Bill Kirchen and the Two Turtle Doves: Honky Tonk Holiday Show

Grammy nominated guitarist, singer and songwriter Bill Kirchen first gained national recognition as a founding father of Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen. His trademark guitar licks drove their Hot Rod Lincoln cut into the Top Ten in 1972.

He has released over a dozen albums under his own name, and played guitar live or on record with a who’s who of Americana and Roots Rock’N’ Roll, among them Gene Vincent, Link Wray, Bo Diddley, Hazel Dickens, Doug Sahm, Hoyt Axton, Emmylou Harris, Maria Muldaur, Dan Hicks, Nick Lowe and Elvis Costello.

His latest recording “Cat out of the Bag” was released May 22, 2026 on Last Music Company.

Washington Post:  “Seldom has traveling across the rock and country landscape been this much fun”

Guitar Player Magazine: “The Titan of the Telecaster…cuts loose with some of the fattest, gnarliest low-down twang imaginable”