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Artist
Kelly Kenning
12+ albums
country
about
Kelly Kenning is a native Texan, born with Country Music in his blood. Kelly's first live performance came at the ripe old age of eleven at a Whataburger Convention in Rio Dosa, New Mexico. He wowed the crowd with his unique version of the Kenny Rogers hit, "Lucille." This was more than enough to wet Kelly's appetite for entertaining, prompting him take the next step and get his feet wet. It didn't take Kelly long to learn to pick the guitar, and from there, all he needed was a band. At 13, Kelly and few of his buddies formed his first band, Wildfire. Almost immediately, local radio snatched up "Love's Not a Game," a song that Kelly and Wildfire had recorded. At 14, he was a regular on KBIC radio. Wildfire's flame burnt out after about six years, when the band wanted to take a path away from the tradi-tional country sound that Kelly desired. Intent on developing his vocal abilities, he would drive a grueling four-hour trip to Houston twice a week to take voice lessons from respected vocal coach, Debbie Beinhorn. In 1990 Kelly formed a new band called The Rocking Horse Riders, named after a song he had on radio at the time. Their sound was traditional, derived from similar sounds of Kelly's strongest influences including the likes of Johnny Rodriguez, George Strait, Vern Gosdin, Merle Haggard, Johnny Paycheck, and Freddy Fender. Kelly covered a lot of ground during his days with the rocking Horse Riders travel-ing the highways and byways of Texas, playing music and honi
