FRIDAY 15 | It sounds a bit like an old blues song: I went from Harrisburg to Pittsburgh to Vientiane/I went from Phnom Penh to New Hope, PA. Keith Kenny is taking a break from his Big Red Suitcase tour, which crosses the US from his home base in Asbury Park, NJ to California, for a very special event: headlining a UXO (unexploded ordinance) benefit concert in Laos. He then swoops into Phnom Penh briefly to bring his high-energy acoustic sound to Equinox. If we’re really lucky, we might get to hear his rendition of Led Zeppelin’s Bron-Y-Aur Stomp, of which he says: “That tune just seemed to have all the elements for a perfect one-man-band performance and I have loved their whole catalogue since I heard it back in high school. My influences have been all over the map, from heavy metal to finger-style acoustic guitarists to singer/songwriters and old blues artists. That might be one of the reasons I’ve had a hard time finding that defining category for the sound that I’m after.” Sharing the limelight with Kenny tonight are urban cowboy Joe Wrigley and his lovely Cambodian songstress, Mealea Lay.
WHO: Keith Kenny, with Joe Wrigley & Mealea Lay
WHAT: Singer/songwriter and acoustic guitar hero
WHERE: Equinox, #3a Street 278
WHEN: 9pm November 15
WHY: Witness a road-dusted, multi-influenced talent tweaking and searching for a category