Hector Qirko CDs
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CD produced in 2007,
Wherever You Go
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CD produced in 2003
with Terry Hill, UWP
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Links
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HECTOR QIRKO acoustic / rhythm & blues
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Raised in several countries in South America, Hector moved to Chicago and played with Lonnie Brooks (Alligator Records), and so experienced first-hand the Chicago blues scene, backing up Freddie King, Albert King, and many others. After moving to Knoxville he worked for several years on TNN's “I 40 Paradise” and “Pickin at the Paradise” music series, performing with literally hundreds of country, pop and Americana artists. In 1985 formed the Hector Qirko Band, which has won numerous Metro Pulse “Best of Knoxville” awards and released 5 recordings. In 2007 he released his first acoustic record, “Wherever you go,” featuring SGMA’s Studio Musician of the Year David Johnson and Mark Fain of Ricky Skaggs’ Kentucky Thunder. On solo acoustic, sometimes accompanied by his hqband-mate Jim Williams on bass, he spans styles from blues to bluegrass, with folk, gospel, and even a bit of Cuban son thrown into the mix. As Bluegrass Unlimited put it, “The songs of Hector Qirko are refreshing in that they offer something much deeper than just another rehashing of standard bluegrass warhorses.”
Featuring SGMA’s Studio Musician of the Year David Johnson, Mark Fain of Ricky Skaggs’ Kentucky Thunder, and fellow Lonesome Coyotes Steve Horton and Maggie Longmire, this is a solo project of original acoustic music. It spans styles from blues to bluegrass, with fiddle waltzes, folk, gospel, and even a bit of Cuban son thrown in (and one Johnny Cash tune). Recorded by Danny Brown at Southern Sound Studios in Knoxville and designed by Amy Campbell in Maryville.
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