Southern rock, R&B, jazz fusion, funk, folk, swamp rock
Occupation(s)
Musician Songwriter
Instrument(s)
Bass guitar
Years active
1966–present
Website
Little Feat.net Requires flash
Musical artist
Kenny Gradney (born February 25, 1950, in Baton Rouge[citation needed]) is an American bassist and songwriter, best known as a member of the band Little Feat. He joined after their second album, replacing founding bassist Roy Estrada in 1972.[1] Gradney has remained their bassist ever since and coinciding with his arrival, his friend Sam Clayton also joined the band on percussion and Paul Barrere, who knew bandleader Lowell George from Hollywood High School, joined as a second guitarist and cementing the classic line-up of George, Barrere, Richie Hayward, Bill Payne, Gradney and Clayton.
In the summer of 1970, Gradney participated in a multi-group tour of Canadian stadium shows known as Festival Express as a member of Delaney & Bonnie & Friends in which all of the groups traveled together on a passenger train. He appears in the documentary film of the same name playing and partying with Janis Joplin, Bob Weir, Jerry Garcia, Rick Danko and others.
In addition to his work with Little Feat, Gradney has played and recorded with many notable musicians, including Delaney & Bonnie, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Bob Weir's Bobby and the Midnites,[2] Jazz Is Dead, jazz drummer Chico Hamilton, Warren Zevon, Robert Palmer, Mick Fleetwood, and Carly Simon.
^Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Biography: Little Feat". AllMusic. Retrieved May 25, 2010.
^Ruhlmann, William. "Biography: Bobby & the Midnites". AllMusic. Retrieved May 25, 2010.
KennyGradney (born February 25, 1950, in Baton Rouge[citation needed]) is an American bassist and songwriter, best known as a member of the band Little...
line-up, in place by late 1972, comprised George, Payne, Hayward, bassist KennyGradney, guitarist and vocalist Paul Barrere and percussionist Sam Clayton....
until their 1979 breakup following the death of Lowell George. Bassist KennyGradney was brought in to replace original bassist Roy Estrada, who had left...
projects. Endangered Species, with Jimmy Herring, Richie Hayward and KennyGradney was released in 2001, Cosmic Farm, with Rob Wasserman, Craig Erickson...
away from the pollution in Los Angeles and he was replaced on bass by KennyGradney. In addition, Little Feat expanded to a sextet by adding a second guitarist...
(1993) With Endangered Species (Herring, T. Lavitz, Richie Hayward, and KennyGradney) Endangered Species (Tone Center, 2001) With Frogwings Croakin' at Toad's...
side project for Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead, with Bobby Cochran and KennyGradney, and recorded the album Where the Beat Meets the Street. Cobham moved...
New Shadows" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2011. KennyGradney. "Gimme a Stone". BubbleUp. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016...
with Bobby and the Midnites' Bob Weir, Billy Cobham, Bobby Cochran, KennyGradney ("Tigger"), and Dave Garland at the Capitol Theatre in Passaic, New...
piano Jim Dickinson – piano Charlie Freeman – guitar Ben Benay – guitar KennyGradney – bass guitar Bobby Whitlock – piano Ron Tutt – drums Sammy Creason...
"Josephine". In March 1983, the band had its final change of personnel, when KennyGradney, formerly of Little Feat, replaced Johnson on bass. The band continued...
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