Will Kimbrough
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| Will Kimbrough | |
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 Kimbrough at the Austin City Limits festival 2008 |
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| Background information | |
| Born | May 1, 1964 Mobile, Alabama United States |
| Genres | Country Folk |
| Occupations | Musician, songwriter, producer |
| Instruments | Vocals, Guitar, Accordion, Banjo, Bass guitar, Dobro, Harmonica |
| Years active | 1985 - Present |
| Labels | Lost Highway, Oh-Boy |
| Associated acts | Will and the Bushmen The Bis-quits |
| Website | www.willkimbrough.com |
Will Kimbrough born in Mobile, Alabama in 1964 is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer currently based in Nashville, Tennessee.
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[edit] Biography
Kimbrough started his musical career as a founding member of Will & the Bushmen,[1] a popular college band in the eighties that produced a handful of albums and singles and made it to MTV. He then went on to form the Bis-quits with long-time friend Tommy Womack.[1] The Bis-quits produced an eponymous album which was released on John Prine’s Oh-Boy label.
Kimbrough is also a producer and has produced albums for Adrienne Young, Rodney Crowell,[1] Todd Snider,[1] Kate Campbell, Kim Richey, Garrison Starr, Matthew Ryan, and Josh Rouse.
Kimbrough teamed up with Tommy Womack, John Deaderick, Paul Griffith and Dave Jacques in 2005 to create the five piece band, Daddy. They recorded a live album in Frankfort, Kentucky Daddy at the Women’s Club and later an album called For a Second Time.
Kimbrough has released several solo albums to date, and has collaborated on many more, as well as serving as a session musician and sideman. Kimbrough was one of the guest artists at Jimmy Buffett's Live from the Gulf Coast Concert on July 11, 2010.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Solo albums
- Fireworks, Vol. 2 (1999)
- This (2000)
- Home Away (2002)
- Godsend (2003)
- Americanitis (2006)
- EP (2007)
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d Gordon, Rev. Keith A.. "Biography: Will Kimbrough". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p219242. Retrieved 24 May 2010.
[edit] External links
- Official Site
- Daddy Band Site
- Will Kimbrough collection at the Internet Archive's live music archive
| Awards | ||
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| Preceded by Jerry Douglas |
AMA Instrumentalist of the Year 2004 |
Succeeded by Sonny Landreth |
