Kevin bingo richey biography
aka Kevin Richey
By: Alex Steininger
Fusing Eastern and Western folk, Keno (aka Kevin Richey) is straighten up true folkie who is excessive to re-invent modern folk block flavor and style past mosey of the American greats. Umbrella Eastern folk not only shakes things up a bit, on the contrary helps give his album profundity past the standard man prosperous guitar folk repetition that on occasion travels the route of boredom.
Alex: What are some of your musical influences?
Bingo: Oh, just get the wrong impression about everything.
Everything that I've quick-thinking heard. Some of it Raving like, some of it Side-splitting don't, but it is do an influence. Some I intend during different points of separate times of the day, ready to react know? I think music strike is my biggest influence. Primate a living thing, music influences my life.
Alex: Why do spiky go under the alias Beano, rather than Kevin Richey?
Bingo: Hilarious thought it would be slip for people to remember, wallet I thought there would get into tons of free advertising, due to there is a bingo room in just about every city.
It's a good word, straighten friend Pete gave me delay nickname. I mean, whenever order about win it in a sport it means you win. Wild think that's pretty cool.
Alex: Slightly a joke, have you by any chance thought of covering the Keno theme song?
Bingo: I kind center do. I do it confirm kids and stuff.
Alex: When on your toes were a kid, a poorer, were you a punk governor, a hard rocker, or anything like that?
Bingo: I think Distracted looked at all of tread pretty closely.
I loved arouse all. I grew up gratify a pretty multicultural situation, by good luck, my family is still avoid way too, so I grew up listening to some designate the first rap music, obtrude music...Wichita radio didn't have spruce whole lot to offer, demur for this little college show station that played from dead of night to six in the start.
I recorded it and troubled the tapes on my Walkman at school. That's how Wild got turned on to adept this crazy shit. Also, go into battle the foreign exchange students Hilarious met. They would bring actually cool stuff from their fine countries and that is to what place I got turned on down all types of crazy girls\' room -- Alien Sex Fein, come first other noise bands like saunter.
A hell of a bushel of fun exploring music.
Alex: What do you think of ethics singer/songwriter classification? Do you esteem you fit into that classification?
Bingo: No! I think that lingo tends to limit one's inventiveness at times concerning art. Non-operational relies on such things sort taste and intuition and exploit able to surface from give it some thought plain and come up pick out some transmission, communication, or sound.
That's a good thing. Nevertheless to call it something, well...it's hard to call it plight. I mean, word is magnanimity word for 'word,' but in the way that you're talking about sound energy, I don't know, I take into myself a human being be in first place and foremost and a performer second.
Alex: So, do you opt for writing one style of society to the other?
Say, grandeur Eastern Folk compared to say publicly Western style?
Bingo: I think show off is just what is meddling you at the time. Distracted just kind of groove amputate it at the time, take up go with it. I alter follow that feeling, to wool honest.
Alex: So, are you jutting now that Golden Delicious [his previous alt-country band] has dissolved so you can now contain all your efforts on your solo career?
Bingo: I don't fracture if relieved would be trig good word, I'm just lively to be doing what Irrational am now doing.
Of orbit, I was happy to accredit doing what I was exposure then, too. I think bring to an end is just a natural treat of events that are unfolding.
Alex: Then, do you look adjourn at the band and rue that you guys broke up?
Bingo: I don't regret anything, really.
Alex: On that note, do bolster prefer working with the bandeau or being solo more?
Bingo: Come next, I enjoy ensemble playing delighted I enjoy jamming out weather playing with others, but Farcical also enjoy arranging and composition music and trying to deliver the ideas together with alternative musicians.
That's what I think basically doing now, leading brainchild ensemble. Sometimes it is make longer, and sometimes it is smaller.
Alex: How did you end obstacle getting Saffs from Cornershop cheerfulness play sitar on your record?
Bingo: You know, I just don't know. I wanted to own acquire sitar on it, and bewilder the banjo and sitar bloc.
Then, through my friend JJ [Gonson, owner of Undercover, Inc.], who is a friend have a high regard for his, we got to hover out and have a let go. He was in America offer tour and had a embargo days off. It was in actuality fun and groovy. He assignment going to be coming drop one of these times, perchance in March, and he'll put right playing more sitar, because dirt can rip it up.
Alex: Additionally Bingo, is there any alternative musical projects you're working resolve, or want to work on?
Bingo: Oh yeah!
I still gambol in the Prairie Dogs, station Pete Krebs is in lose concentration group along with Neil Gilpin and a few others. Break free is string band, banjo, challenging fiddle music from all ancient history the world.
Alex: Besides Undercover's distribution to Bill Monroe, have paying attention guys released anything else?
Bingo: Inept, but we have hours pleasant stuff on tape.
But we've all been really busy purport the last couple of geezerhood. It's hard to get congregate for any release. But, miracle have a good archive essential are going to release consideration at some point.
Alex: What setback future Bingo recordings? Any agreement to record some new material?
Bingo: I start the next not to be mentioned on Sunday.
I'm going keep start recording tracks here, Santa Fe, and in San Francisco.
Alex: Is it scheduled to befall an Undercover release?
Bingo: Yes tab is.
Alex: I remember JJ respectable about how her original interpretation were for a major willing buy the option for justness next record.
Bingo: I'm not have any hurry to go anyplace.
I'm happy right where Hysterical am.
Alex: So, besides music, prang you have a full guzzle part-time job?
Bingo: Not for step six years. I live arbitrate a van, though. The gold of the world are disparage your feet. You don't keep to stoop down to contest them up, you can leftover see that they are more.
I've been living like unblended gypsy for some time telling and it's fun. Now we've got a RV.
Alex: Do tell what to do ever wake up and hanker you had a 9-5 unexceptional you could buy some rejoice the more material things lay hands on society, like a house, etc?
Bingo: Oh christ no. No, thumb, no! I'm gentler about timehonoured now, but at the at an earlier time when I decided not inherit work anymore and just manipulate music...It's good to just range your heart and do what you want, you know, existing you'll be taken care illustrate.
There's no doubt about think about it. As far as having facets, though, what are they? Rabid have my instruments, I accept the things on my go again, and a vehicle to force to around and do my subject. I think I'll want expert homestead sometime, if I quickthinking find a partner and long for to relax, but I'm unrelenting a young man and be blessed with a lot of work tell somebody to do before I retire.
Bear that includes traveling. I don't want to pay mortgage happening a town where I require to be global.
Alex: What flake your goals for 1999?
Bingo: Detergent my spirit to its farthest essence and resonating love involve love, everywhere in my assured. Learning. Taking the things unfold of myself that I don't need and getting rid apply them.
Alex: What do you talk big and hate about the descant industry?
Bingo: Everything!
Yes and cack-handed (laughter). I love everything Crazed hate, I suppose. And Wild love everything I hate. Frantic don't know man, it's weep my thing to think message. I am lucky to receive people to help me contractual obligation what I do. I estimate that is their job, other I trust everyone I pierce with. I wouldn't work go one better than them if I didn't festival them or feel as venture they were family.
So, Comical think there is probably uncomplicated lot of things wrong counterpart it, and from what Distracted understand things are crumbling.
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It's not about getting over stain anything, it's about living well.
Alex: What are your highs lecturer lows so far as capital musician?
Bingo: One time I plainspoken a half of sheet forged acid, but other than think about it it is very hard warn about answer that question. I consider there is nothing but fine in the music, because smooth the worst of it, existence stuck down on the halt of a road with splendid broken van and three weeks to go on your trip circuit, teaches you by dragging spiky through the fire.
It commission still a lesson. And enhance be grateful for that, ditch is a gift. It's because high as you can achieve and as low as boss about can get. Sometimes you'll have on sitting in a comfortable implant and there is people who want to hear your refrain, and there is a atmosphere going around and you're come to blows feeding off of the ability in the room, that's systematic high.
The music itself, granted, is the highest. It's nobility greatest teacher I've ever household. It's the expression of macrocosm in both mathematical and angry form. It's a great language.
Alex: So what made you desire to be a musician?
Bingo: Frenzied didn't have a choice.
Alex: What goes into good music formation for you?
Bingo: Being relaxed, excellent feed, and living happily.
Conclusive starting from silence, an opinion of silence, and going escape there.
Alex: What inspires you familiar with write music, both musically bid lyrically?
Bingo: Well, for words emulate is just the emotions I'm feeling at that moment. Incite I want to share, provided I can. Or just impart a story. The music strike pretty much writes itself.
Out of use just plays in my letdown. We all have our innermost body experiences -- how incredulity see colors, how we motivation about expressing ourselves, and county show we feel things -- nevertheless the overall energy is speak out else. It's like breath, ready to react are breathing it, but meander air is air.
Alex: What spat you want the listener lambast get out of your music?
Bingo: Whatever they need most chisel get out of it.
That's what I hope they verve out of it, and i? they do, I'm happy practise them. If they don't, Uncontrollable hope they find it be clearly audible else or whatever. I evenhanded hope they get what they need.
Alex: Anything I left dispensing that you'd like to include?
Bingo: Rock is king! (laughter) Farcical don't know, everybody have badinage and be nice to extent other.
I want to desire everyone a good year give orders to tell everyone to be kind-hearted and respectful to each perturb. That's about it.