Bill Kirchen

The Song Remains: Austin de Lone (1946-2025)

January 13, 2025 Martin Johnson 3

An originator of pub rock and Mill Valley music legend. While it may not have made headlines in the mainstream media, the passing of Austin de Lone on January 6th saw an outbreak of genuine sadness […]

Preview: Bill Kirchen arrives in UK next week for Around the World in 50 Days tour

October 24, 2023 Mark Whitfield 2

Telecaster master Bill Kirchen is heading back to the UK from next week as part of his Around the World in 50 Days tour. Via Australia and Holland, the ex-Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen […]

Live Review: Bill Kirchen + Peter Bruntnell, Night & Day Café, Manchester – July 28th 2022

August 5, 2022 Clint West 2

It probably takes a very special artist in order to persuade Peter Bruntnell to haul himself up north to fill a support slot. Peter explained that he’d booked a coach ticket to Manchester, only for the […]

Interview: Bill Kirchen’s real country for hippies by “The Titan of The Telecaster”

July 12, 2022 Martin Johnson 2

How Pete Townshend helped Bill Kirchen get his first Telecaster and working with the UK’s Nick Lowe. Bill Kirchen is one of the legends of americana due to his time with genre-defining band Commander Cody and […]

Classic Clips: Bill Kirchen “Blue Christmas Lights” – Live in Cleveland 2009

December 23, 2021 Clint West 0

YouTube is full of grainy, shaky and barely audible concert footage taken by audience members using inadequate equipment. For the most part ‘Classic Clips’ steers clear of such content. However, from time to time, something will […]

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Tom Waits

August 5, 2026 2

The musical influence of Tom Waits over the last seven decades has spanned far beyond what one might define as americana. His deep, gravely voice, has been described as having been soaked in a vat of […]

Paul McClure “The Good And The Bad Of It”

August 5, 2026 0

The Rutland Troubadour returns for album number four. Paul McClure, on his fourth album, decided to go to pastures new and left the rural north and travelled south to East Sussex and the fine Bex-Pop Studios […]

Artists with Hearts of Gold contribute to two more albums of Neil Young covers