Bio

    My first guitar had a neck that was held together with butcher chord. It couldn’t be tuned, but it didn’t matter since I couldn’t play it anyway. Montgomery Wards offered a fine acoustic folk guitar and I bought it out of the catalog when I was 14. I also purchased two Peter, Paul, and Mary song books from Wards. All I needed to do was study the music course I bought through the mail: Ed Sale’s Learn To Play Guitar in 7 Days! (check it out). At the end of 7 days I asked my dad what he thought of the song I had just played. “Sounds like a cat just got run through a cheese grater!”
     If I had stopped there, I could have been a rock star, but I wanted to play Puff the Magic Dragon just like PP&M, so I kept practicing. It’s been a long time and I’m still practicing. I’ve been writing songs since 1969 and am a member of the Lincoln Songwriters Sweatshop, a Lincoln NE songwriters group that encourages it’s members to write songs and work to improve them. I’m the keeper of the list, so if you want to know when and where the group meets, just email me at kerrythekrause@yahoo.com or check the info on the songwriters page by using your mouse on the songwriters button to the left.
    I’m a current board member of LAFTA, Lincoln Association For Traditional Arts, a wonderful group that brings in folk musicians from around the nation to perform in concerts here. (www.lafta.net)
   Lucy and I were married in 1970 and have been singing together for the past 14 years. We mainly play the local coffee shops, although we did perform in a few of the LAFTA songwriter nights and open for Neal and Leandra one time. We perform a lot of original music, some traditional and Celtic music and some contemporary music. I’ve been fortunate enough to have several of my songs selected for the Walnut Valley Music Festival songwriting contest. (See links)
    In 2005 we joined the Celtic group Aisling’s Bards and performed in the Nebraska Renaissance Faire and for 6 weekends of the Kansas City Renaissance Faire. Quite an experience and a chance to learn a lot of Celtic Music in a short time. I catch some grief from other musicians because I only own and play a 1985 Ovation 12 string guitar, but it was interesting to note the number of 12 string guitars being played at the Faire by other musicians.
     We do not have a CD out at this time, but you can experience our music on the Music pages. Or even better, come on over to the coffee shop when we play!