kirk fletcher Archive
09 Apr 2021
Kirk Fletcher’s Pathway to (and Through) the Blues, Part Five
Continued from Part Four … Fletcher celebrated his 45th birthday in December 2020; that’s still relatively young to be taking a look back at one’s life journey. But in some […]
08 Apr 2021
Kirk Fletcher’s Pathway to (and Through) the Blues, Part Four
Continued from Part Three … I’m Here & I’m Gone was Fletcher’s attempt at making what he calls “a sort of business card, so I could get gigs.” Looking back […]
07 Apr 2021
Kirk Fletcher’s Pathway to (and Through) the Blues, Part Three
Continued from Part Two … When Fletcher was 13, an affiliated congregation invited him to play guitar with their youth choir. He recalls thinking, “Okay, someone wants me to come […]
06 Apr 2021
Kirk Fletcher’s Pathway to (and Through) the Blues, Part Two
Continued from Part One … Even as he grew to adulthood and launched a career as a professional musician, Fletcher would remain in California – not in Compton, though – […]
05 Apr 2021
Kirk Fletcher’s Pathway to (and Through) the Blues, Part One
An edited version of this feature was published previously in Living Blues. Frequent Blues Music Awards nominee Kirk “Eli” Fletcher is known as a lead guitarist, but he considers himself […]