User:Kenny simeone/sandbox

Kenny Simeone is a Marin County, California native and someone worth keeping in mind. Along the lines of other songwriters on this page (Michael Woody, Gretchen Peters), Kenny has been recognized in songwriting competitions, most notably by the judges for the annual VH1 Song of the Year competition, who voted him a talent to watch. Kenny ventured to Nashville in October and December 2007 to prepare marketing materials, including demos.Kenny was picked up By saxophonist Martin_Fierro_ Fierro played with the Sir Douglas Quintet, Legion of Mary / Jerry Garcia, James Cotton, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Loudon Wainwright III, Queen Ida, Jazz Is Dead, The String Cheese Incident, David Grisman, Derek Trucks, Dark Star Orchestra, the Allman Brothers, Merl Saunders, The Grateful Dead, Zero, Steve Kimock & Friends, Yonder Mountain String Band and many more._Fierro_ asked Kenny to join The former Jerry Garcia band Legion Of Mary.

Kenny has been playing around the Bay Area for some time writing and performing with long-time friend Sony recording artist Dan Thompson, now drummer with Alan Parsons. He lists Stevie Wonder, The Beatles, Radiohead, Terence Trent Darby, B.B. king, Al Green, Blues Traveler, Jeff Beck, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Led Zeppelin as influences.

Kenny is a guy whose focus has switched from being a blues-rock lead guitarist to an acoustic based songwriter, and songwriters listening to his MP3s you will feel the sculptor and the clay. Kenny is playing most instrument's and doing vocals, he also features fellow musicians such as P.j.Olsson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._J._Olsson and Danny Thompson ,Drummer and songwriter With Alan Parsons and Scott Weiland. He tends toward the ambitious. His songs range from down to earth indie-sounding country-rock to more orchestral space-rock ala Pink Floyd. I may find him better in the latter mode, but the former may have greater commercial songwriter portability.

Kenny is a young guy with experience, having opened or shared a stage with the likes of Little Feat, 2005 Rock'n Roll Hall of Fame inductee Buddy Guy, Quicksilver Messenger, Merl Saunders, Derek Trucks (Allman Brothers), Martin Fiero (occasional sax man for the Grateful Dead), and most recently Kenny is writing jingles for KCBS Radio and T.V. film placement.