Ted Russell Kamp - The Closer I Get

Ted Russell Kamp proves himself as a solo artist and songwriter of note with Night Owl (PoMo Records). Following on the heels of Get Back to the Land which debuted at #1 on the Euroamericana Chart - January 2011 and reached the top 25 on the Americana Music Association Chart and the widely praised Poor Man's Paradise which was named one of the Top 100 Americana releases of '08 and Divisadero which was in the top 40 of 2007. Kamp, a relentless touring musician (2 weeks of touring for every month) will be ending a Southern run and returning to Los Angeles on June 19th for his hometown record release party at The Echo.
As Shooter Jennings long time bass player and collaborator, Ted Russell Kamp wrote Jennings’ #1 Texas hit “Steady At The Wheel”, which stayed in the top spot for 8 weeks. His own music is a juicy gumbo of country, Southern-fried rock and soul in the style of Kamp's lifelong inspirations J.J. Cale, The Band, and Kris Kristofferson. Kamp wrote or co-wrote all 13 songs on Get Back to the Land, with a storyteller's flair for offbeat characters, interesting turns of phrase and a sense of realism that is grounded in honesty and soulfulness.
There is a great feature on Ted and Get Back to the Land on the No Depression website. Writer Adam Sheets remarks " (Ted’s) also following the tradition of great troubadours such as Guy Clark and, in more recent times, James McMurtry. Songs such as "Down at the 7th Heaven" on his new album or "Dixie" and "Player Piano" on his last album Poor Man's Paradise display a keen poetic sensibility reminiscent of the Texas country scene and the mark of a born storyteller.” Please check out the full interview here: bit.ly/jERf4Y
Live at Lockett's is an intimate concert series filmed in Christopher Lockett's living room in Los Angeles. It features artists from LA's eclectic roots music and poetry scenes. The performers are grounded in a roots tradition, but are not bound by it.
One camera, one lens, no zooms, no cuts, not even a microphone in frame - just a lone shotgun mic mounted overhead in a c-stand. Nothing between the performer and the audience.