Kevin Kinney, known professionally as Kevn Kinney (born March 12, 1961),"The Baseball Project at Wuxtry Records"
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Drivin N Cryin Drivin' n' Cryin' is an American Southern rock band from Atlanta, Georgia, United States. History The band was formed in 1985 in Atlanta when Kevin Kinney hooked up with Frank French at the latter's recording studio, Dragon Path Music, and beg ...

Biography

A native of

Milwaukee, Wisconsin Milwaukee ( ), officially the City of Milwaukee, is both the most populous and most densely populated city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, Milwaukee County. With a population of 577,222 at th ...

, Kinney formed Drivin N Cryin with bassist Tim Nielsen and drummer Paul Lenz after moving to

Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,7 ...

in 1985. Kinney and his bandmates remained a part of the Atlanta underground rock scene until the album '' Fly Me Courageous'', and its hit-single title track, brought them to a national audience on mainstream rock radio. A prolific songwriter, collaborator and performer, Kinney has been noted for his numerous side projects throughout his career, all while keeping Drivin N Cryin an active band. As a solo artist, he recorded the 1990

folk rock Folk rock is a hybrid music genre that combines the elements of folk and rock music, which arose in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom in the mid-1960s. In the U.S., folk rock emerged from the folk music revival. Performers s ...

album '' MacDougal Blues'' with members of

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, and the 2000 album ''The Flower & the Knife'' with various members of the jam-band scene, including

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and

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. Starting in 2002, he formed the project "Sun Tangled Angel Revival" (S.T.A.R.) to release Americana and

roots rock Roots rock is a genre of rock music that looks back to rock's origins in folk, blues and country music. It is particularly associated with the creation of hybrid subgenres from the later 1960s, including blues rock, country rock, Southern rock, ...

music. In 2011, Kinney released an album with

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, a long-standing musical collaborative project headed by

Anton Fier Anton Fier (June 20, 1956 – September 14, 2022) was an American drummer, producer, composer, and bandleader. Family Fier, known as Tony, was born in Cleveland, Ohio, to Ruthe Marie Fier and Anton J. Fier Jr., a former Marine and electrician. ...

Partial discography

*'' MacDougal Blues'', 1990 *'' Down Out Law'', 1994 *'' The Flower and the Knife'', 2000 *'' Main Street, 2000 *'' Broken Hearts and Auto Parts, 2002 *'' Sun Tangled Angel Revival'', 2004 *'' Comin' Round Again'', 2006 (credited to Kevn Kinney's S.T.A.R.) *'' Pre-Approved, Pre-Denied'', 2009 *'' A Good Country Mile'', 2011 (credited to Kevn Kinney and

) *'' Think About It'', 2022

References

External links

Drivin N Cryin official website
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