www.keithharden.com
Keith is a widely traveled blues-folk-americana-etc guitarist-singer. He plays dobro, harmonica, & blues mandolin. Born between Chicago and the Mississippi delta at the crossroads of the Illinois Central and Wabash railroads this Illinois native performed for many years in the midwest, opening shows for performers including Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Dr. John, Delbert McClinton and many others.
When he relocated to central New York in 2001 Keith continued his dedication to the blues and opened for Roomful of Blues, Jorma Kaukonen [Hot Tuna], Shemekia Copeland, and Bobby Blue Bland.
In 2005 Keith won the Downstate New York Blues Asociation Acoustic Blues Challenge and advanced to Memphis to perform in the International Blues Challenge in January of 2006.
n September of 2007 Keith relocated to Nashville, TN to be at the center of the singer-songwriter universe. In the spring of 2008 Keith was chosen to be a featured writer at the IBMA World Of Bluegrass Songwriter Showcase with a song called "Learning How To Be A Better Fool" written with Rick Alan Carpenter. In the summer of 2008 Keith also wrote a song called "Rest In Peace" that was in the soundtrack of the Mark Roberts play "Where The Great Ones Run".
In 2009 Keith produced an EP for Kayla Brown entitled "Steady Now" which was released on Parasol Records. Keith also just finished producing and recording an EP for a Nashville songwriter duo named Julie & John Pennell [including Sam Bush on mandolin]. John Pennell is known for his songs recorded by Alison Krauss.
In September of 2010 Keith was again a featured writer at the IBMA World Of Bluegrass Songwriter Showcase held in Nashville with a new song he wrote called "We Lived To Love".
In December of 2010 Keith released a CD called "calico" [americana-roots-country-folk-rock-blues]
December 23, 2010 the Prairie Crossroads Blues Society presented Keith with an Honorary Membership for his many years of performance and dedication to "The Blues" in Champaign-Urbana, IL.
