"Every now and then, someone writes a great song and fellow songwriters curse themselves for not coming up with the same idea . . . more rare though, is the undeniably superb song that could only have come from one mind, and from one person's experience. Kevin Gordon's "Colfax" is that song . . . about a kid in the marching band but ends up being about the heart of American darkness and the steel that it takes to move beyond. It is not yet on an album, and it will not be recorded by some famous country radio star. But we'll empty your spit-valve for life if you find us anything more stunning . . . when Gordon moves it from stage to CD."--Peter Cooper, The Tennessean


Gordon's songs have been recorded by Keith Richards, Levon Helm, Lucinda Williams, Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, Irma Thomas, Webb Wilder, Kate Campbell, and others. Raised in northern Louisiana and currently based in east Nashville, Kevin also earned a Master's degree in poetry from the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop.

"White Water is notoriously difficult to play quietly. And just about impossible to play solo. The same rowdy crowd that makes the room so fun on a packed night makes it downright miserable for a singer armed with nothing but a guitar against the noise. So when Gordon excused his rhythm section halfway through his set to play a few new songs, I cringed for him. But he did something I've not seen in over 15 years of frequenting White Water. He hushed the late-night audience. And with songs, in varying states of completion, they'd never heard before. The highlight was a meditation on a singular event from his past — marching in a parade with a junior high band and facing down the KKK — that manages to be incredibly funny and poignant."