Citizendia
Your Ad Here

Kingfish
Origin San Francisco, California
Genre(s) Rock
Years active 1973 - present
Label(s) Round Records
Relix Records
Phoenix Rising
Associated acts Ratdog
Members
Matthew Kelly
Former members
Bob Weir
Dave Torbert
Robbie Hoddinott
Chris Herold
Mick Ward
David Merrill
Bill Laymon
Arthur Steinhorn
Mookie Siegel
Bill Kreutzmann
Barry Sless
Steve Kimock
Ken Emerson
Steve Shive
Barry Flast

Kingfish is an American rock band led by Matthew Kelly, a musician, singer, and songwriter who plays guitar and harmonica. The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music RatDog (often misspelled Ratdog and also known as Bob Weir and RatDog, is an American rock band Matthew Kelly, also known as Matt Kelly, is an American musician singer and songwriter Bob Weir (born Robert Hall Weir, October 16 1947 is an American singer songwriter and guitarist most recognized as a founding member of the Grateful Dead Dave Torbert ( June 7, 1948 – December 7, 1982) was a Bay Area musician best known for his associations with the Grateful Bill Kreutzmann (born May 7, 1946 in Palo Alto, California) is an American drummer who played with rock band the Grateful Dead Barry Sless is an American Musician. He is skilled at both traditional six-string Guitar and the Pedal steel guitar. Steve Kimock (born October 5, 1955 in Bethlehem Pennsylvania) is an American rock Musician and Guitarist. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A musical ensemble is a group of two or more Musicians who perform instrumental or vocal Music. Matthew Kelly, also known as Matt Kelly, is an American musician singer and songwriter An electric guitar is a type of Guitar that uses pickups to convert the vibration of its steel-cored strings into an electrical current which is made louder A harmonica is a free reed Wind instrument which is played by blowing air into it or drawing air out by placing lips over individual holes (reed chambers or Kelly co-founded Kingfish in 1973 with New Riders of the Purple Sage bass player Dave Torbert and fellow San Francisco Bay Area musicians Robbie Hoddinott, Chris Herold, and Mick Ward. New Riders of the Purple Sage is an American Country rock band The electric bass guitar (also called electric bass, or simply bass; ˈbeɪs as in "base" is a Stringed instrument played primarily with the Dave Torbert ( June 7, 1948 – December 7, 1982) was a Bay Area musician best known for his associations with the Grateful The San Francisco Bay Area, commonly known as the Bay Area, or the Bay, is a geographically and ethnically diverse metropolitan region that surrounds the However, Ward died in a car accident later that year.

In 1974, Kingfish became more well known, and signed their first record contract, after Grateful Dead member Bob Weir, a long time friend of Kelly's, joined the band. The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in the San Francisco Bay Area. Bob Weir (born Robert Hall Weir, October 16 1947 is an American singer songwriter and guitarist most recognized as a founding member of the Grateful Dead (Kelly had previously been a guest musician on the Grateful Dead album Wake of the Flood. Wake of the Flood is the sixth Studio album by the Grateful Dead. ) Weir toured with Kingfish and was a band member on their first two albums, Kingfish and Live 'N' Kickin'. Kingfish is a self titled 1976 studio album by the band Kingfish, which at that time featured Grateful Dead rhythm guitarist Bob Weir, Dave Live 'N' Kickin is the second album by the rock group Kingfish. When the Dead started touring again in 1976, Weir left Kingfish. (Kelly later appeared on the Grateful Dead albums Shakedown Street and The Closing of Winterland, and on Weir's album Bobby & the Midnites. Shakedown Street is the tenth Studio album by the Grateful Dead. The Closing of Winterland is a 4 CD soundtrack of the Grateful Dead 's New Year's Eve show 1978 Bobby & the Midnites is a 1981 studio album by Grateful Dead singer and guitarist Bob Weir and his then Side project, Bobby and In 1995 he became a founding member of Weir's band Ratdog. RatDog (often misspelled Ratdog and also known as Bob Weir and RatDog, is an American rock band )

The lineup of the band continued to change, with Kelly and Torbert remaining at the core. Then, in 1980, Kingfish disbanded. Dave Torbert died in 1983.

Starting in 1984, Kingfish would regroup from time to time and go on tour with a gradually evolving lineup of musicians led by Matthew Kelly. (In 1987, Kelly also released a solo album called A Wing and a Prayer. ) In 1999 Kingfish released a new studio album, Sundown on the Forest, recorded over a period of several years with different combinations of musicians, including Bob Weir. Sundown on the Forest is an album by the rock group Kingfish.

In the 1990s, the touring activity of Kingfish slowly decreased. Late in that decade, Kelly was living in Hawaii, and making a yearly trip to India. Since then the band has not performed live.

Discography

References

DVD-Audio (commonly abbreviated as DVD-A) is a digital format for delivering very High-fidelity audio content on a DVD.
© 2009 citizendia.org; parts available under the terms of GNU Free Documentation License, from http://en.wikipedia.org
 Dapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic