Artist description Kenny is a mild mannered, yet lit fuse kind of guy. You could love him, (I just like him), and he can spellbind you all evening with his web of stories, downhome blues, and unexcelled guitar work. Matter of fact..c'mon by the house, or up to Brady's... drinks are on me.

Music Style Funky Jumpin' Bluz Flavored Louisiana Acosta Style....Guaranteed and bonded HouseReckers to do the dirty work.

Musical Influences Howlin' Wolf, Nancy Sinatra, Muddy Waters, Cindy Abshire, Lightning Hopkins, Doug Sahm, HoodooJimmy

Similar Artists William Shatner performing

Artist History Kenny was born a small white baby, and then grew up. I only believe half the stories, but I'm sure it was really Kenny in that goat story. Kenny writes well...because he listens, even when you don't think he's listening, dammit he's listening! Rural Louisiana, Texas, Florida, New Orleans, Austin, and something about some trouble in Tijuana. Kenny Acosta has performed and worked with Muddy Waters, Taj Mahal, Stevie Ray and Jimmy Vaughan, Marcia Ball, Willie Nelson, Luther Kent,Raful Neal, HoodooJimmy, and that thing about the goat. A veteran of the Armadillo World Headquarters, the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, The VoodooBluz Hemingbough Full Moon Festival, and many pagan and druid rights. Kenny is at home with an acoustic guitar and a solo evening of intimacy with his audience. Yeah that's cool, but when we HouseReckers get him off his ass and on his Telecaster, well the house is comin' down!!! And YES, there IS a NEW CD!! Kenny Acosta and the HouseReckers, "Funkiest Man Alive". Please buy one, and please get everyone you know to buy one. If we could sell like a million of them, we could become rich and famous, and squander all our money on sex and drugs, and maybe someday if we're really lucky VH1 might do one of those really cool "what the f#%k ever happened to....". These are our dreams, set forth to the jumpin' jivin' shufflin' funkin' looziana rootsy laid back spicy tabasco laiden new orleans texas style stuff we call music.

Group Members Sadly, Kenny is the only one to have lost his member in some vague incident with a woman named bobbit, ( or that goat thing, it gets confusing). The rest of us got all our members, as far as I know. HoodooJimmy is this guy who plays a variety of keyboards, organs, occasional six string, 12 string and bass geetars. He's known for unconventional and only occasional wisdom, exuberant yet off key back up vocals, and will most always say the wrong thing at the wrong time. Sometimes Kenny takes his microphone away. He plays piano not unlike the great Liberace, but nothing like him either. Ya just gotta see him to believe him. HoodooJimmy toured Europe in '94 on the Vibrators highly acclaimed "Batteries Not Included" European Tour. Lester "Pic" Delmore is without question the best drummer in the entire world. You can talk your Buddy Rich, your Gene Krupa, your Tony Williams, even your Ringo Starrr.....gimme Pic any day of the week. The man is a funkified metronome, the king of the shuffle, the sizzle of second line, and always steals my girl! (Now we're both married, (not to each other), so the girl thing is just good fun, but it ain't fair to have such rhythmic talent and be charming to boot!! Frank Guitreau, the Father of the Bass, the Guru of Groove, Da Man wit da wicked walk, holds the distinction of being the only white man to have played the Apollo Theater in the early 60's. Probably exxagerated, but still pretty damn impressive. There's a host of talented, psychotic, and odd caracters known to join in on the insanity. The masterful Ziggy on percussion and distinctly sexual syncopation, songwriter and singer extrordinaire Pat O'bannon, the ever jovial yet big enough and potentially mean enough bassist Tom Leblanc. (I can hide behind Tom when it looks like I'm gonna get an ass whoppin'), and a hell of a lot more... Susan Owens, Russ Bryant, Jr Daniel, Ced Cedlack, Neil Shirey, Joe Boy Micelli,Raful Neal. Oscar Davis, Chris LeBlanc, and many more moderate factions of the Muslim world.

Instruments roto-rooter, needle nose pliers, fender telecaster, old as dirt fender jazz bass, those really cool trumpet shaped bright yellow drums, red drums with internal mics, duct tape, a kurzweil, a hammond, a little strap-on goofy midi controller keyboard, a lot of cords and stuff, mackie mixing and powered pa stuff, boom style mic stands, and a winch.

Albums Kenny Acosta and the HouseReckers "Funkiest Man Alive"......the follow up to the critcally acclaimed and impossible to get Kenny Acosta "Hot Dog". Yes, dreams can come true, there is talk of a rerelease, but that's totally up to the parole board.

Press Reviews I tried to press them, but when you put a hot iron on newspaper it catches on fire!!!! (Don't try this at home). Ya want yer stinkin' press reviews? well check out the October Issue of Rhythm City Magazine. Yep, that's Kenny Acosta on the cover of their 1996/2001 Anniversary Issue. It's got really good and mostly believable stories about Kenny and the HouseReckers, and of course the widely read pulitzer prize winning monthly column by HoodooJimmy. AND it's got pictures of us!!!! Also check out the covers of Time, Life, Rolling Stone, High Times, People, and the National Inquirer. You won't find any of us on any of those crappy publications. (there is that goat reference in the Inquirer...)

Location Baton Rouge, Louisiana - USA

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