About the show
Too much fun. Bill Kirchen and His Silent Knights roll into Buddy Lou’s on their annual Honky Tonk Holiday Tour. Expect a sleigh full of rare holiday gems from the blues, rock n roll, and honky tonk songbooks including Silent Surfin Night, Truckin Trees for Christmas, and Santa Claus Wants Some Lovin.
You will also get a truckload of dieselbilly favorites, rockers, and country weepers to take the edge off the holiday fuss. Mark your calendars and check them twice because Santa Claus is back in town.
Touring lineup features Texas aces Jack Saunders on bass and Rick Richards on drums.
Artist bio
Bill Kirchen is the Titan of the Telecaster and a founding member of Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen. He created the signature guitar hook for Hot Rod Lincoln, driving it into the national Top 10. A Grammy nominee for Best Country Instrumental in 2001, Bill has recorded with Elvis Costello, Nick Lowe, Dan Hicks, Maria Muldaur, Hoyt Axton, Hazel Dickens, Gene Vincent, and Link Wray, and has toured globally with Commander Cody, Nick Lowe, Hoyt Axton, and Emmylou Harris.
More accolades and recent releases
Bill entered the Washington DC Wammie Awards Hall of Fame in 2001 alongside Dave Grohl and John Philip Sousa, joining a list that includes Bo Diddley, Duke Ellington, Ruth Brown, Marvin Gaye, Patsy Cline, Shirley Horn, Emmylou Harris, Jorma Kaukonen, and Jack Casady. His album Transatlanticana reached the Americana Radio Chart Top 10 in 2018. Recent releases include Back from the Ozone, a Lost Planet Airmen reunion CD in October 2023, plus Waxworks and Tombstone Every Mile from 2021, and The Proper Years, all on the Last Music Company label.
Press highlights
Washington Post: Seldom has traveling across the rock and country landscape been this much fun.
Guitar Player: The Titan of the Telecaster cuts loose with some of the fattest, gnarliest low down twang imaginable.
Rolling Stone: A musical treasure, a fantastic player, and very much a pioneer. One of our best.