Multifaceted musician K
From blue-grass to hard rock, Kyle Bain’s reflects on his musical journey By RODNEY HARWOOD staff writer
yle Bain sat sipping a beer, glancing down at the foam, one of those maneuvers a guy might use when someone asks a question he doesn’t have a ready-made answer for. Considering the guy asking the questions can remember song lyrics to ‘60s songs faster than he can tell you why he went into the kitchen, the 31-year-old, long-time Kittitas Valley singer-song writer did a pretty fair job picking out the bits and pieces of his life to expand on. “You know, to tell you the truth, I don’t really know what the difference is between Metallica and Led Zeppelin,” he finally said with a smile. “I grew up listening to Metallica, really like the way they play. Zeppelin is considered one of the first metal bands, but other than Jimmy Page, I don’t know much about them.” Bain’s musical interests are as multi-dimensional as the layers of music he produces. He used to front a bluegrass band called
“Centaur Midwife.” He currently plays guitar for “Cobrahawk,” which previously opened for Smash Mouth (September 2017) at the Central Washington State Fair and won the Yakima Apple Jam battle of the bands that same year. Bain’s also the frontman and rhythm guitarist in the “Chuck Boom.” After taking a little break from the business, he’s writing, producing and more active than ever. His musical influences range from Metallica and the heavy metal sound to bluegrass banjo to the revival of the pre-revolutionary Cuba sounds generated by the Buena Vista Social Club, produced by Ry Cooder. He’s written everything from heavy metal songs and power ballads, to folk songs to children’s music for the YouTube show Blippi (2014), where he also appeared as the character Nicky Notes until 2017. He’s been writing songs for a good, long while and there’s still a lot of music balled up inside, just waiting to come out, he said.
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