Music Style Country/folk; light pop/rock

Musical Influences Solo artists of the 50s - 70s.

Similar Artists I've been compared (loosely) to James Taylor, Willie Nelson, Jim Croce and the Everly Brothers. My aim is to develop my own individual style.

Artist History In high school I played trumpet and sang in the chorus. I also sang in a quarted called "Misty Blue Singers. I took up acoustic guitar in college, wrote several songs, and in summer played in a country-western group called "Stillwater Trio." We played the Northwestern North Dakota bar scene, and were just getting to be popular when I joined the navy. This was pretty much incompatible with music, and I pretty much forgot about music for 20 years. Now it's catch-up time. I've now recorded a couple of my old songs, a new one, and plan to record many more in the next year.

Group Members Kel Schmitz - vocals and acoustic guitar

Instruments Acoustic guitar

Albums None yet available

Press Reviews "Together - 22nd Anniversary Song" was awarded an "Emmy" for original song by BKAT(Bremerton/Kitsap Access Television for 2002. "If Only I Could Sleep At Night" was published by "The Nooners" on their "Leave It To Chance" CD in 2002.

Location Bremerton, WA - USA

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