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Noah Hunt
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Noah Hunt
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Noah Hunt a native of Cincinnati Ohio was born January 17, 1970 and has a deep past as a musician, songwriter and vocalist.He is recognized most as the talented vocalist for the popular "Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band" since joining the group in April 1997.Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band's last 2 Cds "Trouble is.."and "Live on" display the incredibly powerful sounds of Noah Hunt's vocal ability.Mr. Hunt replaced the band's former lead singer Corey Sterling who's vocals appear on the first Shepherd album Ledbetter Heights.
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Prior to joining the Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band, Noah Hunt performed locally and recorded albums as an acoustic duo with guitarist Jason Dennie and with his own band Uncle Six.
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"I gave Noah a few lessons, but it's hard to teach your kid something like that.So he took professional lessons.I knew he was good when in high school he started to figure out all the chords to Dylan songs that I still couldn't get."
Noah, who is the oldest of three Hunt children, attended public school at New Richmond High until his sophomore year.He graduated from Summit Country Day School and then went on to receive an English degree from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.
After college Noah formed the band Uncle Six around his lead vocals, rhythm guitar and songwriting while band members filtered through the line up from 1993 -1997.
Noah recorded 4 Uncle Six albums, Wisdom of the Serpent, Six from six (a six track demo), Heartland Soil, and The Flood (EP).He also performed weekly acoustic/folk gigs at Tommy's on Main and Stanley's Pub with partner Jason Dennie.
Long Black Train, the album they recorded together was named one of Cincinnati's top albums of 1995.
It features a song that Noah is most proud of "Cuba on My Mind" written by his father about the saga of Watergate burglar Frank Sturgis, who was Hunt's uncle by marriage.
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The musical talents of Noah Hunt also received recognition when he was awarded the Cammy(Cincinnati Area Music Award) for folk vocalist of the year 1997 and in 1998 as Rock vocalist of the year.Hunt had what's known as a ‘spec deal' on RCA, a developmental deal with the record company but on the recommendation of photographer W.A.Williams, he landed an audition as the lead singer for the Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band.
When the deal was signed that made Noah Hunt the vocalist for the young Louisiana blues guitarist, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, he had to quickly leave town for San Francisco and was rushed into the recording studio with Shepherd,Chris Layton and Tommy Shannon.
Uncle Six was forced to cancel their performance at a local annual music festival .
Noah reflected on this time in his life with music journalist Larry Nager, "I lived in Columbia Tusculum and played at Stanley's.
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Noah actually lost his voice during this period due to a combination of stress and allergies and used herbal teas and other homeopathic remedies to get it back to record "Trouble Is".The album went on to sell 1.5 million copies, and the KWSB hit record, "Blue On Black" featuring Noah's vocals was named "Rock Track of the Year for 1998" by the Billboard Awards.The KWSB went on to tour for two straight years world wide and followed up with the 1999 release of "Live on" and more touring for Hunt.
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Within the KWSB, Hunt is known first to the fans for his voice, which is bluesy and soulful and commands the audience with the power behind it.Second for his stage presence, his charasmatic style adding flavor and passion to Kenny's guitar wailing.On the classic live blues covers such as "You done lost your good thing now" and "King Bee" Noah steals the show with a balance of roar and romance in his voice that appeals to both men and women in the crowds.
While home for the holidays on break from the KWSB at the end of 2000, Noah got together with some friends and band members of Uncle Six and created the new band "Noah Hunt and the 420 All-Stars" to perform locally.He describes this side project as "roots rock, with an edgier southern rock, slide guitar feel."Two years later, the band continues to play shows and Noah hopes to record a 420 All-Stars album and put together a little tour.Noah says his goal is to become a more established songwriter, "I think I've got the performance end of it down, the whole rock image thing.Now I think I just want to become a better songwriter.And I'm surrounded by talented artists all the time, so we just try to keep creating and try to learn at every turn."And as with the blues, he's inspired to write by emotional changes in his life and of course, women.
In the past three months Noah Hunt and The 420 All-Stars have performed shows in Covington Kentucky, Middletown Ohio and recently back in Cincinnati.Before the March 2003 show Noah joked, "I gotta go back to my other night job,"and told reporters that he'll be in the studio, laying down pre-production tracks for the next KWSB album and in April, Shepherd, Hunt and Double Trouble will start a six-week arena tour with ZZ Top.
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