<back - KENTUCKY HEADHUNTERS - Back in 1968, brothers Fred and Richard Young began playing together with cousins Greg Martin and Anthony Kenney at the home of Fred and Richard's grandmother. Informally named the Itchy Brothers, they soon added Mark Orr to the group. After 13 years of informal playing, the band split up. In 1985 the band re-formed minus Kenney, with the addition of brothers Doug and Ricky Lee Phelps. Renamed Kentucky Headhunters, they played the Chitlin' Show, WLOC radio, Munfordville, KY

At the time Greg was reading Robert Palmer's book 'Deep Blues', and was drawn to the name of an early Muddy Water's band called The Headhunters. This exposure landed them a deal with Mercury and recorded their first album, 1989's entitled Pickin' On Nashville. The single Dumas Walker reached #15 in 1990, and Lonesome Me went to # 6 on the charts. After a second album, Electric Barnyard, the Phelps brothers left the group to form Brothers Phelps. Kenney and Orr rejoined the Headhunters and they released Rave On in 1993 followed by That'll Work, featured Blues piano legend Johnnie Johnson. In 1996, Doug Phelps returned as lead vocalist. Their latest SOUL is a musical travelogue that transports listeners far beyond the city limits of Nashville to explore influences of Memphis, Muscle Shoals, and rural environs known only to musicians with a steady itinerary of off the beaten path Blues clubs where music is born from the influences of the old masters. Sibling band mates Richard and Fred K. Young,  their cousins Anthony Kenney and Greg Martin, and Doug Phelps are perfect hosts for the grand tour SOUL provides. MP3- MR.PERFECT | official web site www.kentuckyheadhunters.com