Performance
Dates
Thursday,
May 21
Evening Concert - Kennedy Outdoor Theater
Americana
singer/songwriter and recent Texas import Kevin Welch left his Oklahoma home
at age 17 to pursue a life in music, settling in
Nashville in 1978 after years of traveling. He soon
signed on as staff writer at Sony/Tree, over the
decade to follow authoring songs for artists
including Waylon Jennings, Trish Yearwood, Ricky
Skaggs, and the Highwaymen; Welch's self-titled solo
debut finally appeared on Reprise in 1990, followed
two years later by the acclaimed Western Beat.
Country radio remained resistant to his downbeat,
acoustic style, however, and in 1995 he teamed with
fellow Nashville renegades Kieren Kane and Tammy
Rogers, and Harry Stinson to form his own
independent label, Dead Reckoning. Welch's first
album for the label, Life Down Here on Earth,
followed soon after, and in 1999 he returned with
Beneath My Wheels. Between 1999 and 2001, Welch
recorded the Millionaire album with friends from
Denmark called the Danes, and released it in the
U.S. on Dead Reckoning.
For
more information Kevin, visit www.kevinwelch.com.
