Phil Kennemore

Rhythm N. Bliss · May 15, 2010, 03:28:25 PM

Seeing all 3 of Y&T's SoCal shows!!! Thursday night I got their new cd at the Canyon Club show & last night they did my fav song off it--On With The Show!
I'm Coming Home is KILLER too & they've made this AWESOME vid for it:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=rw63i6fbAQI

Phil's been playing just his black Fender Jazz bass LIVE in SoCal but the chicks have been diggin' his plexiglass bass in the vid, lemmetellya.
The more I listen to this guy the more I see he keeps getting better & better, as the whole band does!!!!

I got their remastered YESTERDAYandTODAY stuff from the mid-70s & their remastered 90s cds too & it's AMAZING how great these guys were back in their early days & REALLY AMAZING how FANTASTIC they've become!
Gonna see 'em again tonight on the Redondo pier & then I'm heading up to SF next weekend to attend their CD Release Party at the fab Fillmore! or should I spell it Philmore!

Lovin' this guy more an' more! Kennemore! Yeah!!!!

Rhythm N. Bliss · May 19, 2010, 02:52:38 PM

Where's the appreciation for one of the best in the biz?

36 years of Y&T culminates in a FANTASTIC new album!
FACEMELTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Get it & I guarandamntee you you'll LOVE it!
The bassplaying is superb. Phil is THE MAN!

Rhythm N. Bliss · June 16, 2010, 02:53:36 PM

Phil just had to cancel a Y&T gig in Europe cuz of back pain.
Only one gig tho & they'll make it up on Nov. 3rd!
Phil is a TROOPER! He's already BAAAAAAACK!

Rhythm N. Bliss · January 07, 2011, 05:27:24 PM

Aw dammit. Such a SAD day! Phil Kennemore has passed away!
He was a RockStar HERO of mine, & a friend & MENTOR! Guru of the Bass!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYVj75x-hFU

I'm crying a river today.

lowend1 · January 07, 2011, 07:13:20 PM

As a cancer survivor, my heart always hurts when somebody else is diagnosed, or is taken by the disease. This time it's somebody who influenced me quite a bit during my first year playing. I remember when the guy who lived across the street from me as a kid showed me the first Yesterday & Today LP back in '76. He ran a snack route to supermarkets and had a friend who was in a position to trade promo LPs for cookies, chips or whatever. Upon listening, I was floored by the rhythm section, Meniketti's playing and the songs. The album quickly became a staple for me, and I'm not ashamed to say I ripped off alot of Phil's licks over the years - based on what I heard in those grooves. I ultimately snagged my friend's promo copy in a even up trade for Cheap Trick At Budokan, and it's still in my collection - along with a couple of sealed "backup" copies. Still have to pick up the CD somewhere.
RIP Phil - a true "Earthshaker"...

Highlander · January 08, 2011, 08:55:12 AM

No one here gets out alive... RIP

Nocturnal · January 08, 2011, 09:38:28 AM

RIP Phil.

Basvarken · January 10, 2011, 07:19:52 AM

Saw Phil twice with Y&T.
Their gig at Arrow Rock Festival was the best of that bill.

To me he never was a special bass player. But with the band they had a chemistry that was unbeatable.
Going to put my vinyl copy of Earthshaker on the turntable tonight.
I Believe in You!

RIP Phil K

Rhythm N. Bliss · January 10, 2011, 03:24:35 PM

Quote from: lowend1 on January 07, 2011, 07:13:20 PM
As a cancer survivor, my heart always hurts when somebody else is diagnosed, or is taken by the disease. This time it's somebody who influenced me quite a bit during my first year playing. I remember when the guy who lived across the street from me as a kid showed me the first Yesterday & Today LP back in '76. He ran a snack route to supermarkets and had a friend who was in a position to trade promo LPs for cookies, chips or whatever. Upon listening, I was floored by the rhythm section, Meniketti's playing and the songs. The album quickly became a staple for me, and I'm not ashamed to say I ripped off alot of Phil's licks over the years - based on what I heard in those grooves. I ultimately snagged my friend's promo copy in a even up trade for Cheap Trick At Budokan, and it's still in my collection - along with a couple of sealed "backup" copies. Still have to pick up the CD somewhere.
RIP Phil - a true "Earthshaker"...

Cool that you were among the first to get FACEMELTED!
The Yesterday & Today cds are available on the Y&T site. I got mine!

Rhythm N. Bliss · January 14, 2011, 12:08:35 AM

"They say that when a soul has unfinished work to do a crow will accompany him back to the land of the living...."

There's a crow...tapping, tapping on my door.
Is what they say true, Mr. Crow?
Quoth the raven, "Kennemore"

I'm thinking of doing a graphic novel...a new Crow story. Yep. Starring Phil!
The first Crow flick with Brandon Lee is my fav movie!