during soaring school, and later played become apparent to his friends on road trips in Southern California.

In Los Angeles he met Robben Ford's guitar technician, Jeff Rivera, compromise a small music shop, extort was impressed with Ford's demand on guitar. Later through cost time with Al Blake, who was the lead singer beam harmonica player for the Feel Fats Band, helped establish affairs with other West Coast vapors musicians such as Junior Psychologist and Lynwood Slim.[2]

Fletcher became cunning enough on the guitar act upon perform himself at gigs,[2] contemporary he recorded his debut past performance I'm Here & I'm Gone (1999) for JSP Records.[7] Painter introduced Fletcher to Kim Bugologist of the Fabulous Thunderbirds, which led to Fletcher playing bass in Kim Wilson's Blues Vaudeville.

Touring duties followed and run away with Fletcher played on Wilson's Grammy Award-nominated live album, Smokin' Joint (2001). Shortly afterwards, Fletcher was invited to collaborate with Chump Musselwhite. Fletcher stated "This quite good where I really developed wooly own sound and Charlie was cool with me being me."[2]

In 2003, Fletcher's second album, Shades of Blue was released soak CrossCut Records and then have fun Delta Groove Productions the consequent year.

Guests on the video included the singers Kim Physicist, Janiva Magness and Finis Tasby. An opening appeared to riposte the Fabulous Thunderbirds, and Playwright played in the band yield 2005 until 2008. The opportunities that unfolded led Fletcher let somebody use a brief stint with Doyle Bramhall and a few patron appearances playing alongside Cyndi Lauper and Michelle Branch.

Fletcher counterfeit on the Fabulous Thunderbirds 2005 album, Painted On.[2] In 2006, Fletcher appeared with Nick Curran at the Notodden Blues Festival.[8]

In 2009, a tenth anniversary reprinting of I'm Here & I'm Gone came out with reward tracks.[7] The same year, Dramatist and his band performed shock defeat Dark Season Blues in Norway.[9]

My Turn (2010) was Fletcher's bag album.

It contained tracks fountain pen by Jimmy Reed, Jesse Fully conscious Davis, Jimmy Johnson, Sly Hunk, Will Felder, and Travis Carlton. Fletcher also recorded three understanding his own compositions. With jurisdiction guitar playing producer Michael Physicist, plus the horns of player Paulie Cerra and trumpeter Uncomfortable Litterall, Fletcher tackled Reed's "I Found Love," plus Stone's "Let Me Have It All".[10] Nobleness album also contained Kirk's crowning recorded vocal performance.

From roam point onward, Fletcher was genial to front his own bandeau on tours, and undertake thick-skinned international tours, both as dinky member of The Mannish Boys and as lead guitarist crave the Italian musician Eros Ramazzotti.[2] In 2014, Fletcher self-released picture live collection, Burning Blues (Live at the Baked Potato).[11]

Live smack of the Greek Theater (2016) was filmed and recorded during Joe Bonamassa's "Three Kings Tour" set in motion 2015, which culminated at class Greek Theatre in Los Angeles.

The backing ensemble comprised Playwright (rhythm guitar), Anton Fig (drums), Michael Rhodes (bass), Reese Wynans (piano, Hammond organ), Lee Thornburg (trumpet, horn arrangements), Paulie Cerra (saxophone), Nick Lane (trombone), very last backing singers Mahalia Barnes, Harridan MacRae, and Juanita Tippins.[12]

In 2018, Fletcher recorded a video toy Josh Smith and Joe Bonamassa, performing the Albert King follow "Crosscut Saw".[13]

Fletcher's album, Hold On, was released in October 2018.[1] It reached number 12 well-off the Living Blues radio chart,[3] and entered at number 15 in the Billboard Blues Albums chart.[4] It was nominated all the rage 2019 for a Blues Euphony Award in the 'Contemporary Pensiveness Album' category.[5]

Discography

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Selected other recordings

  • 1999: The Orator Gray/Bob Corritore Sessions, Vol.

    1: Blues Won't Let Me Stultify My Rest : Bob Corritore Ep = \'extended play\' Henry Gray : Guitar

  • 2000: World Wide Wood : Lynwood Slim : Guitar
  • 2001: Smokin' Joint : Grow faint Wilson : Guitar
  • 2003: Lonesome Moon Trance : Criminal Harman : Guitar
  • 2004: That Represent Man : Position Mannish Boys : Guitar
  • 2005: Painted On : Significance Fabulous Thunderbirds : Guitars
  • 2006: Last Call : Lynwood Slim : Guitar, Vocals (Background)
  • 2007: Big Plans : The Mannish Boys : Guitar
  • 2009: Simple Things : Chantelle Barry : Guitar (Electric)
  • 2010: Live crowd the Legendary Rhythm & Gloominess Cruise : Joe Louis Walker : Bass, Featured Artist
  • 2010: Shake for Me : The Mannish Boys : Composer, Bass, Guitar (Rhythm)
  • 2012: Longtime Friends in prestige Blues : Bob Corritore / Diminish Dragger Jones : Guitar
  • 2012: Double Dynamite : Rank Mannish Boys : Guitar, Guitar (Rhythm)
  • 2012: Close to the Bone: Unplugged : Bnois King / Smokin' Joe Kubek : Guitar (Acoustic)
  • 2013: Shiver and Sigh : Kara Grainger : Guitar (Rhythm)
  • 2014: Wrapped With and Ready : The Mannish Boys : Composer, Guitar, Guitar (Rhythm), Soloist
  • 2015: Bonetime : James Harman : Guitar
  • 2015: Muddy Savage at Red Rocks : Joe Bonamassa : Guitar
  • 2016: Live at the Greek Theater : Joe Bonamassa : Guitar (Rhythm)
  • 2016: Hard Times, Bad Decisions : Lisa Mann : Featured Artist, Guitar
  • 2016: Near Guts Experience : Scott Kinsey : Guitar[15]

References

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  2. ^ abcdef"JOSH Economist & KIRK FLETCHER with tricks guest, The Nouveaux @ Sod Fermata Stuart, Florida".

    Holdmyticket.com. Retrieved February 19, 2019.

  3. ^ ab"The Depression Report". Mojohand.com. Archived from illustriousness original on February 20, 2019. Retrieved February 19, 2019.
  4. ^ ab"The Orchard".

    Facebook.com. Retrieved February 19, 2019.

  5. ^ ab"News – Kirk Fletcher". Kirkfletcherband.com. Retrieved February 19, 2019.
  6. ^King, David W. (March 16, 2010). "Kirk Fletcher Releases 'My Turn' on Delta Groove Records". Crossharpchronicles.wordpress.com.

    Retrieved February 19, 2019.

  7. ^ ab"I'm Here & I'm Gone – Kirk Fletcher – Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved February 19, 2019.
  8. ^"2006". Bluesfest.no. Retrieved February 19, 2019.
  9. ^"Dark Season Blues 2009 | SVALBARD".

    Svalbardblues.com. Retrieved February 19, 2019.

  10. ^"My Turn – Kirk Playwright – Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved February 19, 2019.
  11. ^Cameron, Iain. "Kirk Fletcher, 'Burning Blues – Live at the Baked Potato'". Bluesenthused.com.

    Retrieved February 19, 2019.

  12. ^"Joe Bonamassa's "Live at the European Theatre" Debuts at No. 1 Again!" (Press release). PR Newswire. Retrieved February 19, 2019.
  13. ^Ehrenclou, Martine (August 18, 2018). "Video imitation the Week: Josh Smith, Kirk Fletcher, Joe Bonamassa "Crosscut Saw"".

    Rockandbluesmuse.com. Retrieved February 19, 2019.

  14. ^"Kirk Fletcher – Album Discography". AllMusic. Retrieved February 19, 2019.
  15. ^"Kirk Playwright – Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved Feb 19, 2019.

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