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Bill Kirchen

Bill Kirchen (1948- ) plays a diverse style of American roots music. Born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, he currently lives in the Washington DC area. In addition to his own band, Kirchen appears on recordings by dozens of other artists. Most notably, he served as the guitarist for Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen in the late 60s and early 70s. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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Bill Kirchen's 'Hammer of the Honky Tonk Gods' Finds the Dieselbilly King and Telecaster Titan Focused on Songwriting

Bill Kirchen's 'Hammer of the Honky Tonk Gods' Finds the Dieselbilly King and Telecaster Titan Focused on Songwriting

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Nick Lowe, Geraint Watkins, Robert Trehern and Austin DeLone flesh out band on Proper American Recordings label debut by the man who gave us “Hot Rod Lincoln"

PENSACOLA, Fla. -- From his twanging tribute to the Fender Telecaster guitar that he plays (and which he notes “was born at the junction of form and function") to the soulful closing of Arthur Alexander's “If It's Really Got To Be This Way," Bill Kirchen covers a wide swatch of musical terrain on ...

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