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Kenny Hensley talks on his career with The Head and The Heart and more broadly. We chat on the story behind the band’s formation, Kenny’s development as a songwriter and player, the democratic approach to maintaining band harmony, and hear about an on-stage train wreck that most of us will sympathise with.
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Discussion topics covered during the show (links will open in new tab):
Kenny’s musical upbringing
A great overview of The Head and The Heart in their own words
Sub Pop Records
The formation of The Head and The Heart
The Head and the Heart – Down in the Valley
The Head and The Heart – Ghosts
The recording of the first (selef-titled) The Head and The Heart album
Perry Watts-Russell
The initial touring experiences touring with bands like Death Cab For Cutie and My Morning Jacket.
How the democratic approach of the band has helped band harmony
Keeping things interesting and creative in a matured band
The Head and The Heart – After The Setting Sun
Kenny’s touring keyboard rig
The Roland FP-7
Kenny’s on-stage train wreck
Tag a keyboard player: Zach Miller, Dr. Dog.
Desert Island Discs: Beatles albums wall to wall (due to a technical glitch we lost Kenny’s audio for a while and didn’t come back to the DSD discussion but he did say in an ideal world it’d be all Beatles albums).
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