Keenan Date
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Keenan Date

Nashville, Tennessee, United States | SELF

Nashville, Tennessee, United States | SELF
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"Billy Block Show Nashville TN"

Keenan Date

He let his guitar sing first and boy did it! Incredible talent and patience with the guitar you had to watch in amazement. Then came a great set of vocals, just reaching everyone in the room…he connected vocally. Almost to say if he wasn’t in the room and we were listening to a recording, we might all still be waiting for him to come out on stage.

He impressed me immediately. He had a way about him. Very soulful, mixed with a bit of country & blues and he just displayed his talent and love for the music so clearly. He had a tone like I haven’t heard recently. He stands out.

Great skill on his guitar and vocals were so smooth, and that just made him a joy to listen to. I couldn’t put him into one genre if I tried. I think he has a lot of different aspects to his music that seem to work all tied together. He was a confident singer and player and you could tell, right away that he was comfortable on stage. He left no guessing about music being his calling.

A very laid back attitude and he didn’t overdo it; he just let everything flow, everything just seemed to be easy to this kid. His songs were great…he showed a lot of emotion through his tunes. Telling stories and painting pictures. He really is someone I will be seeing play again.

Before I walked out I had to mention to his family….”He is GOOD”. Hope to see him play again soon! Please, please, please go give him a listen! Great stuff! - billyblock.com


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Keenan Date EP 2012

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I grew up in a small mountain town in Colorado where I was lucky enough to be born into a country band, so to speak. When I was born my dad had a Country cover band and was making trips to Nashville to pursue a songwriting Career. By the time I was four my dad was teaching me how to play the guitar. He even let me start joining him on stage even though I had no idea what I was doing yet. I would get to stand on stage with him at county fairs and clubs and act like part of the band. So you could say being on stage feels pretty natural for me. I became the lead guitarist of the band when I was ten and also started to sing some songs on stage and learn to write my own. I have too many influences to name, but being a guitarist, my biggest influences were always other guitar players. Vince Gill, Steve Wariner, Brent Mason and Brad Paisley are my favorites. Ever since I can remember; I always planned on moving to Nashville when I was old enough and make a career out of my music. So when I was 18 that's exactly what I did. I moved to Nashville and began to work on my music. Progressing as a writer, singer, and guitarist. I also learned some hard lessons like the music business isn't quite as easy to conquer as a young boy likes to dream it will be, but it is as fun and exciting. Now four years later I'm busy writing and playing shows. I have also been lucky enough to put together an incredible band. Some how I ended up getting a group of friends that all graduated from Berkley School of music at the same time and moved to Nashville together. I also have an awesome mandolin player who happens to be my younger brother and a great musician. Having a band this talented lets us be able to have a very dynamic show and sound that sets us apart from any other bands in Nashville that I know of. We are able to create very dynamic songs that have a technical twist and great instrumentation. Playing with these guys has made me step up my own abilities and push my self on the guitar to be a better player. It's just fun to play with these guys and you can tell that by the way we play live. I strive for great sound and songs that are out of the ordinary. I also just finished my new EP and I am playing showcases in Nashville to gain some interest in record labels, agents and publishers.