Kris Kehr is a gifted singer-songwriter and performer originally from Berks County, Pennsylvania. He has recently relocated there from several years on the road as a soloist, multi-instrumentalist with The RECIPE and half of the folk duo LOWdOGS to record and perform his own music with his band KRIS KEHR & STONE POETS.

He has produced three albums of his own original material (“Kris Kehr” –1999, Stone Poets – 2001, Lowdogs-In The Tall Grass – 2004) for his own label Woobie Cat Records. He has also edited & contributed to the production of The Recipe’s live release “All You Can Eat” (2003) for Harmonized Records. Both of Kris’ solo albums have appeared on several yearly ‘best of’ lists on various radio stations around the country and received positive reviews. In 2001 the Ford Motor Company included one of Kris’ songs on a compilation CD-ROM given to 60,000 prospective buyers at the Texas State Fair.

In the studio he had worked with engineer/producer TOM EDMONDS (Lenny Kravitz, Rolling Stones, NRBQ, Todd Rundgren, The Band, The Roots) and musicians CINDY CASHDOLLAR (Bob Dylan, Asleep At The Wheel), JIM WEIDER (The Band), and GEORGE LAKS & CRAIG ROSS (Lenny Kravitz Band). Onstage Kris has performed WITH folk legend TOM PAXTON, bluegrass legend VASSAR CLEMENTS (Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys, Lester And Earl, Old & In The Way), MIKE GORDON (Phish), Vince Welnick (The Tubes, Grateful Dead), Tom Constanton (Grateful Dead) & DAVID GANS.

Kris has opened for JOHN HARTFORD, STEVE FORBERT, BR-549, DICKIE BETTS & GREAT SOUTHERN, SOUTHERN CULTURE ON THE SKIDS, DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS, COMMANDER CODY, NEW RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE, KINGFISH, JOHN GORKA (several times), TONY TRISCHKA, COL. BRUCE HAMPTON, DEL McCOURY and LEFTOVER SALMON.

Kris is known as a ‘musician’s musician’ and has had his songs covered from Rhode Island to Japan. He puts a lot of honesty and heart into his performances and has been building his regional audience for close to 20 years. Kris continues to write songs and perform as a soloist, with Julie Edlow & with his ensemble KRIS KEHR & STONE POETS.
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