Description: Keith Harden is an accomplished and versatile guitarist-singer whose style and repertoire comes from roots music協olk, blues, rock, & Americana.
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In a past life Keith was 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 recently 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.
In 2007 Keith relocated to Nashville, TN to be at the center of the singer-songwriter universe. In 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".