The Kentucky Headhunters News

After I'd been doing this for nearly 30 years, the right idea finally presented itself.

Country The Kentucky Headhunters, "Live/Agora Ballroom - Cleveland, Ohio, May 13, 1990" . A bunch of long-haired country-rockers, the Kentucky Headhunters made a well-deserved splash with their 1989 debut, "Pickin' on Nashville." The 1990 show documented here finds the quintet at its wild and woolly best.

Leave it to the irreverent First Coast Ham Jam, which once staged beer belly contests, to find a way to put barbecue, cars, camels, disco, cute babies, beer and a band called the Kentucky Headhunters all in one place.

Twenty years after releasing the debut album "Pickin' On Nashville," the Kentucky Headhunters is still playing and kicking and not conforming to Nashville expectations - thank goodness.

A group of five session musicians who formed in 1987 in order to have a little fun, the Pirates of the Mississippi were one of a handful of country bands who emerged in the wake of the Kentucky Headhunters' success in the early '90s. The Pirates of the Mississippi didn't blend genres or joke around like the Kentucky Headhunters, yet they weren't ...

Arguably the most varied crowd gathered at the WDRM stage on Friday night, and The Kentucky Headhunters made the most of them.

His dad refers to him as a "road-dog" and Richard Young calls him, "the band's mascot." Erik Martin simply thinks of himself as the "number one fan" of the local country rockers, The Kentucky HeadHunters.

With forecasters calling for a beautiful weekend, organizers of Louisa's annual Septemberfest celebration are expecting plenty of visitors to enjoy good food, spontaneous and planned reunions, and great live music.

Dominic Murphya s feature debut White Lightnin' is the tale of Jesco White, a The Dancing Outlawa .

With their 1989 debut album, Pickin' On Nashville, the Kentucky Headhunters bucked the fashion of slick, homogenized, country pop and laid down a loose and rowdy, working class Southern rock that won fans around the world.

While we've seen our local economy hammered in 2009 by the ongoing recession due to our local manufacturing base being so closely tied to the misfortunes of the automotive industry, we also have found ourselves celebrating along with some our most storied community institutions.

Many people have fond memories of thePlaza Theatre, whether they saw a movie there as a child or laughed until their sides hurt at a popular comedian's jokes during a recent concert.

Some country artists don't ride the trends, they buck them; survive them. Three of country's award-winning, long-playing artists who may have pushed the boundaries, along with a few Nashville buttons, when they arrived on the music scene with their own brand of country will be in concert at the Frederick Fairgrounds tonight.

Some country artists don't ride the trends, they buck them; survive them. Three of country's award-winning, long-playing artists who may have pushed the boundaries, along with a few Nashville buttons, when they arrived on the music scene with their own brand of country will be in concert at the Frederick Fairgrounds tonight.

Some country artists don't ride the trends, they buck them; survive them. Three of country's award-winning, long-playing artists who may have pushed the boundaries, along with a few Nashville buttons, when they arrived on the music scene with their own brand of country will be in concert at the Frederick Fairgrounds tonight.

Richard Young of the Kentucky Headhunters is a big supporter of the biker set. He said he and his band, along with like-minded musical compadres Confederate Railroad, are pleased to be participating Saturday in a show at the Ogden Amphitheater in conjunction with the Patriot Guard Riders, the group that stands between mourners and protesters at war ...

When: Thursday at 8 p. m. Tickets: Through Ticketmaster, 780-451-8000, or at the gate Interviewing Kentucky Headhunters' guitarist and singer Richard Young is one of easiest chores in journalism.

By 15, he was invited to play gigs with bands but had to have his parents sign permission slips because he was too young to be in a bar.

Cheers North will host Ultimate Power Duo from Saskatoon on Aug. 9. Come hear their vacuum tight punk rock music.

Whoever says kids have it easy these days, hasn't met Justin DeBower. He wakes up at dawn to take care of his calves... feeds them again before bed... and in between, he's a regular high school kid.