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Gordon Kennedy (Nov. 28, 1959) is an American singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter

File:Joan Baez Bob Dylan crop.jpgSinger-songwriter is a term that refers to performers who Lyricist, composer and singing their own Musical piece including lyrics and melody....
, guitarist
Guitarist

A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may perform solo pieces or play with ensembles and bands of a wide variety of genres....
 and record producer
Record producer

In the music industry, a record producer has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, Audio mixing and audio mastering processes....
.He has collaborated with many artists including Eric Clapton
Eric Clapton

Eric Patrick Clapton Order of the British Empire is an English blues-rock guitarist, singer, songwriter and composer. He is "probably most famous for his mastery of the Stratocaster guitar." Clapton has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Yardbirds, of Cream , and as a solo performer, being the only person to...
, Garth Brooks
Garth Brooks

Troyal Garth Brooks is an American country music artist. His eponymous first album was released in 1989; it peaked at #2 in the US country album chart and reached #13 on the Billboard 200 pop album chart....
, Bonnie Raitt
Bonnie Raitt

Bonnie Lynn Raitt is an American blues singer-songwriter who was born in Burbank, Los Angeles County, California, California. Raitt is best known for her songs "Nick of Time ", "Something to Talk About", "Love Sneaking Up on You", and the ballad "I Can't Make You Love Me." Raitt is also an avid political activist and has received nine Gra...
, Jewel
Jewel (singer)

Jewel Kilcher , professionally known as Jewel, is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor, and poet. She has received three Grammy Award nominations and has sold twenty-seven million albums worldwide, and almost twenty million in the United States alone....
, Kenny Loggins
Kenny Loggins

Kenneth Clark "Kenny" Loggins is an United States singer and songwriter best known for a number of soft rock and adult contemporary hit singles beginning in the 1970s....
 and others. The Grammy-winning song "Change the World
Change the World

"Change the World" is a song recorded by Eric Clapton with backing by Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds for the soundtrack of the 1996 film Phenomenon ....
", was co-written by Kennedy, Tommy Sims
Tommy Sims

Tommy Sims is a renowned bassist, producer and musician. He was the bassist of Christian rock band White Heart from 1987 to 1989. He was subsequently the bassist on the Bruce Springsteen and the "Other Band" Tour during 1992-1993....
 and Wayne Kirkpatrick
Wayne Kirkpatrick

Wayne Kirkpatrick is an United States singer/songwriter and musician born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana but now lives in Nashville, Tennessee, Tennessee....
 for Eric Clapton
Eric Clapton

Eric Patrick Clapton Order of the British Empire is an English blues-rock guitarist, singer, songwriter and composer. He is "probably most famous for his mastery of the Stratocaster guitar." Clapton has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Yardbirds, of Cream , and as a solo performer, being the only person to...
. The song was included in the soundtrack
Soundtrack

The term soundtrack refers to three related concepts: recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, television program or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film or TV show; and the physical area of a film that contains the synchronized recorded so...
 for John Travolta
John Travolta

John Joseph Travolta is a two-time Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Screen Actors Guild Award-nominated and Golden Globe Award-winning United States actor, dancer and singer, best known for his leading roles in films such as Saturday Night Fever, Grease and Pulp Fiction ....
's film Phenomenon
Phenomenon (film)

Phenomenon is a 1996 in film Drama film, Romance film, and fantasy film written by Gerald Di Pego, directed by Jon Turteltaub, and starring John Travolta, Kyra Sedgwick, Forest Whitaker, and Robert Duvall....
.

He first came to prominence as the guitarist
Guitarist

A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may perform solo pieces or play with ensembles and bands of a wide variety of genres....
 and occasional lead singer of the Christian
Christian

A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, a Monotheism#Christian view religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus and interpreted by Christians to have been prophesied in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament....
 rock band
Rock Band

Rock Band is a music video game developed by Harmonix Music Systems, published by MTV, and distributed by Electronic Arts. It is the first title in the Rock Band....
 White Heart
White Heart

White Heart is a Contemporary Christian Music pop-rock band which formed in 1982. White Heart's discography includes 13 albums, the most recent of which was released in 1997....
 from 1985 to 1989. He attended Evangel University in Springfield, Missouri and also studied with fellow musician
Musician

A musician is a person who plays or writes music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music:* An instrumentalist plays a musical instrument....
 and guitarist
Guitarist

A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may perform solo pieces or play with ensembles and bands of a wide variety of genres....
, Dann Huff
Dann Huff

Dann Huff is an American musician, singer-songwriter and Record producer. His brother, David Huff, is also a musician and accomplished drummer, In the late 1960s they formed David & The Giants in Laurel, Mississippi....
, at Brentwood Academy in the mid 1970s.






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Gordon Kennedy (Nov. 28, 1959) is an American singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter

File:Joan Baez Bob Dylan crop.jpgSinger-songwriter is a term that refers to performers who Lyricist, composer and singing their own Musical piece including lyrics and melody....
, guitarist
Guitarist

A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may perform solo pieces or play with ensembles and bands of a wide variety of genres....
 and record producer
Record producer

In the music industry, a record producer has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, Audio mixing and audio mastering processes....
.He has collaborated with many artists including Eric Clapton
Eric Clapton

Eric Patrick Clapton Order of the British Empire is an English blues-rock guitarist, singer, songwriter and composer. He is "probably most famous for his mastery of the Stratocaster guitar." Clapton has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Yardbirds, of Cream , and as a solo performer, being the only person to...
, Garth Brooks
Garth Brooks

Troyal Garth Brooks is an American country music artist. His eponymous first album was released in 1989; it peaked at #2 in the US country album chart and reached #13 on the Billboard 200 pop album chart....
, Bonnie Raitt
Bonnie Raitt

Bonnie Lynn Raitt is an American blues singer-songwriter who was born in Burbank, Los Angeles County, California, California. Raitt is best known for her songs "Nick of Time ", "Something to Talk About", "Love Sneaking Up on You", and the ballad "I Can't Make You Love Me." Raitt is also an avid political activist and has received nine Gra...
, Jewel
Jewel (singer)

Jewel Kilcher , professionally known as Jewel, is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor, and poet. She has received three Grammy Award nominations and has sold twenty-seven million albums worldwide, and almost twenty million in the United States alone....
, Kenny Loggins
Kenny Loggins

Kenneth Clark "Kenny" Loggins is an United States singer and songwriter best known for a number of soft rock and adult contemporary hit singles beginning in the 1970s....
 and others. The Grammy-winning song "Change the World
Change the World

"Change the World" is a song recorded by Eric Clapton with backing by Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds for the soundtrack of the 1996 film Phenomenon ....
", was co-written by Kennedy, Tommy Sims
Tommy Sims

Tommy Sims is a renowned bassist, producer and musician. He was the bassist of Christian rock band White Heart from 1987 to 1989. He was subsequently the bassist on the Bruce Springsteen and the "Other Band" Tour during 1992-1993....
 and Wayne Kirkpatrick
Wayne Kirkpatrick

Wayne Kirkpatrick is an United States singer/songwriter and musician born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana but now lives in Nashville, Tennessee, Tennessee....
 for Eric Clapton
Eric Clapton

Eric Patrick Clapton Order of the British Empire is an English blues-rock guitarist, singer, songwriter and composer. He is "probably most famous for his mastery of the Stratocaster guitar." Clapton has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Yardbirds, of Cream , and as a solo performer, being the only person to...
. The song was included in the soundtrack
Soundtrack

The term soundtrack refers to three related concepts: recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, television program or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film or TV show; and the physical area of a film that contains the synchronized recorded so...
 for John Travolta
John Travolta

John Joseph Travolta is a two-time Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Screen Actors Guild Award-nominated and Golden Globe Award-winning United States actor, dancer and singer, best known for his leading roles in films such as Saturday Night Fever, Grease and Pulp Fiction ....
's film Phenomenon
Phenomenon (film)

Phenomenon is a 1996 in film Drama film, Romance film, and fantasy film written by Gerald Di Pego, directed by Jon Turteltaub, and starring John Travolta, Kyra Sedgwick, Forest Whitaker, and Robert Duvall....
.

He first came to prominence as the guitarist
Guitarist

A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may perform solo pieces or play with ensembles and bands of a wide variety of genres....
 and occasional lead singer of the Christian
Christian

A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, a Monotheism#Christian view religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus and interpreted by Christians to have been prophesied in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament....
 rock band
Rock Band

Rock Band is a music video game developed by Harmonix Music Systems, published by MTV, and distributed by Electronic Arts. It is the first title in the Rock Band....
 White Heart
White Heart

White Heart is a Contemporary Christian Music pop-rock band which formed in 1982. White Heart's discography includes 13 albums, the most recent of which was released in 1997....
 from 1985 to 1989. He attended Evangel University in Springfield, Missouri and also studied with fellow musician
Musician

A musician is a person who plays or writes music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music:* An instrumentalist plays a musical instrument....
 and guitarist
Guitarist

A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may perform solo pieces or play with ensembles and bands of a wide variety of genres....
, Dann Huff
Dann Huff

Dann Huff is an American musician, singer-songwriter and Record producer. His brother, David Huff, is also a musician and accomplished drummer, In the late 1960s they formed David & The Giants in Laurel, Mississippi....
, at Brentwood Academy in the mid 1970s. (Later, he would replace Huff as guitarist in White Heart. In 1996, he and fellow songwriter/musician Jimmie Lee Sloas recorded one album, , under the name Dogs of Peace.

Kennedy is the son of guitarist Jerry Glenn Kennedy, who played for artists of the caliber of Roy Orbison
Roy Orbison

Roy Kelton Orbison was an influential Grammy Award-winning United States singer-songwriter, guitarist and a pioneer of rock and roll whose recording career spanned more than four decades....
, Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley

Elvis Aaron Presley was an United Statesn singer, actor, and musician. A cultural icon, he is commonly known simply as "Elvis", and is also sometimes referred to as "List of honorific titles in popular music" or "The King"....
, Bob Dylan, and others. Growing up in this environment, he was always interested in music, but became serious about it when he was 15, when his father gave him his first electric guitar, a Fender Telecaster
Fender Telecaster

The Fender Telecaster, colloquially known as the Tele , is typically a dual-Pick up , solid-body electric guitar made by Fender Musical Instruments Corporation....
.

Gordon Kennedy resides in Nashville, Tennessee and is touring with Peter Frampton
Peter Frampton

Peter Kenneth Frampton is an English musician, singer, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist. He was previously associated with the bands Humble Pie and The Herd , among others....
 in support of Frampton's latest album, "Fingerprints", which he co-produced. He also co-wrote several songs on the album, as well as on Frampton's previous release "Now".