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Cut Your Losses, a Night of Gaines

For the third time ever Ken Gaines and Josh Gaines come together for a night of music and poetry and musical poetry. This is not an event to miss!

Josh Gaines is a recent poet transfer to Chicago. His poetry has been published in numerous online and print journals and he has read his work in venues across the country. Josh is in his 2nd year at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, working towards his MFA in Writing. He reads regularly at Weeds and The West Side School for the
Desperate and has become a welcome addition throughout the Chicago poetry scene.

Ken Gaines is the 2005 Texas Music Awards Singer Songwriter of the Year and the producer of the Thursday night Songwriters in the Round Series at Anderson Fair http://www.andersonfair.com in Houston. He's a veteran performer with incredible breadth and polish and is one of
Texas' finest and most well-rounded songwriters. He's also known as the "voice" of the annual Texas Music Awards with his regular role as the announcer for the event. Recently he was featured in the film "For the Sake of the Song" a full length documentary about Anderson Fair and its historic importance to Texas Music.

Ken tours nationally and throughout his home state of Texas as a single act as well as with musical partners Wayne Wilkerson, Karen Mal, and Butch Morgan. He's written songs for film, stage, and commercials and regularly performs all original songs. He's a fixture at the Kerrville Folk Festival, performing as the opening feature in 2009 and featured twice in 2011. Ken teaches songwriting seminars and
his "Diet Tips for the Traveling Musician" has been featured at Folk Alliance International conferences for the past 3 years. He's a member of the Academy of Texas Music and has two CD's currently in print on the Songdog Records Label, both available at MyTexasMusic.com. For booking contact him at ken@kengaines.com. More info including past and upcoming performances, YouTube videos, and recorded music can be found at http://www.kengaines.com