Kenneth Weber Vaughan is an American guitarist. He is best known as a long-time member of

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’s supporting band, The Fabulous Superlatives.

Career

Early life

Vaughan was born in

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, but raised in

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. His guitar instructor was

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. In the late 1960s, Vaughan played in a number of rock bands in the nearby

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, area (where he lived), including a progressive rock group called Amos. Soon after, Vaughan joined a local progressive jazz band, and then began playing country music in local bars. Vaughan was a member of the Colorado punk band Jonny III in the late 1970s and early 80s. This band started Vaughan's partnership with his long-time songwriting partner Jeffrey Leroy Smith, better known as Leroy X. He moved to

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in the 1980s, where he became known as a country music guitarist. Along with Greg Garing, Vaughan was in part responsible for the revitalization of Nashville's historic

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district. They drew crowds of listeners while playing in the back room of Tootsie's. Vaughan was briefly a member of McBride & the Ride in 1994, and later, of Trent Summar & the New Row Mob.

Touring and recording

Vaughan has been a member of

’s Fabulous Superlatives since its inception in 2002. Previously, he toured with Lucinda Williams as she promoted ''

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''. He also has supported

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and

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. Vaughan's only solo album (so far) is ''V'', made with members of The Fabulous Superlatives and

himself. The album, released in 2011, is a mix of country, rockabilly, and blues songs written by Vaughan, and includes three instrumental tracks. In addition to his session work and touring with the Fabulous Superlatives, Vaughan performs as part of his trio whenever he returns to Nashville. The Kenny Vaughan Trio also includes Jeffrey Clemens ( G Love and Special Sauce) on drums and Dave Roe (

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) on bass.

Awards

In 2002, Vaughan was inducted into the Colorado Country Music Hall of Fame. In 2006, Vaughan received the Americana Music Association's Instrumentalist of the Year award, and the Lifetime Achievement Award for Instrumentalist.

Music Equipment

Vaughan primarily plays chambered-body guitars by Floyd Cassista with Lindy Fralin pickups. His amplifiers have been a

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Reverb and a

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1x12 combo. Working with input from Vaughan, Marty Stuart, and Paul Martin, RS Guitarworks produced the Superlative series of guitars and basses.

Discography

Solo albums

* 2011, ‘’V’’ ( Sugar Hill)

With
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* 2003: ''

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'' ( Columbia) * 2005: '' Souls' Chapel'' (Superlatone) * 2005: '' Badlands: Ballads of the Lakota'' (Superlatone) * 2006: '' Live at the Ryman'' (Superlatone / Universal South) * 2007: '' Compadres: An Anthology of Duets'' ( Hip-O) * 2008: ''Cool Country Favorites'' (Superlatone) * 2010: '' Ghost Train: The Studio B Sessions'' ( Sugar Hill) * 2012: ''Nashville, Volume 1: Tear The Woodpile Down'' ( Sugar Hill) * 2014: ''The Gospel Music of Marty Stuart'' DVD, album (Gaither Music) * 2014: ''Saturday Night/Sunday Morning'' (Superlatone) * 2017: ''Way Out West'' (Superlatone)

As primary contributor

* 2002: various artists - '' Dressed in Black: A Tribute to Johnny Cash'' ( Dualtone) - track 15, "Train Of Love" * 2017: Rob McNurlin - '' Tent Of The Wicked'' ( Buffalo Skinner) - Guitar and Producer - All Tracks

As supporting musician

* 1989: Jon Ims - ''3'' (Rites of Passage) cassette only release * 1991: Tim O'Brien - ''Odd Man In'' ( Sugar Hill) * 1995: Sonny George - ''Sonny George's Rockin' Country And Western Roundup (Volume One)'' (Hermitage) * 1996:

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- ''Persimmons'' ( pstart) * 1996: Paul Burch and the WPA Ballclub - ''Pan-American Flash'' ( Checkered Past) * 1997: RB Morris - ''...Take That Ride...'' ( Oh Boy * 1998:

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) released in 2005 * 1998: Lucinda Williams - ''

'' ( Mercury) * 1998: RRAF - ''Calling Dr. Strong'' (Paladin) * 2000:

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- '' Real Live Woman'' ( MCA Nashville) * 2000: Steve Almaas - '' Kingo A Wild One'' ( Parasol Records USA / Lonesome Whippoorwill Sweden) * 2001:

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- ''Lucky Man'' (

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) * 2003: John Eddie - ''Who The Hell Is John Eddie?'' ( Lost Highway / Thrill Show) * 2004:

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- ''Halcyon'' (

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) * 2004:

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- '' Twice the Speed of Life'' ( Mercury) * 2005: Bobby Bare - The Moon Was Blue ( Dualtone) * 2005: Jeff Black - '' Tin Lily'' ( Dualtone) * 2005: Gary Bennett - ''Human Condition'' (Landslide) * 2005: Tim O'Brien - ''Cornbread Nation'' ( Sugar Hill) * 2006:

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- '' Like Red on a Rose'' (

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) * 2006:

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- ''

'' (Funbone) * 2007:

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- '' Wagonmaster'' (

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) * 2008: Bell & Cooper - ''Postcards out of the Blue'' (Dogjaw) * 2008:

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- '' All I Intended to Be'' ( Nonesuch) * 2008: Laurie McClain - ''Ascend'' (Kindred Voices) * 2008: Mando Saenz - ''Bucket'' (

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) * 2008: Matt Nolen - ''"This One Goes to 11'' (self-relessed) * 2008: Matt Poss - ''Hinges'' (Mishawaka) * 2009: Ted Russell Kamp - ''Poor Man's Paradise'' ( Dualtone / PoMo) * 2009:

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- '' Carolina'' ( Capitol Nashville) * 2009: Chuck Mead - ''Journeyman's Wager'' (Grassy Knoll /

) * 2009: Will Hoge - ''The Wreckage'' (

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) * 2010:

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- '' Lifted Off the Ground'' (

) * 2010:

- ''Patchwork River'' (

) * 2010. Mike Farris - ''The Night the Cumberland Came Alive'' (

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) * 2011: Billy Burnette - ''Rock N Roll With It'' (Rock N Roll With It) * 2011: Bob Wayne - ''Outlaw Carnie'' (People Like You) * 2011: Dave Cox - ''Shine Your Light'' (self-released) * 2011: Renée Wahl - ''Cumberland Moonshine'' (RWR) * 2011: Ted Russell Kamp - ''Get Back to the Land'' ( Dualtone) * 2011: Will Hoge - ''Number Seven'' (

) * 2011: John Francis O'Mara - ''The Better Angels'' ( Dualtone) * 2012: Sarah Gayle Meech - ''One Good Thing's'' (self-released) * 2012: Sandra Boynton - ''Sandra Boynton's Frog Trouble'' ( Rounder) * 2012: The Trishas - ''High, Wide & Handsome'' (The Trishas Music) * 2012:

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- '' Unfinished Business'' ( Sugar Hill) * 2013:

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and

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- '' Dos Divas'' (Red River) * 2014:

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- ''For Once and For All'' ( I.R.S.) * 2014:

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- ''( Ultraviolence'' (

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) * 2014: Laura Cantrell - '' No Way There from Here'' (Thrift Shop) * 2014: Nikki Lane - '' All Or Nothin''' (

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) * 2014:

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'' (

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) * 2015:

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- '' Yours, Dreamily,'' ( Nonesuch) * 2015:

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- ''Panhandle Rambler'' (Rack 'Em) * 2015: Sam Lewis - ''Waiting on You'' (Brash) * 2016: Liz Longley - ''Weightless'' ( Sugar Hill) * 2016:

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- '' Alone'' ( BMG) * 2017:

- ''London Southern'' (

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