Kevin started his career in the early 90’s in Boston, Massachusetts as the house bassist at The House of Blues as part of “Ricky King Russell and the Cadillac Horns.” It was there he developed his “less is more” approach that guides his playing to this day.
Through the years, Kevin would go on to perform with many noted blues artist including Bo Diddley, James Armstrong, Earl Thomas, Little Charlie Baty, Paris Slim and Steve Freund.
He would also share the stage with such notable artists as John Doe, Charlie Sexton, Jon Langford, Kelly Willis, Henry Butler, “The Mastersons,” Peter Case, Peter Buck, Alejandro Escovedo, Beth Waters, Heather Combs, Peter Wolf, Bill Kreutzmann, Victor Krummenacher, Chris Robinson, Roy Loney, Brad Brooks(“MC 5”) and Ruby Boots.
In 1997, Kevin moved to San Francisco and started working with Bay Area singer/songwriter Noelle Hampton. With Noelle, he preformed at legendary SF venues The Fillmore and The Warfield as well as the 1998 “Lilith Fair” at Shoreline Amphitheater. Soon Kevin found himself immersed in the vibrant Bay Area music scene, working with a vast array of singer/songwriters and rock bands.
In 1999, Kevin toured with Grammy winner Shelby Lynne, including an appearance on “Later with Jools Holland” (BBC) and a performance at the famous NYC venue The Bottom Line.
In the early 2000’s, Kevin was the bassist for “Will Porter and the California All Stars.” With Will, Kevin preformed with Rock and Roll Hall Of Famer and 5th Beatle Billy Preston, Grammy winner Al Wilson, soul singer Barbara Lewis and early rock and rollers “The Drifters” and “The Coasters.”
In 2004, Kevin started what would turn out to be a 20 year run with “Chuck Prophet and the Mission Express.” Among the many highlights were regular tours across the US, Europe and UK playing world-class venues and festivals, TV appearances on “The Late Show with David Letterman,” “Last Call with Carson Daly,” and multiple appearances on NPR’s “Mountain Stage” and “World Cafe Live.”
Kevin can be heard on the Yep Roc albums “Let Freedom Ring” (2009), “Bobby Fuller Died For your Sins” (2017), and the Number 1 Americana record “Wake the Dead (2024). He also played on the EP “The Land That Time Forgot Revisited” (2021) and the live records “Temple Beautiful Live”(2020) and “Chuck Prophet and the Mission Express Live in Paris” (2023).
In the late 2000’s, Kevin toured with W.C. Handy Award Winner Chris Cain, New Orleans guitarists Papa Mali and John Mooney, Nashville’s “The Bittersweets” and San Francisco rock band “LUCE” and can be heard on LUCE’s 2009 album “Corner of the World” (LUCE Records).
As the new millennium entered the teens and twenty’s, Kevin continued to be a first-call bassist in the Bay Area recording scene. He was one of the house bassists at Michael Rosen’s Eastbay Recorders (Rancid, Green Day, AFI) and Adam Rossi's AR*A Studio’s in San Francisco (LUCE, Jeffery Halford).
He recorded albums with Bay Area artists:
“New Earth Farmers” - “Into The Great Unknown (2021); “The Good Ones Got Away” (2023); “Sky From The Underground” (2024)
“Sean O"‘ Brien and his Dirty Hands” - “My Colors Dark (2019); “Negative and Clear” (2022); “Last Hello” (2025)
“Karney” - “No Mercy” (2018); “Creatures in the Garden” (2023); “One True Song” (2025)
“Halsted - “Life underwater” (2010, Ashbury Records); “Highwire & A Heart of Gold” (2014, Ashbury Records)
“Jeffery Halford and the Healers” - “Lo Fi Dreams” (2017, Shoeless Records); “West Towards South” (2019, Shoeless Records); “Soul Crusade” (2022 Shoeless Records)
For Kevin, being part of the Bay Area music scene also meant giving back by playing shows for “Bread and Roses” and for the breast cancer charity “Notes For Hope.” He was also the house bassist for “Operation Encore,” a non-profit that gives military veterans the chance to record their music.
The touring continued in 2016 with Garland Jeffreys (“Wild in the Streets”) on his last West Coast tour. In 2019, Kevin would do an East Coast duo tour with Mississippi singer/songwriter John Murry and in 2021 would start what would become an annual West Coast tour (2021-2024) with Texas guitarist Ian Moore.
In 2020, Kevin moved North to Marin County and soon found himself in the heart of the jam scene there working with the band San Geronimo (voted best band in Marin(2022, 2024), Josh Zee (“Mother Truckers,” “Protein”) Mark Karen (“Ratdog,” “The Other Ones”), Garrett Deloian(“Jerry’s Middle Finger”), and “Danny’s Live Dead.”
Kevin often found himself playing at Phil Lesh’s “Terrapin Crossroads” in San Rafael and Bob Weir’s “Sweetwater Music Hall” in Mill Valley and soon became part of the “Terrapin All-Stars,” appearing on stage with Stanley Jordan, Tim Bluhm (“The Mother Hips”) Jackie Green, Bob Weir, and Phil Lesh himself.
In the spring of 2025, Kevin would move back home to Massachusetts but would soon return to the Bay Area to take part in the Grateful Dead’s 60th celebration performing after-show parties with the “G Deloian Band” at the Balboa Theater. In the fall of 2025, Kevin returned to Europe for a tour with “Jeffery Halford and the Healers” and also did a East Coast tour with singer/songwriter Meli Levi.
In 2026, Kevin can be heard on forthcoming releases by Meli Levi, “Sean O’ Brien and his Dirty Hands” (First Cold Press), "Jeffery Halford and the Healers” (Shoeless Records), and “Damma Damma” (Silver Arrows Records).