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This is my first album. I play every instrument on the cd, execpt the live track. The live track was recorded in July of 2003 at Davis Elkins College in Elkins WV at the Augusta Heritage Center's guitar week concert. Special thanks to Barb Withee on bass and Robin Kessinger on rythm guitar. There are a few origionals on the disk such as The Road Ain't No Good Life, I Get High, Baby What A Shame and the title cut, One Way Ticket. If you enjoy anything from Merle Travis' Thumbpicking to BB King or Stevie Ray's lead stylings, then you will enjoy this. Thanks and enjoy, Alonzo Biography Alonzo Pennington was born in Princeton, Ky in February of 1980. The first picture his parents took of him when they got him home was under the neck of an old Gibson guitar. As fate would have it, Alonzo fell in love with the joy of music and performing. Alonzo's father Eddie, is a world renown musician in the style of Merle Travis. Alonzo has been traveling and playing with his father since the early age of five. Alonzo got his first paying job as a musician at the age of six playing fiddle for Gene Francis' Country Square Dances every Saturday night. Alonzo grew up playing fiddle to the country standards of Merle Haggard, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, etc. One afternoon Alonzo brought a friend home from school who said he could play a couple songs on the guitar. The two songs were Jimi Hendrix's Red House and Stevie Ray Vaughan's Pride n Joy. This was Alonzo's first taste of the blues. Next thing you know, Alonzo was buying old Muddy Water's, B.B. King, Albert King, and Eric Clapton albums. A love of the blues was born. By the time Alonzo was 13, he had his own band. Within a years time, Alonzo was already playing local public and private venues with his band. It has only escalated from there. A few years and many night clubs later, Alonzo has now developed into what one promoter calls "the top R&B guitarist in the south". Of all the many great places Alonzo has played, some of his favorite memories are sitting in his parents living room and playing with family and friends such as his father, sister Rosebud, and grandfather Norman Pennington. Music is and has always been a big part of the Pennington Family Heritage for as many as 7 generations back. Alonzo now lives in Nashville, Tn where there is music to be found 24/7. He makes his living playing and singing the blues mixed with some traditional western Kentucky Thumbpicking with a hint of the country sounds he grew up playing fiddle to. Alonzo also does recording session work for other artists in the studios. Music is the love of his life. It doesn't matter wether he is playing Guitar, Mandolin, Fiddle, or Bass. Alonzo just enjoys that make ya smile feeling that good music gives. Achievements and Awards 1992 Junior national thumb and fingerstyle guitar champion 1999 International thumb and fingerstyle guitar champion National thumb and fingerstyle guitar champion International open class guitar champion (all styles) (Only person to claim all 3 titles in the same year) Special Venues and Festivals 1996 150th anniversary of the Smithsonian Institution (Washington D.C.) Chet Atkins Appreciation Society Convention (Nashville TN) Eddie Pennington Goat Ropin (Crofton KY) 1997 Thumbpickers Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (Central City KY) Memphis Blues and Heritage Festival (Memphis TN) Everly Brothers Homecoming Concert (Central City KY) Guitar Instructor at Puget Sound Guitar Workshop (Seattle WA) Chet Atkins Appreciation Society Convention (Nashville TN) WKMS 91.3 FM Fund-raise Concert Eddie Pennington Goat Ropin (Crofton KY) 1998 Kentucky State Folk Festival (Frankfort KY) Thumbpickers Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (Central City KY) Everly Brothers Homecoming Concert (Central City KY) Eddie Pennington Folk Festival (Princeton KY) Guitar Instructor at Puget Sound Guitar Workshop (Seattle WA) Chet Atkins Appreciation Society Convention (Nashville TN) Memphis Blues and Heritage Festival (Memphis TN) WKMS 91.3 FM Fund-raise Concert KenLake State Park Hot August Blues Festival (Aurora KY) Eddie Pennington Goat Ropin (Crofton KY) 1999 Louisiana Hayride Reunion (Shevreeport LA) Kenny Wayne Shepherd Live On album release show (shevreeport LA) U.S. Congress Appropriations Committee Private Party (Washington D.C.) Kentucky State Folk Festival (Frankfort KY) Eddie Pennington Folk Festival (Princeton KY) Thumbpickers Hall of Fame Ceremony (Central City KY) Guitar Instructor at Puget Sound Guitar Workshop (Seattle WA) Chet Atkins Appreciation Society Convention (Nashville TN) Memphis Blues and Heritage Festival (Memphis TN) 2000 Kentucky State Folk Festival (Frankfort KY) Eddie Pennington Folk Festival (Princeton KY) Thumbpickers Hall of Fame Ceremony (Central City KY) Chet Atkins Appreciation Society Convention (Nashville TN) Memphis Blues and Heritage Festival (Memphis TN) WKMS 91.3 FM Fund-raise Concert 2001 WKMS 91.3 FM Fund-raise Concert (Murray KY) Eddie Pennington Folk Festival (Princeton KY) Thumbpickers Hall of Fame Ceremony (Central City KY) Chet Atkins Appreciation Society Convention (Nashville TN) Memphis Blues and Heritage Festival (Memphis TN) Guitar Instructor at Puget Sound Guitar Workshop (Seattle WA) Thunder over Eddy Bay Festival (Eddyville KY) Special Live Radio Broadcast on WKMS 91.3 FM (Murray KY) 2002 WKMS 91.3 FM Fund-raise Concert (Murray KY) Library of Congress Artists Series (Washington D.C.) John F. Kennedy Center Millennium Series (Washington D.C.) Eddie Pennington Folk Festival (Princeton KY) Hot August Blues Festival (Aurora KY) Thunder Over Eddy bay (Eddyville KY) Home of the Legends Concert (Central City) Lake Barkley 4th of July Concert (Cadiz KY) Chet Atkins Appreciation Society Convention (Nashville TN) NAAM Show (Nashville TN) Hopkinsville Blues and Jazz Festival (Hopkinsville KY) Crime Stoppers Live TV Telethon (Hopkinsville KY) The Princess Theater (Hopkinsville KY) Barts Grill and Racket Room Pub Grand Opening (Hopkinsville KY) Kuttawa Harvest Festival (Kuttawa KY) Lacy's Orchard Fall Festival (Hopkinsville KY) Eddyville State Penitentiary (Eddyville KY) 2003 WKMS 91.3 Fund-raise Concert (Murray KY) Glen Mahr Arts Center Concert Series (Madisonville KY) Home of the Legends Concert (Central City KY) Chet Atkins Appreciation Society Convention (Nashville TN) NAAM Show (Nashville TN) Lake Barkley 4th of July Concert (Cadiz KY) Augusta Heritage Center Guitar Instructor (Elkins WV) Davis and Elkins Augusta Heritage Concert Series (Elkins WV) Hopkinsville Blues and Jazz Festival (Hopkinsville KY) The Loose Floor Grand Opening (Hopkinsville KY) The Copperhead Sports Lounge Grand Opening (Gracey KY) KY State Folklife Festival (Frankfort KY) Eddyville State Penitentiary (Eddyville KY) Acoustic Concert Series (Draffenville KY) Acoustic Concert Series (Mayfield KY) Thunder Over Eddybay (Eddyville KY) Kuttawa Harvest Festival (Kuttawa KY) Eddie Pennington Folk Festival (Princeton KY) 2004 WKMS 91.3 Fund-raise Concert (Murray KY) Augusta Heritage Center Guitar Instructor (Elkins WV) Davis and Elkins Augusta Heritage Concert Series (Elkins WV) Hopkinsville Blues and Jazz Festival (Hopkinsville KY) Eddie Pennington Goat Ropin (Crofton KY) Thunder Over Eddybay (Eddyville KY) Eddie Pennington Folk Festival (Princeton KY) Delta Queen River Boat Concert Series on the Mississippi River Hot August Blues Festival (Aurora KY) ...Plus many clubs and private receptions through the years. People Played with or opened shows for. Wille Nelson Tom T. Hall Grandpa and Ramona Jones Porter Wagoner Don and Phil Everly (the Everly Brothers) Lone Star Travis Tritt Kenny Wayne Shepherd Chris Layton (Double Trouble, Stevie Ray Vaughan's band) Tommy Shannon (Double Trouble, Stevie Ray Vaughan's band) Reese Wynans (Double Trouble, Stevie Ray Vaughan's band) Dr. John James Cotton Doyle Bramhall Jr. Maggie Lewis Warwick (Proprietor of Louisiana Hayride) Chris Thile Nickel Creek Charlie Lawson and Oak Hill Jim and Jessie Reynolds Buck White (of the Whites) Ricky Scaggs Bela' Fleck The Osborne Brothers John Hartford Gene Fancis Marty Stewart Cepheus and Wiggins Marty Brown Doyle Dykes Tommy Emanuel Thom Bresh Johnny Bellar Buster B Jones Wayne Henderson JD Crowe and the New South Dean Osborne Clarence Dobbins Review Fred Murphy (10th Street Blues Band from Louisville) Sonny Landreth (formerly with T-bone Walker and Muddy Waters) And many more... Discography Alonzo Pennington, His Father's Son...That Muhlenburg Sound 1997 Eddie and Alonzo Pennington, Live From the Kennedy Center...Via internet only http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs/millennium/archive.html#search (search archive for "pennington") 2002 Various Apperences Various Artist, Pickers By the Dozen..........That Muhlenburg Sound 1995 Eddie Pennington, Atonathumb (A Ton of Thumb)... That Muhlenburg Sound 1997 Alonzo Pennington, His Father's Son...That Muhlenburg Sound 1997 Steve Rector, Strictly Guitar...........That Muhlenburg Sound 1998 Harmonica Buzz, Long Way to Memphis...Blues and Twang Records 2002 Check out the artist's website: http://www.myspace.com/alonzopenningtonband Track List: 1. Waymore's Blues 2. The Road Ain't No Good Life 3. Kansas City 4. I Get High 5. Drivin' Nails In My Coffin 6. Crossroads 7. Baby, What A Shame 8. Maybellene 9. It's Your Thang 10. One Way Ticket 11. Cannonball Rag (live) Suggested CDs:Other Genres:
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