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Gene's Peers 2006...
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Kathy Chiavola (May 2006)Gene Watson's peers within the country music industry believe in the sheer talent of this unassuming man from east
Texas, so much so that Gene is regarded by many of them as
'the singer's singer' - and rightly so!
'Gene Watson is the definition of a great country singer; there is none better. He's the real deal, a one of a kind treasure who possesses gorgeous tone, great phrasing and technique, the life experience to communicate emotion and connect in a masterful way'. Thank you,
Kathy Chiavola,
for your support of Gene Watson. About Kathy Chiavola...Kathy Chiavola, who was born in Chicago & raised in Kansas City, Missouri has had a very eclectic musical background. She grew up listening to classical music, then folk music, and then joined a rock and roll band. Kathy has also dabbled with opera music; she then discovered bluegrass.
Kathy
was awarded a scholarship to the Oberlin Conservatory of
Music where she earned her bachelor’s & masters degrees
in voice. She later studied in a doctoral program at
Indiana University with Metropolitan Opera star Eileen
Farrell and then moved to Nashville in 1980.
Kathy worked with The Doug Dillard Band, Vassar
Clements, The Country Gazette, Jerry Douglas, Edgar
Meyer & Mark O'Connor before forming her own group.
Kathy Chiavola's sound is acoustic; a delightful combination of traditional country & bluegrass with a little blues thrown in. Kathy's debut album 'Labor of Love' garnered unanimous critical acclaim in 1990 when it was released in the UK by London's Tower Records. Kathy also contributed 'I'm so lonesome I could cry' to the compilation album 'A Picture of Hank: The New Bluegrass Way', a bluegrass tribute to Hank Williams Senior, which was released on Mercury Records in 1995. Kathy was voted 1995’s Outstanding Background Vocalist in the Nashville Music Awards and has sung on hundreds of recordings with Vince Gill, Ricky Skaggs, Tammy Wynette, Kathy Mattea, Garth Brooks, Emmylou Harris & Bill Monroe. Kathy Chiavola has also released a further number of outstanding albums namely 'The Harvest' in 1996 & 'Somehow' in 2006. This latter release is Kathy's first recording of all original songs and incorporates diverse influences; bluegrass, blues, jazz, Latin, and country with an extraordinary cast of musicians including Victor Wooten, Edgar Meyer, Darrell Scott & Stuart Duncan.
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