Artist description 8 Piece Rocked Up, guitar driven Soul/Groove/R&B band with a kick ass horn section. Powerhouse male and female vocalists. Fantastic soloists. Tight old schoolSoul and Groove with new school attitude.

Music Style Funk, Soul, R&B

Musical Influences Funkadelic, James Brown, Prince, Aretha Franklin, Earth Wind and Fire, Lenny Kravitz, Bill Withers

Similar Artists Bill Withers, James Brown, Maceo Parker, Earth Wind and Fire, Aretha Franklin

Artist History So you want to know a little about KDB, huh? The band was started in January of 1996 by Ken DeRouchie. He quickly recruited his bestest buddyBill Wagner to play guitar and went on a quest for players to complete the line-up. A lot has changed over the past four years for the band. People have come in and out of our lives. Each one has effected the band and it's sound differently, adding to the unique blend of old and new school soul, R&B and Funk. KDB is currently co fronted by founder Ken DeRouchie on guitar & vocals and LaRhonda Steele, a true Soul Diva in every sense of the word. Other players include Rob "the Sexecutioner" Busey on Bass (one time Bassist for Grammy Nominee, Janice Scroggins), E-RockStorm on Drums and Percussion, Bill Wagner on Guitar (recently called "one of the best guitar players in Portland" by Clint Darling of P.O.M.N.) . Combined with the power of the 3 piece KDB Horn Section featuring Caleb Denison on Trumpet, Ron Regan on Tenor Sax (Nu Shooz, Crazy 8's, Soul Vaccination), and Dave Freeman on Trombone, this band hasbeen blowing away audiences all over the country! Their first release, "FunkSoulJazzPopLatinRock" gave them mass exposure in their home town of Portland, OR. Gaining them airplay on KNRK 94.7 FM, KINK 102 FM, KBBT 107.5 FM and KBOO90.7 FM They also made several appearances on the ABC TV show, AM Northwest. In April 1998, The band released it's first single nationally to over 200 commercial radio stations and within just a couple of weeks topped the Gavin "Up and Coming" chart receiving 450+ plays a week nationally. In November of 1999 KDB re-entered the recording studio to start work on their second full length release aptly titled "Y2KDB". This 74 minute long CD contains 13 songs, (11 written by DeRouchie and two covers) and captures the true essence of what the band is all about... SOUL! This disc is comprised of songs written over the past 2 years and covers the emotional spectrum. Song themes range from love and love lost to parenting and politics to tongue in cheek and out right comedy. Listen for your self and you decide.

Group Members Ken DeRouchie - Vocals/Guitars -|- Nene - Vocals -|- Eric Storm - Drums -|- Rob Busey - Bass -|- Ron Regan - Tenor Sax/Keys -|- Steve Cannon - Trumpet -|- Dave Freeman - Trombone

Instruments 2 Guitars, Bass, Drums, Latin Percussion, Hammond Organ, Piano, Trumpet, Tenor Sax, Trombone and Vocals!

Albums Y2KDB -|- FunkSoulJazzPopLatinRock

Press Reviews THE ROCKET - June 24 1998 The busy title of Ken DeRouchie's "everything but the kitchen sink" actually does little to describe the rich complexities found herin. Difficult to nail to any particular genre, the dominant theme to the music is staying true to the groove, a move few can criticize, especially when they realize the work it take's to build a big band from the ground up. Replete with sassy horns and a pulsing, bad-ass rhythm section. Although I failed to discover any sub surface pop nuggets floating in the mix. I did find tune after tune of soul drenched mood funk, with just enough latin jazziness to keep me cognizant. The album starts out with "Papa" , a catchy, yet disturbing introduction into the words behind the music. "Don't let him hit me Mama/ I'll be big someday" is just another song and not another personalized view of an ass-hole for a father. Beyond the lyrics, the ultimate strength of this record is the horn section and DeRouchie's Barry White like vocal sexology. "You Don't Know Me" with it's tepid tempo and meloncholy subject matter, is beautiful in it's obtuseness. And for the poseurs, "Ain't No Sunshine" is the one cover on the album, with a sweaty organ solo that makes Jimmy Smith look like an old maid. From there the disc progresses (a good thing) and shows off the enviable skill level of DeRouchie and his cronies. So, if you lust for soulful funk, this Portland artist's most recent statement is as rock solid as they come, and should be snatched up at your local music establishment ASAP. -|- Cooper Larson

Location Portland, OR - USA

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