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NEWS - 2001

 

December, 2001

This month Kenny will be in Los Angeles recording with Joe Cocker.  And then he travels to Warsaw, Poland for a show there with Joe.

Later this month he records in Los Angeles with LeAnn Rimes, Michelle Branch and Jewel.  

Also, Kenny will appear on Colts Monday Night Live with Indianapolis Colt's owner Jim Irsay on Sunday, Dec. 22 which airs on the local Indianapolis ABC-TV station, channel 6.


November, 2001

At the CMA Awards show which airs on CBS on November 7, Kenny performs with Willie Nelson and Sheryl Crow.

Kenny will be lecturing and teaching for a week at the Banff Centre in Canada this month.

Also this month, he'll record in Ann Arbor, Michigan with Jody Raffoul.

Kenny can be heard on the single "Everywhere" by Michelle Branch which is currently #12 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Also, Kenny is featured on the cover of the November 2001 issue of the Italian magazine Percussioni.

Here's Kenny's November Drum Clinic schedule. Call for details.

Nov. 14th Athens, GA Musician's Warehouse (706) 548-7233
Nov. 15th Birmingham, AL Bailey Brothers Music (205) 714-7827
Nov. 16th Nashville, TN PASIC 2001 Convention (5:00 pm)
Nov. 19th Louisville, KY Mom's Music (502) 897-3304
Nov. 20th Indianapolis, IN Drum Center of Indianapolis  (317) 594-8993

October, 2001

Here is Kenny's October Drum Clinic schedule. Call for details:

Oct. 9th Atlanta Percussion Institute
Oct. 29th Bellevue, WA Don Bennett Drum Studio  Bellevue High School Theater 
10416 SE Wolverine Way in Downtown Bellevue 
7:00 to 9:30pm 

 

Kenny is currently touring with Joe Cocker. The tour dates are as follows:

Tue., Oct. 2 Chicago, IL Rosemont
Wed., Oct. 3  Milwaukee, WI Bradley Center
Fri., Oct. 5  Columbus, OH Schottenstein Center
Sat., Oct. 6 Cleveland, OH Gund Arena
Mon., Oct. 8 Mississippi  TBA
Wed., Oct. 10 Atlanta, GA  Fox
Sat., Oct. 13 San Antonio, TX  Amphitheater
Sun., Oct. 14 Houston, TX Woodlands
Wed., Oct. 17  Dallas, TX American Airline Center
Fri., Oct. 19 Las Vegas, NV  Mandalay Bay
Sat., Oct. 20 Salt Lake City, UT Delta Center
Mon., Oct. 22 Los Angeles, CA  Greek Theatre
Wed., Oct. 24 Anaheim, CA Arrowhead Pond
Fri., Oct. 26 San Jose, CA  Compaq Center
Sat., Oct. 27 Sacramento, CA Arco Arena
Tue., Oct. 30  Spokane, WA Spokane Arena
Thu., Nov. 1  Portland, OR
Sat., Nov. 3 Boise, ID Idaho Center
Sun., Nov. 4 Seattle, WA Key Arena

 

There's an interview with Kenny on Melissa Etheridge's web site.

Also this month, Kenny will be recording with Andy Griggs in Nashville.


September, 2001

Here's Kenny's September Drum Clinic schedule. Call for details.

Sep. 4th Burlington  Lakeshore Music  905-319-3330
Sep. 5th Toronto  Steve's Music  416-593-8888 
Sep. 18th W. Springfield, MA Daddy's Springfield  413-737-4443 
Sep. 19th Boston, MA Daddy's Boston  617-247-0909 
Sep. 20th Portsmouth, NH Daddy's Portsmouth  603-436-1142 


The Joe Cocker tour continues this month. The tour dates are as follows:

Sun., Sep. 2 Walkerton, Ontario TBA
Mon., Sep. 3 Saratoga, NY PAC
Fri., Sep. 7 Buffalo, NY Marine Midland
Sat., Sep. 8 Erie, PA Arena
Wed., Sep. 12 Holmdel, NJ (Cancelled) PNC Bank
Fri., Sep. 14  Boston, MA Tweeter Center
Tue., Sep. 15 Oakdale, CT Wallingford
Fri., Sep. 21 Philadelphia, PA Mann/First Union
Sat., Sep. 22 Fairfax, VA Patriot Center
Tue., Sep. 25 Toledo, OH Sports or Savage
Wed., Sep. 26 Evansville, IN TBA
Fri., Sep. 28 Cincinatti, OH TBA
Sat., Sep. 29  St. Louis, MO Riverport

Kenny will also be recording in Nashville with 4 Runner and with Tommy Shane Steiner.


August, 2001

Here's Kenny's Drum Clinic schedule for August. Please contact the store for details.

Aug. 9th Edmonton Mother's Music  780-425-1400 
Aug. 12th Calgary  Music Center Canada  403-246-6480
Aug. 15th Winnipeg  Mother's Music  204-783-6045
Aug. 26th Ottawa  Steve's Music  613-789-1131 

Aug. 29th

Montreal  Steve's Music  514-878-2216 

 

Kenny's playing can be heard on the new CD from Michelle Branch, The Spirit Room, released on August 14.

Kenny begins touring with Joe Cocker this month, the tour dates for August are:

Tue., Aug. 7    Vancouver, BC PNE Coliseum
Wed., Aug. 8 Kelowna,  BC Skyreach Place
Fri., Aug. 10  Edmonton,  Alberta Skyreach Center
Sat., Aug. 11 Calgary, Alberta Pengroth Saddledome
Mon., Aug. 13 Regina, Canada Performing Arts Center
Tue., Aug. 14 Winnipeg, MB Winnipeg Arena
Fri., Aug. 17   Grand Forks, ND Alerus Center
Mon., Aug. 20 Denver, CO Red Rocks
Wed., Aug. 22   Moline, IL Mark of the Old Cities
Fri., Aug. 24 Clarkston, MI DTE Energy Music Theatre
Sat., Aug. 25 Syracuse, NY NY State Fair
Mon., Aug. 27 Ottowa, Canada Corel Center
Tue., Aug. 28  Montreal, Canada Molson Center
Thu., Aug. 30 Toronto, Canada Molson Amphitheater
Fri., Aug. 31 Grand Rapids, MI Vanandel Arena

Also this month, Kenny will be recording in L.A. with Evan and Jaron for a movie entitled Sympatico.

The Children's Museum of Indianapolis exhibit, "Drumbeats", which features Kenny, continues thru August 19.


July, 2001

Kenny will continue touring in Italy with Vasco Rossi. The July  tour dates are as follows:

July 1 - Salerno
July 4 - Rome
July 7 - Udine
July 10 - Ancona

Kenny is featured in the book "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Playing Drums".  

Later this month, Kenny will be recording in LA with Meat Loaf and in Nashville with Andy Griggs. Also, Kenny will be recording in New York with Kathleen Davis.

On July 26, Kenny will be doing a drum clinic at GuitarWorks in Greenwood, Indiana.


June, 2001

This month Kenny will be recording with Meat Loaf.

Also this month, Kenny begins touring in Italy with Vasco Rossi. The tour dates for June are:

June 10 - Fabriano
June 12 - Naples
June 16 - Imola
June 19 - Torino
June 22 - Verona
June 23 - Sicily (TV Show)
June 25 - Bari
June 28 - Palermo


May, 2001

Kenny will be recording with Mick Jagger, Willie Nelson and Meat Loaf this month. Also, in Bloomington, Indiana with Choice of Reign, and in Minneapolis with Tim Mahoney.  

Also this month, he starts rehearsals with Vasco Rossi in Italy for the tour that begins in June.

Kenny will perform at the Indianapolis 500: Celebration Banquet which will be broadcast on May 29 at 8:30pm on ESPN2.

Visit VicFirth.com for a RealAudio interview with Kenny.

In the current issues of Drum! and Modern Drummer magazine, the reader's poll results for Kenny are:

2001 DRUM! Magazine Reader's Poll

#1 - Studio Drummer
#3 - Drum Clinician

2001 Modern Drummer Reader's Poll

#2 - Studio Drummer
#4 - All-Around Drummer


April, 2001

Kenny will be recording this month in Nashville with Willie Nelson, in LA with Meat Loaf, and also with Nicky Trebek.  He's also recording with the percussion group Scrap Arts Music in Banff, Canada.


March, 2001

Kenny will be giving a performance with the percussion group Scrap Arts Music, at the Banff Center in Banff, Canada on March 3rd. He will also be working with the group on the recording of a new CD. Kenny will also be recording in Nashville with Rebecca Lynn Howard. In LA, Kenny will be recording with Richie Sambora.

Kenny will also be making appearances at the Musikmesse musical instrument trade show in Frankfurt, Germany from March 8 - 11.


February, 2001

Kenny is currently recording at Bearsville Studios in Woodstock, New York with M2M. He will also be recording in LA with Nagabuchi and also Alice Cooper. Then, in Nashville, Kenny will be recording with a new artist, Lennon.

On Feb, 25th, Kenny will be doing a clinic at the The Children's Museum of Indianapolis. Their exhibit, "Drumbeats", featuring Kenny, continues through August 19.

Kenny will be performing at an 85th Birthday Celebration and Concert for George Gaber at the Indiana University School of Music, Auer Hall, on Saturday, February 24.   Mr. Gaber chaired the IU percussion department from 1960 to 1986.  He was Kenny's percussion professor at IU.  The concert begins at 7pm.


January, 2001


This month, Kenny will be in LA recording with Willie Nelson and also with Black Lab and Michelle Branch. He'll also record in Nashville with Tommy Shane Stiner and with Andy Griggs.

Kenny will also be at the 2001 NAMM Show in Anaheim, CA, and will stop by at the booths of the companies he endorses.  On Saturday, January 20, Kenny will be at the Tama booth from 12:30 to 1:30, meeting people and signing autographs, and at the Vic Firth booth from 3:00- 4:00. Also, that night he will be performing with Steve Bailey and Oteil Burbridge at the Ampeg party at the Hilton Hotel.  The NAMM show is a musical equipment manufacturers' annual trade show.

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