Safari Sam's (Hollywood, CA)
Safari Sam's is proud to welcome Bill Kirchen. A master of the Fender Telecaster, Bill Kirchen first gained fame with the rockabilly band Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen, whose "Hot Rod Lincoln" was a top-10 hit in 1972. He's since played with musicians ranging from Emmylou Harris to Elvis Costello, and was nominated for a Grammy in 2002.
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Kirchen was great as always and the encore with the double guitar playing with Glenn Sherba was amazing!!!
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Bill Kirchen plays American roots music. He received a Grammy nomination for Best Country Instrumental Performance 2001. A Titan of the Telecaster guitar (Guitar Player magazine May 1998 & June 2002), he celebrates an American musical tradition where country music draws upon its origins in blues and bluegrass, and in the Western swing of Texas and California honky tonks.
Bill Kirchen first gained renown as lead guitarist and a vocalist for Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen, the renegade country-rock band that tuned a whole generation of rock fans into the joys of unvarnished country, boogie and rockabilly. It was the resonant twang of Kirchen's battered Telecaster that drove "Hot Rod Lincoln" into the Top Ten in 1972. Kirchen has played guitar on recordings and performances with Gene Vincent, Link Wray, Danny Gatton, Emmylou Harris, Hoyt Axton, Nick Lowe and Elvis Costello.