{"id":216,"date":"2022-02-10T07:55:33","date_gmt":"2022-02-10T07:55:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kevinguffy.com\/?page_id=216"},"modified":"2022-02-10T07:56:30","modified_gmt":"2022-02-10T07:56:30","slug":"bio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/kevinguffy.com\/?page_id=216","title":{"rendered":"BIO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>GUITARIST &nbsp; VOCALIST&nbsp; &nbsp; SONGWRITER&nbsp; &nbsp; ARTIST&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kevin had a guitar in his hands as a kid and began performing professionally at age10. Getting more serious as a guitarist, Kevin joined his first blues band with bassist John Mazzocco (former Bassist with John Lee Hooker).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Studying Music Theory with Jazz Masters Larry Coryell and Jim Pepper; Kevin began performing in Portland Oregon with acclaimed bassists Ben Wolfe, Lester McFarland, country legend Furlin Husky and various other established musicians and Jazz Big Band ensembles throughout the West Coast of America.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At 20 he hit the road with the band \u201cThe Ink Spots\u201d and \u201cThe Coasters\u201d from which he gained valuable experience. Subsequently moving to Seattle, Kevin formed his own Band with many of his own compositions. He worked the U.S. extensively, performing at various venues where his Blues Guitar and Vocal talents were at the forefront, culminating in the release of his debut album \u201cSoul Purpose\u201d in 1997.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Expanding his talents Internationally; Kevin performed with his Band headlining in-house at Harry\u2019s Jazz Bar in Istanbul and working throughout the Mediterranean and European region. An opportunity arose in 2006 which allowed Kevin to secure tenure as the guitarist for the renowned club JJ\u2019s at the Grand Hyatt in Hong Kong.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Making home in Hong Kong, Kevin now writes, teaches and performs regularly both locally and regionally within Asia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GUITARIST &nbsp; VOCALIST&nbsp; &nbsp; SONGWRITER&nbsp; &nbsp; ARTIST&nbsp; Kevin had a guitar in his hands as a kid and began performing professionally at age10. Getting more serious as a guitarist, Kevin joined his first blues band with bassist John Mazzocco (former Bassist with John Lee Hooker).&nbsp; Studying Music Theory with Jazz Masters Larry Coryell and Jim &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/kevinguffy.com\/?page_id=216\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;BIO&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kevinguffy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/216"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/kevinguffy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/kevinguffy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kevinguffy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kevinguffy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=216"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/kevinguffy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/216\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":219,"href":"http:\/\/kevinguffy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/216\/revisions\/219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kevinguffy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}