Kirk Powers is an American

bassist A bassist (also known as a bass player or bass guitarist) is a musician who plays a bass instrument such as a double bass (upright bass, contrabass, wood bass), bass guitar (electric bass, acoustic bass), keyboard bass (synth bass) or a low br ...

. In 1976, he joined American Tears, one of the first keyboard-oriented Heavy Ivory bands. He also played a key role in creating pre-production demos and masters with

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. Powers continued his professional career in the 1980s, touring and recording with other artists including

Debbie Gibson Deborah Ann Gibson (born August 31, 1970) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She released her debut album ''Out of the Blue (Debbie Gibson album), Out of the Blue'' (1987) at age 16, writing and largely producing the material. The a ...

on her ''Out of the Blue'' and ''Electric Youth'' world tours, earning multiple platinum and gold records along the way. In July 2010 Kirk received a call to tour with the classic southern rock band

Point Blank Point-blank range is any distance over which a certain firearm or gun can hit a target without the need to elevate the barrel to compensate for bullet drop, i.e. the gun can be pointed horizontally at the target. For targets beyond-blank range ...

for an international tour. Again in 2022 - 2025 ,Kirk continues touring with pop-princess Debbie Gibson on her EY35 "Electric Youth 35 Anniversary" tours. Powers works with Alleva Coppolo Basseshttps://www.alleva-coppolo.com/team on his updated (KBP-4 and KBP-5) signature model custom basses and designs his own Musical Instrument Preamplifiers. 1976-2025 - Current: Sessions, TV, jingles, theater, churches. 1987–1990: Touring bass player for pop star singer, actress Debbie Gibson. Out Of The Blue and Electric Youth World tours. 2017: Powers began to work with Texas musician and songwriter Casey James – formerly of American Idol. 2018: Special guest of Debbie Gibson on her ''Ladies of the 80s'' tour. 2019: Working with Grammy artists on a new Indie Film out of Austin, Texas. 2022: Touring bass player with the pop star, singer, and actress Debbie Gibson "The Body Remembers Tour" Summer '22 2024-2025: Debbie Gibson - Electric Youth 35th Anniversary International Tour

Discography

* Deborah Gibson (Greatest Hits) * Shake Your Love (Live in London, Atlantic A9059CD) * Debbie Gibson Live In Japan * Debbie Gibson "Electric Youth" (Atlantic Album78203) * Point Blank "Volume 9" 2014 * Wonder Years TV Show "sound track" Atlantic * Ana (Epic/ Park ZK45355) * American Tears "Power House" Columbia * Touch – "The Demos" Winter 1979 * Debbie Gibson - Electric Youth World Tour 1989-1990 * Debbie Gibson - Out Of The Blue World Tour1988 *

Redd Volkaert Redd Volkaert (born 1958) is a Canadian guitarist and musician. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest guitar players in the modern era and is "among the country’s top Telecaster guitar slingers” particularly in the genres of western swi ...

(Grammy winner Guitar Virtuoso) Instructional Video Release 2015 Powers has worked with Debbie Gibson, Casey James, Dave Evans, Point Blank,Redd Volkaert, Roger Nichols, Otis Taylor, The Wonder Years, VooDoo Kings, Richard Gottehrer, Ana, American Tears, Pal Joey, Dave Lebolt, The Good Rats,

Bruce Kulick Bruce Howard Kulick (; born December 12, 1953) is an American guitarist best known as a former guitarist of the band Kiss (band), Kiss (19841996). He was also a member of Union (band), Union with John Corabi from 19972002, Blackjack (American ba ...

, Lattanzi, JellyBean Benitez, Fred Norris from Howard Stern,

Fred Zarr Frederick I. Zarr (born September 26, 1955) is an American musician, record producer, composer and arranger based in Brooklyn, New York. The CEO of BiZarr Music, Inc., he works alongside numerous artists, singers, songwriters, musicians, & audio ...

, George Lynch/Dokken, Derek St. Holmes/Ted Nugent, Guy Gelso w/ Zebra, David Baker.

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* Living people 1957 births Musicians from Queens, New York 20th-century American bass guitarists {{US-bass-guitarist-stub