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Artist Information
Biography
Illinois-born Ken Wenzel is a study in contradictions: a guitarist who plays saxophone, a singer who writes instrumentals, a purveyor of restless sentimentality who continues to search for truths best found within.
As a singer-songwriter, Ken has been gaining attention in the DC area with his midwestern-accented musings, telling stories spun from a life spent moving from town to town: Las Vegas, LA, New York, Japan. He often performs solo, but occasionally appears with the 5-piece band Cross Kentucky.
As a saxophonist, Ken is an in-demand freelancer in the DC area, having played with artists both local and national- including Frankie Avalon, Ben Vereen, Bobby Parker, and Carlos Santana. He's performed on broadway tours, at international festivals, and overseas.
Instrumentation
Ken Francis Wenzel - Vocals, Guitar, Saxophones
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Setlist
Ken typically plays a mix of originals and covers. He is comfortable playing shows that range from one-set, all-orginial showcases up to four-hour, four-set shows.
He currently performs around 20 original songs, as well as selections from a list of around 100 covers by artists such as Ryan Adams, Wilco, Neil Young, Tom Waits, and Crosby, Stills, and Nash.
Below is a partial list of covers and originals.
Current Originals:
American Standard
Aurora Borealis
Brave New World
Broken Heart Surgery
Coast To Coast
Diamond In The Rough
Endless Races
Float With No Parade
January Son
Morning Light
Never Let It Start
New October
One Way Through The Looking Glass
Relier
Running The Tides
Sad To See You Go
Screaming In Stereo
Signal Fire
Silence Is Golden
Stage Fright
The Girl I Never Knew
The Longest Stare
Unbroken
Wither On The Vine
Covers:
A
Amie – Pure Prairie League
All The Way – Eric Clapton
Amsterdam – Guster
And It Stoned Me – Van Morrison
B
Bad Moon Rising – Creedence Clearwater Revival
Beautiful Day – Jesse Malin
Big Yellow Taxi – Joni Mitchell
Blue Eyes Cryin’ In The Rain – Willie Nelson
Brian Wilson – Barenaked Ladies
Brown Eyed Girl – Van Morrison
C
Cab - Train
Careful - Guster
Chasing Cars – Snow Patrol
Comfortably Numb – Pink Floyd
Company In My Back – Wilco
Country Road – James Taylor
Crazy Love – Van Morrison
D - E
Dear Chicago – Ryan Adams
Dead Flowers – Rolling Stones
Desperado – The Eagles
Drift Away –Dobie Gray
Drive – The Cars
F – G
Fire and Rain – James Taylor
Firecracker – Ryan Adams
Flip, Flop, and Fly – Blues Brothers
Free Fallin’ – Tom Petty
Give A Little Bit – Supertramp
H
Hard Day’s Night – Beatles
Heart Of Gold – Neil Young
Heavy Metal Drummer - Wilco
Here Comes The Sun - Beatles
Hold On – Tom Waits
I
I Can’t Make You Love Me – Bonnie Raitt
In Your Eyes – Peter Gabriel
Is It Any Wonder? – Keane
I Walk The Line – Johnny Cash
I Will Follow You Into The Dark – Death Cab For Cutie
J – K – L – M – N
Joker - Steve Miller Band
Jumper – Third Eye Blind
Just Like Heaven – The Cure
Knocking Over Whiskeys – Hayes Carll
Let My Love Open The Door - Pete Townshend
Life Of Illusion - Joe Walsh
Maggie May – Rod Stewart
Man On The Moon – R.E.M.
Mercy Street – Peter Gabriel
Middle Of Nowhere – Hot Hot Heat
My Hometown – Bruce Springsteen
Money Can't Buy Me Love - Beatles
No Rain – Blind Melon
1979 – Smashing Pumpkins
O
Old Man – Neil Young
One – U2
One Step Up – Bruce Springsteen
Ooh La La - The Faces
Other End (Of The Telescope) – Elvis Costello
Outtamind, Outta Site – Wilco
P - Q
Patience – Guns N’ Roses
Peaceful Easy Feeling - Eagles
Pictures Of You – The Cure
Pink Houses – John Cougar Mellencamp
R
Radio Nowhere – Bruce Springsteen
Rain King, The – Counting Crows
Rider – Grateful Dead
S
6th Avenue Heartache – The Wallflowers
Scientist, The – Coldplay
Sixteen Days – Whiskeytown
Southern Cross – Crosby, Stills, and Nash
Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For – U2
St. Ignatius – Old 97s
Sullivan Street – Counting Crows
Summer Of '69 - Bryan Adams
T
Take It Easy - Eagles
Take Me Home, Country Roads – John Denver
Time After Time – Cindy Lauper
Time Of Your Life (Good Riddance) – Green Day
Times Like These – Foo Fighters
Touch Of Grey – Grateful Dead
Two – Ryan Adams
U – V - W
Up On Cripple Creek – The Band
Unknown Legend – Neil Young
Via Chicago - Wilco
Wagon Wheel - Old Crow Medicine Show
Waiting In Vain – Bob Marley
Waiting On A Friend – Rolling Stones
Waiting On The World To Change – John Mayer
Wanderer, The - Dion
Weight, The – The Band
Wind Cries Mary, The – Jimi Hendrix
Winding Wheel – Ryan Adams
Wish You Were Here – Pink Floyd
Wonderwall - Oasis
Wrapped Around Your Finger – The Police
X-Y-Z
Yer So Bad – Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Ziggy Stardust – David Bowie
