The Keith Goggin Band • Sat 4/26 • 8pm
Free show
The Keith Goggin Band’s shows typically cover quite a few genres, original songs and usually contain a surprise or two! As one venue put it, “Keith is well known in both Houston, TX and Southwest Virginia as one of the slickest pickers around and a pretty gifted songwriter as well.” The band also included noted bassist Dan O’Donnell and the hardest working drummer in the region, Keith Chinault. Hope to see you there – we’re gonna have us a time!
Keith Goggin – Guitar and Vocals
Keith started playing guitar at the age of five and played his first paying gig at twelve. He was a voice major in college and has played in numerous bands all over the country. He has opened a tour for the Charlie Daniels Band, shared the stage with Jerry Lee Lewis, the Boxtops, and others. He played on the college circuit for years with the South Star Band, and in the New Orleans band Delacroix for eight years. For the last twenty years he has played in the Houston, Texas bands The Levee Busters and Whiskey Brisket as well as doing solo acoustic work. Keith has been working both on tours and in the studio on and off with California-based songwriter
Christie McCarthy for nearly 30 years. Keith has also worked as a guitarist in the studio with many artists. Keith’s main influences are all over the musical map, from Eric Clapton to Doc Watson to Michael Hedges to James McMurtry to Mark Knopfler and most points in between. Keith’s shows typically cover quite a few genres, and usually contain a surprise or two. As one listener put it, “Keith is well known in both Houston, TX and Southwest Virginia as one of the slickest pickers around and a pretty gifted song-writer as well.” No matter whether it’s a solo show or a band gig, we’re gonna have us a time!
Dan O’Donnell – Bass/Vocals
Dan O’Donnell (Dano) is a veteran bassist. He has played a wide variety of musical styles including rock, soul, country, funk, blues and more. He has performed and recorded with a wide range of artists including Matt Ramsey of the award-winning Nashville country band Old Dominion. Dano has also performed in opening acts for bands as diverse as the Red-Hot Chili Peppers and the legendary Nighthawks. Based in Southwest Virginia, he has held down the low end for the popular blues bands The Fat Daddy Band and Little Rodger and the Cheap Thrills, as well as the Motown classic soul / variety band Heat of the Night. Dano lists his main bass influences as Donald “Duck” Dunn (Blues Brothers, Booker T and the MG’s), James Jamerson (Motown) and Leland Sklar (James Taylor, Lyle Lovett, Phil Collins, etc.). He has studied at Victor Wooten’s Bass Nature camp where he participated in master classes led by some of the world’s finest bassists including Victor Wooten, Chuck Rainey, Gerald Veasley, Oteil Burbridge and Steve Bailey among others.
Keith Chinault – Drums/Vocals
Keith has been playing and singing in bands for over 40 years. Primarily laying down the backbeat in Blues bands, Keith can also adapt to many styles of music, from Funk to Country, to Rock, etc..
Over the years Keith’s had the pleasure to share the stage with many great artists such as The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Bobby “Blue” Bland, Bob Margolin, and The Dixie Allstars, to name a few. The past 20 years Keith has been the backbone in The Billy Crawford Band, based out of East Tennessee. Keith recorded several cd’s with the BCB. These days you’ll find him co-hosting the
popular Humpday Wednesday Blues Jam at the Rising Silo Brewery in Blacksburg VA.
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