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Stephen Kellogg | |
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Background information | |
Also known as | Skunk |
Born | West Chester, Pennsylvania, U.S. | November 28, 1976
Origin | Massachusetts, United States |
Genres | Americana, folk-rock |
Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter |
Years active | 1994–present |
Labels | Vanguard, Universal Records, Everfine Records, Bread and Butter Music |
Website | www |
Stephen Richard Kellogg [1] (born November 28, 1976) is an American singer-songwriter and founder and former frontman of Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers. [2]
Kellogg founded his band Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers in 2003. [3] The band has been on hiatus since 2012. Kellogg has consistently toured since then, billed simply as “Stephen Kellogg." Past members of the Sixers have joined him on stage occasionally.
In 2013, Kellogg gave a TEDx talk about job satisfaction. [4] Its YouTube video has gained over 200,00 views. [5]
On February 12, 2016, Kellogg released the album South, West, North, East. The premise of the album was to record each section in a different region of the USA, with different co-producers and groups of musicians.
On March 23, 2018, Kellogg performed at O.A.R.'s Concert for Dreams at The Beacon Theatre in New York City.
Kellogg released the album Objects In The Mirror on November 23, 2018.
Each year during Christmas, Kellogg donates handwritten lyrics to raise money for St Jude's Children's Hospital and other charities. [6] In 2015, Kellogg was part of the Bedstock lineup, the world’s first in-bed music festival, to raise awareness and funds for MyMusicRx, a program of the Children’s Cancer Association. [7]
Kellogg habitually of visits military bases to perform musical numbers for service men and women serving both domestically and overseas. The Sixers toured with Armed Forces Entertainment in 2009 and 2010 to bring “home” to the troops in places like Kuwait, Israel, Bahrain and Ramstein Hospital in Germany. [6] In 2010, Kellogg & the Sixers were named the "Armed Forces Entertainer of the Year". [8]
During the summer of 2014, they traveled to Africa and again, to the Middle East to play for troops. [9]
Kellogg grew up in southern Connecticut. In 1997, he began his musical career in Northampton, Massachusetts while interning for a local club. A few years later, he married his high school sweetheart and began a well-publicized affection for his role as husband and later, father to their four daughters. [6]
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