KIRK FLETCHER - Live Brasov Jazz & Blues Festival | 3 september 2021

 

Biography[edit]

Kirk Fletcher was born in Bellflower, California, United States. He was the younger son of a Baptist minister, and gained enough confidence from watching his elder sibling, Walter, perform at their father's church, that Kirk learned to play rudimentary guitar by the age of eight.^[6] Fletcher was a member of a jazz band during high school, and later played with his friends on road trips in Southern California. In Los Angeles he met Robben Ford's guitar technician, Jeff Rivera, in a small music shop, and was impressed with Ford's expertise on guitar. Later through spending time with Al Blake, who was the lead singer and harmonica player for the Hollywood Fats Band, helped establish connections with other West Coast blues musicians such as Junior Watson and Lynwood Slim.^[2]

Fletcher became adept enough on the guitar to perform himself at gigs,^[2] and he recorded his debut album I'm Here & I'm Gone (1999) for JSP Records.^[7] Blake introduced Fletcher to Kim Wilson of the Fabulous Thunderbirds, which led to Fletcher playing guitar in Kim Wilson's Blues Revue. Touring duties followed and then Fletcher played on Wilson's Grammy Award-nominated live album, Smokin' Joint (2001). Shortly afterwards, Fletcher was invited to collaborate with Charlie Musselwhite. Fletcher stated "This is where I really developed my own sound and Charlie was cool with me being me."^[2]

Set list: 1. Band 2. Band 3. Still Like To Do The Things I Used To Do 4. DD Rider 5. So Good At Being No Good 6. Tell It 7. Big & Hot 8. ABCs of Love (What'd I Say by Ray Charles) 9. So Hard 10. Have Hom Will Travel 11. Gone 12. Don't Mess With Me 13. Rock On 14. There Is Something On Your Mind 15. Hands Off (Got My Mojo Workin) encore 16. Every Night Is Saturday Night https://www.facebook.com/Brasovjazz https://www.facebook.com/kirk.fletche...