Kelvin Henderson died he was 62

Kelvin Henderson died he was 62. Henderson was Bristol born and bred, country music singer, broadcaster and promoter. Kelvin's talents have earned him tours with some of the biggest names in country music, appear-ances at the Wembley Country Music Festivals and the Albert Hall, a successful television series "Country Comes West" and his own weekly, networked radio show "My Style Of Country" for BBC South and West, which, because of his vast and varied knowledge of the music and its performers, and the eclectic play list, has become one of the most popular regional shows.

Kelvin's love of the music is not only apparent when he is playing or broadcasting, but also in his tireless effort to promote it, to bring it to a wider audience, an audience that he rightly feels it deserves, and, even though this is often not financially viable, he has been re-sponsible for bringing some of the best acts in acoustic country mu-sic to Bristol, including Guy Clark, Peter Rowan, Tom Russell, Rosie Flores and of course the late great Townes Van Zandt, to name a few.
With all this going on it's difficult to imagine how he finds the time to go out on the road, but that's exactly what he's been doing for the last thirty years. He shows no sign of stopping just yet, and intends to main-tain his sta-tus as a professional musician.

Playing guitar in the band is Mike Willis. Regular Prom goers will be well aware of just how good Mike is, having seen him partner Kelvin as a duo. For those of you who haven.t had the pleasure, be prepared for a real treat. Comparisons with Albert Lee, James Burton and others of that ilk are not without foundation, whether on electric or acoustic, Mike can pick with the best of them.
On bass and harmony vocal, is Dave Gould. Dave started on the Bristol folk music scene as a 5 string banjo player and has been playing in Kelvin.s band, on and off, for a good many years. Dave can also be seen with local bluegrass/roots band .Ponchatrain..

Newest member to the band is drummer Jim Chapman, also a superb musician with a background in rock, pop and cabaret providing him with enough experience to play just about any style.

The band play an eclectic mix of traditional country, contemporary, and new country, all with a feel you might be forgiven to think wouldn.t be possible outside of a Texas honky tonk.

Mr Henderson, who lived in Brislington, died from the rare degenerative disease progressive supra nuclear palsy. He leaves a wife and two children.

He was elected to the British Country Music Hall of Fame in 2008.

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