Terry Kitchen (born Max Pokrivchak in

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) is an American

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singer-songwriter. He grew up in

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and Easton, Pennsylvania and

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and attended college at

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and the Guitar Institute of Technology. After college, he moved to

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and fronted the 1980s pop/rock band Loose Ties before moving on to a solo career in

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. He has performed in

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s and folk festivals, as well as nationally, ever since. He derived his stage name from a character in

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, Jr.'s 1988 novel, ''

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''. Vonnegut's Terry Kitchen was a talented member of the

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movement.

Discography

*''Max Po-KRIV-chak'' (1991) *''Blues and Grace'' (1993) *''I Own This Town'' (1995) *''Blanket'' (1997) *''Blues for Cain & Abel'' (1999) *''Perpendicular Universe: Loose Ties 1982–1988'' (2001) (with Loose Ties) *''Right Now'' (2002) *''That's How It Used To Be'' (2004) ** Includes the track "The Greatest Game They Never Played" about the

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*''heaven here on earth'' (2006) *''Summer to Snowflakes'' (2009) *''Songs from Next Big Thing'' (2013) *''The Post-American-Century'' (2015) *''The Quiet Places'' (2017) *''Rubies in the Dust'' (2018) *''Where the Action Is: Loose Ties 1985'' (2018) (with Loose Ties) *''Next Time We Meet'' (2020) *''Lost Songs'' (2021)

References

External links

Terry Kitchen Official Web Site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kitchen, Terry American male singers Songwriters from New Jersey American folk musicians Singers from New Jersey Occidental College alumni People from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Musicians from Easton, Pennsylvania People from Phillipsburg, New Jersey Living people Songwriters from Pennsylvania Year of birth missing (living people) American male songwriters