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“Sonny Kenn was the Shore’s first real rock ‘n’ roll guitar star. As the front man in the popular mid-60’s group Sonny and the Starfires, Kenn was the one who cut the path Springsteen and virtually every other Shore rocker would follow in the late 60’s.” -Robert Santelli, Asbury Park Press 9/3/93 “After leading a procession of bands through the 60’s and 70’s, including a trio called “Maelstrom” with Southside Johnny, Kenn has concentrated on playing classic blues and blues-rock since the 80’s.” -Richard Skelly, The Asbury Park Press 6/12/99 “It’s hard to imagine what the Jersey Shore music scene would have been without the musical input and vast talent of guitarist and singer Sonny Kenn, he truly deserves the title ‘legendary’.” -Robert Santelli “But then, Sonny Kenn -with blond pompadour and sharkskin jacket-bounds on stage…pounding out a “Lucille” that peels the paint off the walls…” -Jane Goldman, New York Magazine “The leaner, meaner corollary to the horn-bloated Asbury scene made his debut decades ago, we get the wild idea he’ll keep on doing what he does ’til he’s the last guy off the embassy roof” -The Asbury Park Press “He’s a Jersey Shore blues legend, wowing crowds at every gig.” -Ben Buchwald, Jersey Style Magazine “The blues taps into real feelings, its intensity can stop you in your tracks. Improvisation is more real, and on a more visceral level, more emotional. To be real, you can’t separate music from humanity. I still play because I want to…what I play is real for me. I don’t play anything I’m ashamed of - and people feel that. -Sonny Kenn to Ben Buckwald, NJ Style Magazine
Besides being one of founding members of Line Drive, Chris Plunkett has toured & recorded with Hank Williams Jr., Waylon Jennings, and George Jones. Chris wound up in Los Angeles in the late ’80’s where he taught bass guitar at the acclaimed Musicians Institute, as well as recording and playing around town with artists such as Norman Brown, Greg Bissonette, and guitar legend Scott Henderson.
