Keb’ Mo’ (born October 3, 1951 in South Los Angeles, California as Kevin Moore) is an American blues singer, guitarist and songwriter.
He first started recording in the early 1970s with Jefferson Airplane violinist Papa John Creach. Creach hired him when Moore was just twenty-one years old; Moore appeared on four of Creach’s albums.
He was further immersed in the blues with his long stint in the Whodunit Band, headed by Bobby “Blue” Bland producer Monk Higgins. Moore jammed with Albert Collins and Big Joe Turner.
In 1996 he released Just Like You, which featured guest appearances from Jackson Browne and Bonnie Raitt.
In 2004, he appeared on Amy Grant: Greatest Hits 1986-2004 in a duet entitled “Come Be with Me”, which became a modest success on pop radio.
In 2005 he appeared on Buddy Guy’s version of “Ain’t No Sunshine”, along with Tracy Chapman. That same year, he appeared on Eric Clapton’s album Back Home. In 2006, he co-wrote the song, “I Hope”, with the Dixie Chicks for their album, Taking the Long Way.
Moore also provided vocals to Marcus Miller’s 2007 album, Free on the track entitled “Milky Way” and again on Miller’s 2008 album entitled, Marcus.
According to Songfacts, in 2010 I See Love was used as the opening theme tune for American sitcom Mike & Molly.
Keb’ Mo’s website is at http://www.kebmo.com/
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Keb’ Mo’ is one of the foremost contemporary blues artists. With an endearing sense of faith in humanity evident on most of his tracks and a very interestingly textured voice, this man has successfully merged traditional Delta blues and modern acoustic singer-songwritership. While it’s a stretch to call him a traditionalist, Keb’ Mo’ plays a mean guitar, and the meticulously played guitar on each one of his songs is awe-inspiring.
After spending his early career backing blues artists up, he released his debut album in 1994. He also appeared in Scorsese’s film about the blues. As the only man to my knowledge that has incorporated the word “internet” into a blues song, it is clear that Keb’ Mo’ is unique and has, in an unprecedented manner, carved out his own genre that never fails to make the listener smile.
Edited by Tedtrivia on 1 Mar 2011, 18:33
Equipment:
Keb' Mo' uses several types of guitars, including electric guitars, acoustic guitars and resonator guitars. He has a preference for red guitars, as he says on his website : "I have a history with red guitars. My first electric was a red guitar.". He mostly plays on a red custom Fender Stratocaster which has the particularity to feature two single-coil pickups, and one humbucker and was much modified from a regular Fender Stratocaster model. On stage, he prefers a Red Hamer guitar with Gibson P-100 pickups. Two of his electric guitars were lost in the 2010 Nashville flood : an Epiphone Sheraton and a Danelectro Selectomatic.
He owns a variety of acoustic and resonator guitars, including a Gibson artist model, a guitar made for him by James Goodall, a National Style N, a National Resorocket, a Gibson ES-335-shaped resonator guitar with a P-90 pickup he bought in a Nashville club and got fixed.
Sources (view history)
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Keb%27_Mo%27&oldid=311262922
http://www.kebmo.com/
http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=22206
Keb’ Mo’, (or Kevin Moore) is another American blues singer, guitarist, and songwriter that I’ve run across and done some homework on; finding out that he plays a mean guitar. He also is known for playing a red colored guitar, whether it be a Fender Stratocaster, Hamer, Epiphone Sheraton or a Danelectro Selectomatic. Mo’s awe-inspiring guitar work has gotten him gigs with Amy Grant, Jackson Browne, Tracy Chapman, Buddy Guy, Eric Clapton and the Dixie Chicks while his 2010 song track titled “I See Love” was used as the opening theme tune for the NEW American sitcom Mike & Molly.
He’s definitely a blues guitarist that you’ll need to listen to when you get the opportunity. Here is a complete list of his albums (CD’s) that you may want to pick-up the next time you’re at your local music store, or even online, if you use http://www.Amazon.com like we do.
Until next time;
Musician By Night . . .
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