Billy Kemp

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  • An Immortal Lock…

    An Immortal Lock…

    February 26, 2024
    others music
    recording

    We set up a session with Roquè and Joe. I believe the first session happened sometime in May, 2021. We were still masking because of the pandemic and thinking about our distance from each other. Joe was downstairs with his drums while Roquè and I were in the great room upstairs. Roquè was on my…

  • Nano Business Saturday

    Nano Business Saturday

    November 25, 2023
    music for sale
    nashville, song

    Happy Holidays from Billy, Sue, Mavis & Minnie…

  • A Riff, A Rhythm, A Chord, An Expression and a break from the road…

    A Riff, A Rhythm, A Chord, An Expression and a break from the road…

    November 7, 2023
    music, teaching
    guitar

    “I’d rather play music all day and sleep in my own bed than drive all day, play music for an hour, and sleep in a weird place.” Brad Cook

  • Goin’ to Kansas City

    Goin’ to Kansas City

    August 27, 2023
    gig, story
    concert

    I’m going to Kansas City in September for a very special concert event, Saturday Night at Tom Benton’s, on September 23.

  • Reunion, Podcasts, Anthology and Playlists…

    Reunion, Podcasts, Anthology and Playlists…

    June 2, 2023
    music
    baltimore, song

    A reunion, a podcast, an anthology and a couple of playlists…Read on…

  • The Blue Plate Special -live from Knoxville, Tennessee…

    The Blue Plate Special -live from Knoxville, Tennessee…

    March 4, 2023
    gig
    concert, live radio

    On Monday, March 6, I’ll be performing live in Knoxville, Tennessee for WDVX’s Blue Plate Special, a regular show hosted by Red Hickey, at Visit Knoxville in the Knoxville Visitors Center from 12 to 1pm Eastern Standard Time. Hope you can be there or listen to the live stream…

  • Huntsville Gig, it ain’t rocket science…

    Huntsville Gig, it ain’t rocket science…

    February 22, 2023
    gig
    concert

    It’s February 21, and I have a gig in Huntsville, Alabama this Saturday, February 25 at the chapel of the First Presbyterian Church at 2pm to benefit Haitian Relief. My friends, Glen, Barbara, Larry and Margaret, who live in Huntsville, are responsible.

  • The Hootenanny Cafe Sunday, January 15

    The Hootenanny Cafe Sunday, January 15

    January 14, 2023
    music
    radio show, song

    Greetings everyone. Word just came down that a song I wrote and recorded about my great Aunt Lil’ is gonna make it to the air waves and streams this Sunday night, January 15, 2023 at 9 pm eastern when Jon Stein hosts, The Hootenanny Cafe. The song is, “Lillian & the Blue Car.”

  • A Visit to Bill’s Music House

    A Visit to Bill’s Music House

    January 12, 2023
    music
    baltimore, concert

    In the past I have done some in-store short performances at record stores for concert promotion. I thought it would be fun to do an in-store event at Bill’s Music House, also in Catonsville. Thanks to Jamie at Bill’s it’s going to happen from 2-3 pm on the same day as the concert, again Saturday,…

  • Touring and a new record that may bring you to tears if you can listen to its entirety in a quiet place at a reasonable volume…

    Touring and a new record that may bring you to tears if you can listen to its entirety in a quiet place at a reasonable volume…

    December 14, 2022
    music

    After reading a Willie Dixon biography, I Am The Blues, I was off imagining a blues infused project. The first song I co-wrote for the record, “Take ‘Em Away,” was inspired by something Willie Dixon said in the beginning of his book. He said that, “when God made man, man was lonesome and blue,” suggesting…

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Billy Kemp

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