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Kenny Wayne |
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A Tribute to Fats Domino |
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Biography: Kenneth Wayne was born in Spokane, Washington USA, raised in San Francisco and is now a Seattle based blues pianist who plays traditional blues and boogie-woogie with a taste of Kansas City Swing and New Orleans Rhythm and blues. The "Blues Boss" (as he is known) puts down some of the most compelling piano blues you will hear anywhere. His piano and warm vocal style lend themselves to the more urbane, West Coast blues style as pioneered by the bluesy Charles Brown, the shouting Big Joe Turner and the rockin' Fats Domino. In addition to his talent and piano skills, he's got energy with a capital 'E' and the charm and charisma to sell the most skeptical blues fan. North American's call his style, 'Traditional Blues' piano like that of Amos Milburn (that kind of blues style is very much missed) and the European's call it, 'Rockin' Boogie' like that of Fats Domino and Pete Johnson. It's true what they say about the 'Blues Boss' "He's one hell of a Boogie-woogie man". Kenny Spuell's musical roots are firmly planted in New Orleans Jazz and Blues, even though he was born up North, he definitely acquired his feel from his Louisiana parents. He developed a true West Coast feel over many years in the Jazz, R & B and Blues scene of Los Angeles and San Francisco. Aside from being a featured headliner (as Fats Domino) on Tribute shows, Kenny is an accomplished musician with his own recorded material and has toured and backed artists ranging from Charles Mingus, Jimmy Reed, Sonny Rhodes, Joe Louis Walker & rocker Jeff Healey. His Fats Domino act is fantastic… but his New Orleans “style” is truly amazing!
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