Myles Kennedy
Myles Kennedy ( born November 27, 1969 in Boston) is an American singer and guitarist.
Life
Kennedy was born as Myles Richard Bass on November 27, 1969 in Boston, Massachusetts and subsequently lived in Northern Idaho. As a child he moved to Spokane, Washington and grew up in a Christian family on a farm on. His father, Richard Bass, died already when Myles was four years old. His mother married after a minister and the family took the surname Kennedy. Kennedy attended Mead High School and found musical inspiration in Led Zeppelin, Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder. He started at the age of ten years playing the trumpet and guitar at fifteen. He learned the guitar by copying Jimmy Page's familiar style of play. He found his singing voice by listening to his parents' record collection, which contained footage of Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder. He also was influenced by Robert Plant. He played guitar in a jazz band and trumpet in a brass band. He also spent some time in a local heavy metal band called Bittersweet with some of his classmates. After graduating in 1988, he studied music at Spokane Falls Community College.
Kennedy is the lead singer of the band Alter Bridge, which has been formed by three members of the band Creed. Myles sang previously in the band The Mayfield Four. He studied jazz guitar, and thanks to regular vocal training on a vocal range of four octaves.
He is known for his calm and friendly manner at the concerts of Alter Bridge. In addition to Mark Tremonti he plays there, the rhythm guitar.
In addition, Kennedy had a supporting role in the 2001 movie Rock Star.
In 2009, he sang as one of several guest musicians on the album Slash by Slash and was also a singer with the Tour 2010/11. 2012, the second studio album by Slash Apocalyptic Love was published, which was released under the artist name Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators.
In 2014 it became known that he was with the Led Zeppelin members John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page and Jason Bonham in 2008 and met together to play their songs. As Robert Plant after the Led Zeppelin reunion in 2007 did not go with the band on tour, we planned a project with a different singer. The previously known two other candidates were Chris Cornell and Steven Tyler. However, never was something out of this project.
Discography
- Journey of Cosmic Dust, 1991
- Cure Me with the Groove by Citizen Swing, 1993
- Deep Down by Citizen Swing, 1995
- Fallout by The Mayfield Four, 1998
- Second Skin by The Mayfield Four, 2001
- One Day Remains by Alter Bridge, 2004
- Blackbird by Alter Bridge, 2007
- AB III by Alter Bridge, 2010
- Apocalyptic Love by Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators, 2012
- Fortress of Alter Bridge, 2013