Outsider Psychedelic, yeah. Kenneth Higney ist US-Amerikaner, New Jersey, viel mehr ist über ihn eigentlich nicht bekannt. Kenneth Higney veröffentlichte 1976 das Album "Attic Demonstration" bei seinem eigenen Label Kebrutney Records in einer Auflage von 500 Stück. Er singt, spielt Gitarre und wird auf dem Album von den Musikern Gordon Gaines (Guitar, Drums), Mark Volpe (Guitar, Percussion) und John Duva (Bass) tatkräftig unterstützt. Im Jahr 1980 verwirklichte Kenneth Higney dann die Single "I Wanna Be The King / Funky Kinky", ein Tribut an Johnny Thunders, den Gitarristen der New York Dolls. I'm gonna be a star / I hate the sissy music of John Denver. Nach dieser Single hörte man lange Zeit nichts mehr von Kenneth Higney. Aber 2003 meldete er sich zurück und brachte bei Kebrutney Records eine Neuauflage des Albums "Attic Demonstration" heraus, diesmal um die 2 Songs der Single erweitert. Wow! Seither sind bei Kebrutney Records noch die Alben "American Dirt" 2009 und "Ambulance Driver" 2011 von Kenneth Higney erschienen. Mark Hamilton schrieb im Dusted Magazine über die Neuauflage des Debütalbums von Kenneth Higney: "Attic Demonstration" is a collection of demos performed by Higney in 1976. A New Jersey truck driver looking to jumpstart a career as a songwriter, Higney pressed the record in order to give it to other musicians, in hopes that they would perform his songs. That no one took him up on his offer is not surprising, since this a relentlessly downbeat, ramshackle collection of music. It's a compelling and frequently bleak piece of work, but not one with much (or anything at all) in the way of the commercial potential Higney may have hoped for. (...) There's also a plodding dirge sung from the point of view of a disillusioned rock star, a plea for his "Children of Sound" not to leave him and go 'die in this world of hate', and three break-up laments that combine bitter misanthropy and wounded self pity. Im Jahr 2012 erschien im Magazine Razorcake ein Interview mit Kenneth Higney, yeah, hier ein kurzer Auszug: Razorcake: After the "Funky Kinky" single, you didn't release a record for more than two decades. What were you doing during that time? Higney: I was working. I was always writing. After the disappointment of "Attic Demonstration", I decided to do what I wanted to do. I stopped driving a truck and started working in the music business. I worked for publishing companies. Up until 2009, I was the vice president of Arc Music. I worked there for thirteen years. Arc was in charge of publishing the old Chess Records catalog. I oversaw all the publishing for Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry and lots of other Chess Records artists. Razorcake: That's amazing, Kenneth. Higney: My boss was Marshall Chess. I love Marshall Chess. Benny Goodman's brother Gene was my boss, too. The Goodman and Chess family owned Arc. They are wonderful people. They would tell the most incredible stories. It was a great job. I released an album for a guy named Joe Bendik. With Jack Pearson, I produced a record for Ashley Turba. She recorded four of my songs. I was involved with music - just not recording under my own name. When I realized that Arc was going to be sold, I decided to start recording again. In the past three years, I've cut two albums. "Attic Demonstration" wurde 2012 beim Label One Kind Favor ein zweites Mal neu aufgelegt, wiederum nur in einer Auflage von 500 Stück und ohne die Singletracks als Bonus. Es wird zurzeit um über 100,- Euro gehandelt. Naja, hört euch Kenneth Higney bei youtube oder beim free music archive an, er macht tollen Lo-Fi Psychedelic Pop.