Kevin Gordon

Nashville-based alternative country-rock singer/songwriter Kevin Gordon was born and raised in Monroe, Louisiana, and grew up on a steady diet of the area's indigenous swamp blues, honky tonk, and rockabilly. A published poet and graduate of the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop, he teamed with producer and E Street Band bassist Garry Tallent to record his debut, Illinois 5 a.m., issued in 1997 on the Nashville-based Motherlode label; Down to the Well followed in 2000 and featured a duet with Lucinda Williams. Gordon's songs have also been recorded by Keith Richards, Levon Helm, Irma Thomas, Todd Snider, and more. ~ Jason Ankeny