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Artist
Kenny Roby
12+ albums
Inneamericana
about
Kenny Roby is an American singer-songwriter based in North Carolina. He is the the former lead singer of 6 String Drag and has recorded as Kenny Roby & Neal Casal. In the mid to late 90’s, as a founding member of the band 6 String Drag, Roby established himself as one of the main songwriting forces behind the Americana/Roots Rock movement. 6 String Drag played a major role in the early success of the E Squared label (initiated by Steve Earle and Jack Emerson). Roby and his band toured nationally with Earle and other acts and also gained a strong following on the east coast and the midwest USA. The band was featured on the soundtrack to the Grammy-nominated film You Can Count On Me and garnered much critical acclaim for their E Squared release High Hat. In 1998 the band broke up and Roby continued with a solo career releasing two more critically acclaimed albums Mercury’s Blues and Rather Not Know. In between, he recorded an album as Kenny Roby & Neal Casal. Roby’s writing and singing have been praised by Billboard, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Boston Phoenix, The Washington Post, Option, No Depression, Performing Songwriter and many other publications. Kenny has also been featured on NPR’s All Songs Considered and Acoustic Cafe and has received extensive national airplay on NPR, Americana and AAA radio stations. Ryan Adams has claimed Roby as as an influential writer on his and his former band Whiskeytown’s music. Adams featured Roby’s song Rather Not Know on NPR’s All
