"How good are they LIVE?" in the last 12 months on 100 (as of 1/30/26)
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Based on 10 concert reviews, the critics consensus is that Bill Kirchen is rated as an enjoyable live performer, with some notable strengths. Bill Kirchen concert reviews describe live shows and performances as powerful.
Bill Kirchen (1948- ) plays a diverse style of American roots music. Born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, he currently lives in the Washington DC area.
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Nippertown (USA)
December 4, 2022
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TROY - Bill Kirchen's Honky Tonk Holiday Show made its annual stop at the Hangar on the Hudson Saturday night. I can sum up the sumptuous two sets by saying Bill and his Silent Knights (Jack Saunders on bass and drummer Rick Richards) were perfect but never perfunctory.
It probably takes a very special artist in order to persuade Peter Bruntnell to haul himself up north to fill a support slot. Peter explained that he'd booked a coach ticket to Manchester, only for the coach driver to be taken ill and an ambulance called for him part way into the journey.
It began in 1963 with the Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan and led Kirchen to hitchhike to the ’64 Newport Folk Festival where he witnessed the debut of “Mr. Tambourine Man.
Known as “The King of Dieselbilly” and “The Titan of the Telecaster,” Bill Kirchen has a distinctive, powerful style as a guitarist. There's twang, but it rocks hard, and it grooves.
