Truetone Lounge | Kenny Vaughan
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- Опубліковано 22 вер 2021
- Kenny Vaughan is the perpetually calm and composed guitar slinger that is just as at home touring with Marty Stuart as he is fronting his trio in a club or recording in a studio with the likes of everyone from Lucinda Williams to the Pretenders. With an extensive background in rock, punk, country, and jazz, Vaughan brings a seemingly never-ending bag of tricks to every musical situation he participates in. In our Truetone Lounge, we drill down as to how he seamlessly moves between various genres, how he has held his gig with Marty Stuart for over 20 years, and his seemingly utilitarian view on gear.
Vaughan also covers the recent Sweetheart of the Rodeo Anniversary tour he was a part of with former Byrds, Chris Hillman, and Roger McGuinn, and his tutelage under Bill Frisell. He uses a new Jazzmaster Ultra, Brad Paisley Telecaster with a Glaser B-Bender, and early 80s Squier Stratocaster throughout.
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We opened for Marty and the band in 2013 outside of Atlanta. I was playing a ‘54 strat and Kenny walked right up to me and asked to play it. One of the coolest moments of my life 😎😎
That’s awesome!
Which band ???... I'm an Athens/ Madison County GA boy...
Still Playing out?
Y’all ever play with Drivin N Cryin?
I can see him doing that.
I love that piece!❤
guests having a favorite guitar on their laps equal comfortable interviews
I remember Kenny whenever we were playing the country bar's in Denver, nice kid still is.
He's a guitar store owner's best friend. Saw him play live with a guitar, a tiny amp, and one cable, he blew the doors off the place. The crowd was excited, happy, and loved it. It made me start playing the guitar the next day. I'm sure he's done that same thing to hundreds of other people.
Yeah. Heard him do that many times in 1976 in Littleton, Colo. Great musical memories of him back then.
Awesome.. thanks for sharing
Good story.
The "B" bender is sweet!
Kenny Vaughan complimenting every other guitarist. Does he realize how amazingly talented he is ?
Humble genius
Kenny Vaughn is one of those guitarist that I could never get tired of listening to. Tasteful and delicious tones.
Kenny Vaughn is a true guitar God. His style and sound is like no other. He is in my top 10 greatest players of all time. He can do anything he wants country, rock , blues or whatever is required of him . A true artist.
Played with some Alright people TOO...
I was at Merlefest about 15 years ago and Marty Stuart was the Featured Artist on Saturday night. I was going to head over to the auditorium early so I could get a good seat for the Midnight Jam. Before I could leave Marty came on stage and there was Cousin Kenny just tearing it up. I've never seen anything like him. I was like "who the F is this guy? Where did he come from?" It was Kenny Vaughan. Marty introduced him by saying, "and here's Kenny Vaughan in his new cowboy suit!" Kenny's picking was flashier than his suit. I LOVE his playing, and he's such a great interview. I've watched this one all the way through 3 times now. If I could play like anyone, it would be Kenny Vaughan.
What I love about his playing is he isn’t super flashy but is just a monster player
Is James Burton and Albert Lee on that list?
Who are the other 9? 🎸
Arrived here via Otis’ channel, btw thanks Otis for all of your stellar contributions. And a HUGE thank you to Mr Marty Stuart for making one very WISE choice, to engage with and enroll Kenny’s participation in your band, not just in the studio but out on the road for everyone to soak up his enthusiasm and prowess in all things historical and intimate involving country -jazz Nashville session work and so much more
This could’ve been a 4 day long video and I would have listened to every second of it.
Kenny is such a down to earth guitar hero.
Same here, he is charismatic, articulate and seems like such a wonderful person. Very interesting man.
I remember everything he is talking about, I saw Byrds doing 6 Miles High in Little Rock, 196?s I have been guitarist since 1959, now I sit in a small seniors apartment with 10 Guitars and Love Your Show! I got a ES 330 in 1966 {Grandmother's Gift} I was 14 When the Beatles hit america.
Kenny is just one cool cat! He's the kinda guy you could listen to his playing all night or just listen to him tell stories.....
By far one of my top 3 & i don’t need 2 fingers … Kenny is a savant of Jazz 50s rockabilly 60s surf music the Beatles,
the Rolling Stones and the best of what could be called country music before it lost its soul …
I could watch this from the beginning to end again easy he’s so unpretentious an interesting thank you so much for featuring him and his journey Love it 👍🎸🤠
Marty Stuart hit the Lottery Big Time in Meeting Kenny Vaughan!!! Such a Great Guitarist!!! 😺
Zac is such a great interviewer. He’s totally prepared and asks the right questions at the right time. Great job!
And he lets his guest talk as much or as little as the guest wants to. What a cool conversation to share with all of us!
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Kenny is the man! Love Sweethearts ❤! And 7
Zac enjoys talking to Kenny, that is apparent, which makes it enjoyable for those watching.
Cousin Kenny is about as authentic as it gets. He is what every kid with a guitar dreams of being like when they grow up 🤘
Kenny Vaughan is a national treasure.
Totally wrong!!! Kenny is an international treasure;-)
greetings from Europe, just love this guys playing and chill attitude.
He’s an inspiration to all. No ego whatsoever and talented beyond belief
Get him into the Halls of Fame!!!🎶🎶🎶🎶
I saw Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives last night. Such a great show. Kenny blew me away!
Kenny Vaughan is a total pro, a musician’s musician. Great player, versatile, knowledgeable, and humble. What more could an artist ask for?
I've met Keeny and he is one of the most down to earth people you will ever meet. Great guy and legend.
What a great evening's entertainment and what a nice man is Kenny Vaughan
This should be getting over a million views. Kenny is the most skillful and interesting musician.
For whatever reason, I was not familiar with Kenny until last Saturday, when we saw Marty and the Superlatives. I guess I had seen Kenny on video but had no idea just how much I was to appreciate his as a damn fine guitarist! A new fan here for sure!
Kenny can do no wrong, the nicest guy, authentic, and he can play. Loved this rendition of his tune Mysterium from his 2011 release, V. The coolest.
There were at least three moments where I could swear Kenny was going to launch into a Steely Dan tune; dude's a beast and a great character. His range of influences & tone and detailed recall are phenomenal
Can't ever get enough of Kenny's intro guitar work...!!
The importance of the paper route,for aspiring musicians, in the mid 60's cannot be overstated.
I've watched this interview several times. For guitar players it's like eating dessert for an hour and a half. Love Kenny-good job Zak!
Kenny’s the coolest cat ever😎
KV is the living embodiment of the Joseph Campbell adage-follow your bliss and doors will open. This is a guy who followed his dream and he is one of the top guitarist in the world today. If you follow his story from past to present, it looks like luck, if you look backwards, it was meant to be
Playing good second fiddle when you are a capable front man shows a love of music over love of self. Rare and admirable quality. Good show.
That's what I thought real musicians did, live that music and love it so you play for the music !? 🤷♀️
Kenny and Marty are two peas in a pod.....their collective talent together is as good as it gets in any era.
i dont even PLAY guitar, but its so interesting to listen to ANY artist talk about their craft,a writer, a painter, a musician, you cant help but pick up the passion, the IDEA of it,how deep inside it they ARE,we learn whats INVOLVED in being good at it, and kenny is not just a superior, fantastic musician, but a generally nice person, and able to articulate it . we are ALL tired, im sure, of self centered people only aiming for fame and stardom, this guy is an artist living for the craft, and im so glad he is being rewarded for it in accolades AND monetarily ( i HOPE! )
Kenny so on point with that B-bender, I watched the Yardbirds on Shindig because of what Kenny was saying and realized I had seen it way back when I was a 10 year old, Beck was so incredible doing some of those things that Jimi would later popularize. Kenny Vaughn has been blessed in so many ways and it's great hearing your story, first in playing with some of the greatest artists in popular music and also for a career I could only dream of. I asked my father for a guitar that night the Beatles appeared on Ed Sullivan, but as I was only 7 or so I would have to wait at least for a few more years. I was then was sent for accordion lessons, they were fun but they weren't a Gretsch. Looking back after all these years, instead of following my dreams I did the safe thing. I went to school and had a career of sorts doing things I really couldn't care less about. I've always done music though, both playing and writing because I find joy in it, sometimes by playing in bands and sometimes not. I'm retired now and still play, and I've gone through some Fenders, a couple of Gibsons and a Yamaha or two but funny enough, I never ever owned a Gretsch and maybe, just maybe, that's where it all went wrong!
He is a master of the b bender for sure. Marty is right up there also.
I started learning guitar when I bought the Ventures "Walk Don't Run" Album in '63. I was 12. My Dad did what you said you did, he took the safe route and worked a job he hated for 20 years. I followed my dream because I couldn't NOT do it, ya know. I made my living playing Music for most of 55 years. With various Bands I opened for The Allman Bros., Ricky Nelson, The Judds, Ronnie Milsap, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Maria Muldaur, and I played with John McEuen and Jimmy Ibottson of the Dirt Band, sang with Rodney Crowell, worked with and met a whole bunch more. I've written & recorded 38 Albums on which I play every instrument, but that's all over now, and here I am at 72 and looking back at it all, I have as many regrets as anybody. I guess I'm just sharing that with you because your story saddened me and made me think of my Dad.
We all do whatever we do in our lives and look for some "Happiness" along the way.
Everything I just told you about did NOT make me happy. I'm trying to encourage you to do what you love NOW. If playing and writing makes you happy... Do it! I don't play out much any more, but I write and record all the time, and that makes me happy. I've got Music that no one will ever hear, but I keep writing it. I hope you get my meaning here.
You said, "Maybe, that's where it all went wrong." But maybe, just maybe, it went just how it was supposed to.
just a beautiful and inspiring comment. Nothing but admiration for you. Well done , totally inspiring. my mind is made up. Thank you so much
It's not every day I watch a one and a half hour youtube video but today I very happily did. What a lovely guy. ✔
Great interview. Kenny is such a great musician.
Had a laugh with him and Marty Stuart and the rest of the band after a concert in Nashville Arkansas several years ago. We laughed about how after the Marty Stuart show on RFD channel a show would come on right after it called “Big Joe’s Polka Show”🎵😂
My favorite kind of musician: total badass but approaches the music with humility and deference. And a great storyteller to boot!
Love how honest he was about the Patty gig and how the label changed her style.
That silver bender tele sounds killer with Cousin Kenny’s chops. Fantastic watch as Kenny is just a class act.
I got my pic taken with this cool cat after a Marty Stuart show. What a sweet guy. Seeing him and Marty play in Napa this Saturday. What great timing that you put this out before the show! Thanks Zac!
Fantastic interview! Been a fan of Kenny's ever since I saw him playing with Lucinda Williams on the "Car Wheels On A Gravel Road" tour. One of the best shows ever.
So beautiful Kenny! You played on many of my sessions in the 90s n 2000s thank you sir!!
Hell of a picker,and a great story teller,really enjoy him on Otis's podcast.I was fortunate enough to see him with, Marty's party, several Moons ago,great show!
Hey Kenny, I’ve become such a fan here of late of your great tele style and taste... Thanks so much for all you’ve done to peak my interest and playing style...😊
Ive been recording the Marty Stewart show every week for months just to document the great guests and of course the Fab Superlatives. Kenny blows my mind every show with. his taste, tone, and effortless appearing playing. He makes it look so easy! Their latest album, WayOut West, is a great sounding album, with killer harmonies. Well done, Zac, I feel like Im sitting across the room from y'all. thank you, Kenny, it was nice to meet ya!
Kenny’s virtuosity is mind boggling! By far my favorite guitarist! 🎸
That intro song was absolutely beautiful... finesse is a skill you learn only by playing.
Wow, what a sweet tone that man can produce. I'm sold!
Kenny is one of my favorite guitarist, love all the same genres of music he plays, one of the most down home, and unpretentious,celebrities I ever hope to meet.
I always always enjoy Kenny’s stories. Fabulous guitar player!
I’m playing a gig in a motel lounge the Friday night before I was to go setup and run sound for a festival. I wasn’t all that familiar with Marty Stuart and the Fabulous Superlatives. There was a guy sitting and watching us play all night. The next day as I was wiring up the console at FOH and the guy that was in the lounge comes up to me and asks if we are going to be playing again that Saturday night down at the lounge. I said no and we talked for a while and then later that day when the festival headliner ( Marty Stuart) came on, there was that guy from the lounge ripping it up in Marty’s band. I became a Kenny Vaughan fan immediately. Hey Zac, I understand your first lounge gig was at the Holiday Inn in Rawlins WY. I was probably eating in the restaurant while you were playing there.
Thanks Kenny! And Thanks to Truetone Lounge. It was like somehow I got invited to a great guitar lesson. I look for great, humble guitar players. And I finally found someone that thinks like I do. No frills, just the real deal. Kenny and his Squier.
Thanks for a great interview with one of the best guitarists out there. Love his work with Lucinda and Marty.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thoroughly enjoyed this interview. For as long as I've been familiar with Kenny's work, I've been an admirer. He pretty much ran down several of the figures of my own musical education. Homer & Jethro were hard-core jazz dudes. I love Frisell's understatement. Watching him play is an experience. Love Kenny's eclectic tastes.
I love Kenny's guitar playing!!! So skillful and musical.
The most natural and informative interview I have seen in many years of watching UA-cam. It felt like you were in the room just hanging out! Thank you Kenny and Truetone
Wow so interesting Kenny is Kool!
He's played with so many great players and they all recognized his talent. What a life!
Not a bad word about anyone, nothing but gratitude and compliments for everyone he’s played with!
He is an absolute humble genius, no ego and incredibly talented. The way he talks about his dad, sounds like he had a fantastic upbringing. Wonderful man.
Good God! I’m 64 and I took my first guitar lesson at 12 yrs old. I was already a clarinet player and read music at that time.
I learned sooo much about EVERYTHING during this conversation!
Zac - you did great, buddy! Talk about “leaving space” - excellent interview skills! I did a radio show for a public broadcaster in Canada, for five years! “The Blues Never Die” on 94.9FM. I did an interview every week - from James Cotton to Mick Jones - interviews are super tough (I did my own editing, and they’re still super tough to get a good one!) This True Tone session was a “just roll tape” right from the beginning ! Magic!
Peace
Wow, I've waited so long for Kenny to be on the show! He is one of my favourite guitar players of all time! Now please bring on Marty Stuart! :)
Totally agree… in fact, bring on the whole band, and do a few episodes. We’d all be waiting impatiently for the next one. I’d love to have dinner with these guys, just because their talent and experience is definitely matched by their lack of drama and pretension.
Great interview! And any time Johnny Guitar Watson comes up in conversation, it just makes me happy.
I saw him playing with his Trio outside of a Titans game a few years ago. I haven't been the same since.
I think Kenny Vaughn is one of THE best. I just love his style and taste.
Great show Zac,Kenny seems very humble especially in praising other guitarists.
From listening to Kenny tell stories on Otis Gibb's channel I've realized I could listen to Kenny tell stories all day.
Plus.... he's such a gifted musician you can't watch him play without being inspired to pick up the guitar and keep tryin' to learn something new (and I've been playing for 50 years)
Wow, Kenny has a rare charisma about him where he could read the phone book and make it sound interesting. One of my favorite guitar players and a very cool cat! Zak always does a wonderful job asking relevant questions. So thankful for this opportunity, thank you!
He is just wonderful
This is pure gold. Thanks Zac and Kenny. 🙏
Hey Zac, you knocked it out of the park on this one brother. You and Kenny had a wonderful back-and-forth and everything that I thought you should’ve asked, you did. Thank you for the wonderful insight into one of my fave guitar players. Keep up the good work bud!
I appreciate that!
I love Kenny! There are not enough fabulous superlatives to frame his greatness properly!
This is solid gold. Nice man and stellar player.
Just wonderful to listen to and a real treat to witness Kenny playing. This is the other Vaughn everybody should know about. Thx.
Completely agree
Love the James Burton story! Got to play a couple of songs with him sitting in at an industry event in Nashville and same thing happened...other guitar player besides me, Mike Aquino, is a monster, and James walked onstage with his signature tele, two cables, a Boss digital delay, plugged into a SIR backline Bassman reissue (which he dimed) and then played a solo that blew our minds, including one lick that was from freaking outerspace that he had certainly never played before on any recordings and that made me and Mike drop our jaws and pretty much stop playing mid-song and stare at each other and just laugh.
Can't express how awesome this is. I'm a HUGE fan of Marty and Kenny. Thank you so much!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
That was just terrific. I first met Kenny in Denver, Colorado when my punk rock band from Laramie played with his rockabilly band The Jonny III and the Suicide Commandos from Minneapolis (in '77?). Kenny really was the first guy I saw playing an "old guitar" on purpose and I had never seen anybody keep a Stratocaster in tune like he could. Loved all gear stuff and thanks Kenny for showing us your Burton lick! Thank you Zak.
You are so welcome!
A punk rock band from Laramie? Wow! Those were few and far between I bet! Lol!
Winters in Wyoming will make you want to tear something up for sure! Lol!
How are you gonna top this Zac ????? Watched every show, but ya gotta love cousin Kenny.
Elvis
Ein wirklich tolles, entspanntes Interview! Kenny Vaughan ist ein so wahnsinnig guter Gitarrenspieler!
Such masterful playing. A true talent. Thanks for the video.
I'm about the same age as Kenny, so I can relate to his stories. He seems like a regular, down to earth, non-egomaniacal, musician, and great guitar player. There are so many great guitar players now, but not many of them are compelling to me on a musical level, often their fretboard pyrotechnics become boring. Kenny is a musician, who keeps it musical and fun, the kind of music I love. Thanks for featuring Mr. Kenny Vaughan (with a last name like that, you'd better be good...probably hears that all the time). Cheers!!
Thanks for interviewing Kenny. Such a nice guy and such a great player. Really appreciate this interview featuring Kenny and Zac!
Guys like Kenny and G.E. Smith are absolutely "FANTASTIC" guitar players and I always wondered why they never got the recognition they truly deserved. I sure enjoy listening to and watching Kenny play...
was first introduced to Kenny Vaughan's musicianship at Lucinda Williams "secret" show at Antone's (in Austin) right when Carwheels was released. Although Lucinda was great, I believe everyone in the room left thinking that Kenny Vaughan was the greatest guitarist in the world (a reasonable assertion still). And what a great interview! Really enjoyed this.
I love this guy! I discovered him just a few months ago with Marty Stuart whom I like very much too! The musicianship in this band is outstanding! You can also see the bond and the strong friendship between them and how they enjoy playing together, it's just beautiful to watch!
Kenny is definitely a product of-- what I can gather from this great interview--his parents. He described them as true intellectuals passing as hillbillies to fit in. I loved that description as it gives the fan a window into who KV is and what made him the personable & talented sweetheart he is.
I mean everyone who auditioned him or even just briefly played with him --ended up taking him on tour! 🤩 If you've never seen Marty & the Superlatives...
check them out ASAP😂
Finally we get my friend Kenny Vaughan this show
This was so great, thank you Zac and Kenny! There is a lot of gold to be mined from this interview. I would love to see Chris Scruggs and Richard Bennett interviewed at some point. The Truetone lounge is becoming an important reference library for those of us that have the sickness.
He did a Chris Scruggs interview. It is excellent as are all Zac's interviews.
Wow, what a great time. His "Rock Band" played at our High School at a gig I put together. It was probably memorable for them because someone (a teacher) pulled the plug. Literally on the P.A.
Thats right out of a movie right! Thats funny! You kids and your loud music!
Played bass with Kenny Vaughn with a Country Artist named George Ducas around Nashville in the early 90's...one gig at The Sutler, we were supposed to go on at 8pm...Kenny never called, and just showed up at nearly 10...said he was doing a session, and well...some things apparently just cannot be rushed...and Kenny Vaughn is one of those things...always worth the wait...
Very good interview. Some good questions asked with intriguing answers and the interviewee is allowed to talk. Thank you.
This is an excellent interview Zac. You certainly have a gift for asking the right questions and moving an interview forward. Love Kenny Vaughan's music and I am so glad you got to sit down with him.
I discovered Kenny late by watching The Marty Stuart Show. I think Kenny’s love for The Ventures has never left him…he drips with surf tone and yet, isa true hillbilly guitar slinger. Long live ‘the Cuz!’
saw kenny with marty and the superlatives
feb 29 2020 in CT
right before covid blew up
they were incredible. just incredible
glad i got to experience their music with them
oh yea, and marty played that original b bender tele too that night
quite possibly the best live show Ive ever seen-heard
they werr taking requests from the audience and just were killing it
kenny has that TONE
When living in New York my cousin who also lived there took me to a now defunct bar called 9C and it was bluegrass night and Kenny happened to be sitting in and man did he blow my mind! He was ripping chicken pickin’ and blazing 16th note picking runs, I had not heard of him prior but that night he was unreal and one of the best players I have ever seen or heard, total monster!
Watching again. Not only is Vaughan amazing, but I have to give Zac credit for letting Kenny talk while he covers Paisley guitars an “benders”. Great interviewing skills.
Kenny is a great player, very interesting and a neat guy. Marty struck the mother load of guitar players when he enlisted Kenny, one of my favourites.
So nice to see Cousin Kenny hold forth on his career in another well-conducted interview by Zac. Perfect way to start the show with Ambient Country. That Marty Stuart WAY OUT WEST album explores a dimension of L.A. to S..F. '60s psychedelia that makes perfect sense: After all, the blackface Fender amps had onboard tremolo AND reverb; precursors to the current Modulation Scare. Yup, I have Cousin Kenny's solo album and I'm hoping that on his next one he will further explore the sonic river that connects Country, Surf, and Psychedelic: Acid Country, as it were. Thank you gentlemen; great job.
Kenny is an amazing guitar picker, and seems to be a stand up guy. Never knew much about him, other than he played for Marty. Great video!
KV is such a cool and downright humble dude. Just totally laid back and genuine. Definitely left his ego at the door. I could listen to him talk just about his session player experiences for hours. I've long enjoyed his work with Marty and the other Superlatives. I only wish I had 1/1000 of his guitar playing skills! This one was a treasure. Keep up the great work, Zac.
Him and Marty Stuart are a great pair! Love that show!
what a great interview, really didn't know about Kenny but he seems like a very modest but hugely talented player. Great interviewer too. Thank you to all involved.
Have seen Kenny several times, he is a killer! Great player!
Kenny is such a class act. What amazing hands he has. I love when tele twangers pull off some Django sounding notes.
Got to see Kenny play as part of the backup band on The Sweetheart of the Rodeo tour which I saw at the Ryman.Top notch player and top notch guy.Zac your interview style really puts people at ease and makes for a feeling of hanging out with friends.