I just got a message from Gary Lambert:
Just had to file this li’l halftime report…
Joining RatDog on “Catfish John” and “West L.A. Fadeaway:”
BILL KIRCHEN!!
If you don’t know who Bill Kirchen is, familiarize yourself! He is a master of “dieselbilly” guitar.
Here’s a photo of Bill playing in the KPFA performance studio on 10/30/02, and here he is with Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen at the Hollywood Bowl on 7/21/74.
David,
I was at the Baltimore show when Bill Kirchen joined ratdog and he absolutely tore it up on West LA Fadeaway! He was having a blast playing with those guys.
-Pete