Kevin Callahan (guitarist)

Kevin Callahan is an American composer, educator and guitarist from Seattle, Washington.
Early life
Kevin Callahan began playing guitar at the age of 12, growing up in the small New England town of Reading, Massachusetts, a few miles outside of Boston, Massachusetts. His parents, while not musicians, loved music and exposed him to everything from opera to jazz. His first guitar lessons were with Charlie Chiarenza, a Sicilian violinist and jazz bassist. Charlie required that Kevin start with a month of Solfeggi before beginning lessons with Chiarenza. Some of Callahan's first lessons covered the music of The Ventures, George Barnes and Bucky Pizzarelli. While taking lessons with Charlie Chiarenza, Kevin was fortunate to meet Joe Venuti .
A year later, Callahan began his sophomore year in high school, and due to schoolwork and various sports, including cross country running and track and field, stopped taking music lessons. While in high school, Callahan played folk rock and was influenced by listening to Bob Dylan, James Taylor, Joni Mitchell, Bonnie Raitt, The Beatles and Neil Young.
In 2017 Callahan had composed The Possessed, which was later performed by Russian guitarist Artyom Dervoed.
In 2019, the New York City Guitar Orchestra performed one of Callahan's compositions at Carnegie Hall.

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