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02/26/08

We are playing this Saturday night at The Riot Room, formerly The Hurricane in Westport

10/12/07

Who knew - NASCAR fans seem to like Red Guitar and Red Guitar loves NASCAR

06/10/07

...if you see us this summer please say hi to our new bass player Curt Coolidge...he is one bad dude on the bass and also extremely fun to hang out with...rumour has it Curt has a famous uncle...also he is on loan from the Billy Doores Band, country when country wasn't cool...Curt is helping the band shape our new songs, two of which debuted at the Bottleneck show...new songs are being compared to early U2 and The Killers, goodbye twang!!...see you at the massive July 14 show when Red Guitar "storms" the Hurricane in Kansas City on Bastille Day, oui oui!!


Beauty Will Save the World

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Based On a Blue Story

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Red Guitar

Red Guitar is a melody first rock and roll band - a mixture of The Fray and Coldplay and Ryan Adams, the best pop intentions mixing with their alt-country past sailing into the glorious future...

John McKenna plays guitar and sings
Nick Nave sings, strums, and plays the keyboards
Dave Borberg drums
Daniel Swanson plays the guitar
Curt Coolidge plays the bass

The most recent album is "Beauty Will Save The World"

Critical acclaim for Red Guitar:

"One of the year's happiest local surprises ... gritty songwriting sensibilities, spotless harmonies, and exacting arrangements" lawrence.com

"a moving rock album ... with beautiful songs and flawless production" rockkansas.com

"channel the dusty, sweet harmonies of the Jayhawks and the '60s yearning of the Connells into a comfortable and comforting sound of their own" The Pitch

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