Biography
Guitarist Kenny Vaughan has long ranked among Nashville’s most valued session players and hidden assets, weaving country, classic pop, jazz, hard bop, and additional influences into a sharp, personal approach that adds both luster and depth to nearly every recording he joins. Raised in Colorado, he came under the early guidance of fellow eclectic guitarist Bill Frisell from the same state and soon joined a progressive jazz ensemble that broadened his sonic palette. Vaughan’s restless musical curiosity led him to embrace and personalize an array of idioms—punk, surf, rock, pure country, and bluegrass alike—while performing seven nights a week in local country bars and honky-tonks until he moved to Nashville during the 1980s. In Music City he rapidly established himself as a sought-after musician, contributing to projects by numerous leading artists such as Lucinda Williams, Tim O’Brien, Rodney Crowell, and Kim Richey while holding a steady position in Marty Stuart’s band. In 2011 he finally issued his debut solo album, V, on Sugar Hill Records.
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