Kirk Fletcher - Silver Spoon (Sometimes I feel so lonely)

 

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]

Album: I'm Here and I'm Gone, http://kirkfletcherband.com/ Lyrics: Sometimes I feel so lonely Other times I wanna cry Sometimes I feel so lonely Other times I just wanna cry I know you want some lovin' But baby Im hurtin' deep down inside Time I get rid of my heartache And try to find someone to love Oh it's time to get rid of my heartache babe And try to find someone to love I know it's been a rocky road yeah Ooh but you know I had my fun Try to understand darlin' I wasn't born with a silver spoon I need you to try to understand darlin' yeah I wasn't born, I wasn't born with a silver spoon no I everything that I've got, you know I got from payin' my dues Baby I'm really payin' my dues Try to understand me I wasn't born with a silver spoon I need you to try to understand darlin' I wasn't born with a silver spoon Oh no (incomprehensible) everything that I've got babe Oh I've got it from paying my dues Time to get rid of my heartache And try to find someone to love Yeah Oh it's time to get rid of my heartache babe And I try to find someone to love I know it's been a long rocky road babe But you know I had my fun Oh I had my fun baby Thanks to SeriousGamer753 West Coast blues guitarist Kirk Fletcher has logged time with everyone from the Fabulous Thunderbirds to Charlie Musselwhite, but he kicked off his solo career with I'M HERE AND I'M GONE. The album shows a guitarist who has assimilated the innovations of artists like B.B. King and Buddy Guy and channeled them into something contemporary, with traces of funk and R&B adding some extra groove juice.