BILLYKENT on SHOWTIME 05082023

FROM BILLYKENT: Music truly has saved my life.  From an early age of 5, I danced in rhythm. By eight, I was singing in the school choir. After my parent’s divorced (around age 10), we fell into poverty and life became a lot harder. By the time I was 12 years old, I was  getting into trouble with the law. At 13, my mom and sister bought me my first guitar. That set me on the right path, my passion for music grew into something more powerful than I could have ever imagined. My music education was the songs and artists that moved me. On the radio and albums, I heard Ottis Redding sing “Try A Little Tenderness.” and artists like Marvin Gaye. I gravitated to prolific singer-songwriters besides Marvin as well, among them were Joni Mitchell, James Taylor, Bob Dylan, Cat Stevens, Jackson Brown, too many to mention. Inspiration. I put my feeling to paper and strummed my guitar for the next ten years. Around age 26, the light clicked on and realized I was a Singer-Songwriter. Over 40 years of song crafting, I have the same energy to catch a good lyric or melodic groove, and bring joy to listeners, at times even a tear to those connecting with the lyric. Yes, music saves lives. It saved mine.