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Join us for a special after-hours concert with Indiana native Kevin Stonerock as he blends country, folk and roots rock in his “Americana” style acoustic guitar and vocals. Registration required.
Somebody once said that Indiana-born Kevin Stonerock's music "is like Guy Clark, John Hiatt and Gordon Lightfoot on a fishing trip." In some ways, that has been a dilemma for Kevin, because his music is not easy to pigeon-hole. Never a person to settle on one specific musical destination, his songs are truly "Americana". Stonerock is a master storyteller; an introverted extrovert who is more comfortable in front of a crowd than in one; a painter who's canvas is an amalgamation of traditional country, folk and roots rock.
In the 1980’s, through a happy accident, Stonerock swerved into a career as an actor, developing several one-man, history-based shows (of which he has logged over 4,000 performances), script writer, and producer while still keeping up his chops as a performing musician and songwriter. In the 1990s, he wrote, directed and composed music for The Point In Time, a series of outdoor dramas which ran for seven seasons in Carrollton, Kentucky, Plum Creek Anthology and Wabash River Tales which were written for the cities of Vevay and Wabash, Indiana, respectively.
Although he was born and raised in the Midwest, his roots go deep into the Cumberland foothills of Kentucky and Tennessee. A blood relative of David Crockett (they share common grandparents), he apparently inherited his famous cousin’s penchant for storytelling and love of solitude; conflicting notions which on one hand require being alone and the other an audience. As a songwriter, he brings ordinary characters to life with empathy and dignity. Songs like “Indian Man”, “Railroad Man” and “Black Diamonds”, the latter a story of a talented but alcoholic WW2 veteran with survivor’s guilt. Stonerock’s small town upbringing has also left it’s mark on his writing. “Thornburg Street”, “Small Town Rock and Roll”, “Those Days", “The Town Where I Was Born” and (from his latest release) “This Old House” pay homage to a way of life that he reveres and treasures.
