Album release party!

Bill apparently got off his butt and recorded a bunch of new songs. Given that Ann Arbor is his ancestral home, and the very place he and some like-minded souls formed Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen, Bill has promised not to wear you out with too much inscrutable new material. He has assured us that he’ll also bring some reminiscences with a good selection of songs from his checkered past. And as we've never been able to get him out of here without him launching into a few Dylan songs, we’ll be on guard for that as well. What else? Oh yes, he did say he had some home town Stories That Can Finally Be Told, but offered no assurances that he will remember them. He also said, tell ‘em I’m bringing my Texas band Rick Richards and Jack Saunders for the full Honky-Tonk Rock’n'Roll experience, and that I’m quite a bit jollier than that picture would indicate.

Grammy nominated guitarist, singer and songwriter Bill Kirchen is one of the fortunate few who can step on any stage, play those trademark licks which drove the seminal Commander Cody classic Hot Rod Lincoln into the Top Ten nationwide, and elicit instant recognition. Named a “Titan of the Telecaster” by Guitar Player Magazine, he celebrates a musical tradition that embraces rock ‘n’ roll, blues and bluegrass, Texas Western swing and California honkytonk. Nick Lowe describes Bill as “... a devastating culmination of the elegant and funky… a really sensational musician, with enormous depth.” Justly famous for his indelible Telecaster sound, Bill Kirchen has been everywhere over the span of a 50-plus-year career: he was a founding member of the legendary Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen; he released a dozen critically acclaimed solo albums; he toured internationally with Nick Lowe and has performed or recorded with Doug Sahm, Gene Vincent, Elvis Costello, Dan Hicks, Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt ,Bruce Hornsby and Link Wray.