Eminence Speaker welcomes Kirk Fletcher
Eminence Speaker LLC officially welcomes Kirk Fletcher to the family of endorsing artists. He is proud to be choosen as a memeber of the family. Kirk found his tone with the GA-SC64.
by jenjo
Updated: March 30, 2016
Eminence Speaker LLC officially welcomes Kirk Fletcher to the family of endorsing artists. He is proud to be choosen as a memeber of the family. Kirk found his tone with the GA-SC64.
by jenjo
Posted: February 26, 2016
Not many people would choose to move to Compton, the notorious south LA neighbourhood immortalised by NWA. But that’s just what guitarist Kirk Fletcher’s parents did when he was a child. “All of my family is from Pine Bluff, Arkansas, but I grew up in southern California, a little suburb of LA called Lakewood,” says Fletcher. “Then I moved to Compton with my family to start building a new church because my dad’s a pastor. That’s where I got started playing guitar. “My dad sold the house in Lakewood and we moved to another house in Compton and he used that money to help build the church there. We already had a small church but he wanted to build a bigger church because he felt at that time we’re living in a bigger house and the Lord’s house is suffering in this small place. So he was really doing it for the right reasons.” …
…“I’m a late singer. [Producer] Mike Landau and a couple of my friends who helped me record that record were like: ‘Kirk, you’ve got to do it. You’ve got to try.’ They pushed me and pushed me and I finally said, ‘Okay, I’m going to try.’ It took me a year after that record to even do it consistently live because I was nervous and it felt strange.” Apart from the pressure, there’s the often painful process of getting used to hearing your own voice played back to you. “Oh God, it’s the worst! If you can get past that then I think you’ll be okay,” says Fletcher, who has simultaneously been figuring out what exactly it is he wants to sing about. “That’s the other thing that’s evolving as we speak actually. I basically started singing songs that I do now in my live gigs that somebody else sang on my records. It’s weird. Now I want to try to figure out what I want to sing, what I want to write and what I want to say, which is very scary, but at the same time it’s very fun and a new chapter.”
by jenjo
Updated: January 27, 2016
Ultimate Blues Tone Capsule. Developed by Roland engineers under the supervision of Blues guitarist Kirk Fletcher, the Ultimate Blues Tone Capsule changes the sound and response characteristics of the original Blues Cube amps to provide custom voicings approved by the artist himself.
by Kirk
Updated: January 20, 2016
It is often said that great lead guitarists are great rhythm players as well, and many a brilliant player has proven this to be true. Case in point: Kirk Fletcher. As fans of the Fabulous Thunderbirds, Joe Bonamassa, the Mannish Boys, Italian superstar Eros Ramozzatti, and other artists who have hired Fletcher over the years are well aware, the Los Angeles guitarist fires off soulful, straight-from-the-heart solos that dazzle on big stages. Yet, like many truly great blues and gospel players, Fletcher also blows people’s minds when he’s playing rhythm guitar.
by jenjo
Updated: December 11, 2015
Kirk Fletcher is an official Reunion Blues Gig Bags artist!