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Hey there, welcome to kpguitar.com, originating from The City Of Big Shoulders, Chicago. Make yourself at home, here you'll find audio and video content from my various projects, including Addicted To Love, a brand new Tribute to Robert Palmer, spiced up with the 80's Ladies that add solo performances featuring the best female artists of the period, as well as adding their incredible vocals to the Palmer Show.
4/14/2026
Click here for Buy One Get One Free Tickets for the Piazza Show on 4/24. This is a limited time offer
3/25/2026
It's a big weekend for The Music of Robert Palmer by the Addicted To Love band! We start off early on Friday, 3/27, at Stage 119 in Elmhurst, at 7:00 pm for a 1-hour show, and Saturday, the 28th, we are doing the full show at Evenflow in Geneva, which starts at 9:00 pm and ends at midnight. Evenflow is a 3-level club with 3 bars. Its an awesome place to hang! If you loved Palmer as much as we do, don't miss seeing a live Festival, Club, Concert, or Theatre show in 2026
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2/24/2026
2/17/2026
More 2Faced videos have been uploaded on this page!
2/11/2026
Its Over For the last Time from the `1983 Lost Masters album, release date 2/26/26
1/28/2016
Keep up with Addicted To Love's gig schedule
1/25/2026
A new reel just dropped from the 1983 Lost Masters album. It's Over For the Last Time
From the new album 1983 Lost Masters, I wrote and recorded this breakup ballad back then with some friends at Soto Sound, a small studio on Chicago's northside. Audrey Johnson on vocals, Bene Spizz on keys, Mark Selden on drums, and yours truly on guitar and bass.
43 years later...the album, which features other notable Chicago artists, will be released on all digital platforms on 2/20/26, dedicated to my close friend and partner, Mark Selden. 🙏
kp
1/1/2026
Happy New Year 2026!
Lets make it a good one!
kp
12/30/25
The second track from the 1983 compilation just dropped
12/26/2025
I’m excited to share some fantastic news! Back in 1982, I had the chance to collaborate with my friend, the extraordinary drummer Mark Selden. Together, we created the duo 2Faced, driven by our passion to craft captivating songs for the recording artists signed to Jericho Productions, where both Mark and I were privileged to be part of the roster. We dedicated ourselves to composing original music and collaborated with some brilliant vocalists from Chicago, all while working our magic at Soto Sound Studios in Evanston, IL.
Recently, I stumbled upon the original master tapes from those creative sessions, and what I found feels like a beautiful time capsule from over three decades ago! I’m thrilled to announce that this hidden collection will be released early next year under the 2Faced name. Although Mark left us in 2008, I genuinely believe he’d be cheering for this project and giving it two enthusiastic thumbs up from above.
In this video, you'll get to enjoy the phenomenal talent of Shay Jones! The featured song was crafted by my friend and former bandmate, keyboardist Bene Spizz, who adds his magic to this recording. With Shay's vocals, Mark Selden’s drumming, Bene's keyboards, and my own guitar work, this experience will surely take you on a nostalgic journey to the eighties!
Shay Jones has worked with a fantastic range of bands, including early Ministry—where she wrote the hit "I Wanted to Tell Her"—as well as the Shay Jones Gang, Panama, Tropico, Treatment, Third Rail, and Nicholas Tremulis's band. Her remarkable journey also includes collaborations with R.E.O. Speedwagon, keyboardist Patrick Moraz, and jazz pianist Frank Caruso.
I invite you to take a listen—there’s so much more on the horizon! I’m also just a few clicks away from reaching 3,000 subscribers on YouTube. If you haven’t already subscribed, I would be absolutely delighted if you did. You won’t hear from me unless I have more exciting announcements to share! Peace,
kp
11/27 2-25
December 6, I'll be performing with Vintage Vinyl 2.o at Shanahan's in Woodridge. From 7pm to 10pm. 1999 75th St. | Woodridge, IL 60517 | 630-985-5945 Reservations recommended.
10/7/2025
This is the first lineup for the 1969 band. I came across this when cleaning out the garage. I had completely forgotten that we had done this sampler. Vocals: Pam Bradley, Sandy Caulfield, Jeff Dziura. Keys: Phil Balsano. Drums: Scott Peterson. Bass: Larry OCconner. Guitars: kp. - Tantrum tracks: Rather Be Rockin' (Balsano), Runnin' and How Long? (Sapko, Caulfield)
10/2/2025
Hi everyone. Hoping you'll kick off your musical weekend with Generation, as we return to Houby Fest in Cicero tomorrow night. Our final show of the season. Friday, Oct 3. Our set begins at 6:30 til 7:45! Happy to be a part of this stellar 3 day line-up
7/12/2025
Tonight I'll be at the House Of Blues Chicago on the Front Porch Stage from 5:00 to 8:30 pm.
7/3/2025
Addicted To Love's "soft launch" will be the core band minus the stage effects and additional performers slated for the larger stages at the theatres and larger venues. Shanahan's is our home away from home, and in many ways, A2L was formed there. Many of the core band members can be seen performing regularly there, hosting the Projam, playing with feature acts, jamming on a Wednesday or Thursday night, or just relaxing with dinner and drinks.
With music 5 nights a week, it's a no-brainer for us to use this venue to share our first official show with our friends, hence the special Sunday evening show. That said, this is a public event and everyone is invited. Great food and drinks! Please call in advance to reserve a table. 630-985-5945 (highly recommended)
6/29/2025
Generation Live @ Northbrook Village Green
Jul 01, 2025, 7:15 PM – 8:45 PM
Northbrook, 1810 Walters Ave, Northbrook, IL 60062, USA
Join us in the park in downtown Northbrook. Always a favorite for us!
4/24/2025
Advance track live in the studio with the ATL band
4/21/2025
Addicted To Love Tribute to Robert Palmer
The performance schedule begins in August, dates to be released soon!
4/17/2025
Come on out!
4/6/2025.
The video shoot for Addicted To Love went splendidly. It's in post-production right now, but the advance track we saw was really sweet.
3/20/2025
My new project “Addicted To Love” will be shooting our first video on We're ramping upfor our spring launch, a lot of you have heard the advance track and want more. For those of you that havent…its now up on youtube.
3/12/2025
Generation's summer schedule will be out soon, I'll have the dates up here as well. Looking forward to seeing old friends and making new ones. Coming to a festival near you!
2/2/2025
On Wednesday night 2/5, I'll be hosting the Acoustic Jam at Shanahans in Woodridge, IL. It's a cool event, they have incredible food and great bars. If you're in the Dupage County area, do drop in! 7 to 10 pm or most likely 11 pm.
1/12/2025
Los Angeles has been struck by wildfires in the area, which is home to scores of music industry professionals. Between the Palisades, Eaton and other fires, entire neighborhoods populated by artists, studios, publicists, managers, agents, songwriters, label executives, session musicians and others in the business of music have been burned to the ground in a disaster of unprecedented proportions.
In such trying times, the music business—a traditionally close-knit community—has come together to support its own. Recently, The Recording Academy and its philanthropic arm MusiCares announced a significant pledge of $1 million to aid music professionals affected by these catastrophic fires. This generous commitment will play a crucial role in helping those in the music community rebuild their lives and careers.
Please consider donating to MusiCares, you can do this HERE or at www.musicares.org/donations?form=donate Thank you!
Welcome to my official site, a certified SSL secure domain and the home of my various projects, mostly Music Production, Songs and Videos but sometimes Humanitarian Causes. You'll find free HD song downloads as well as some for purchase, as is customary my new releases are always free until the next release drops, so please take me home with you…I promise you'll like having me around!
While you're here please check out the Kim Simmonds MusiCares Artist Pages
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12/15/2024
Big News
The New EP “Well Alright” was released today on all streaming platforms worldwide…stream it here or download it free right here from me for Christmas!
12/10/2024
The Video for London Nights is now streaming on Youtube!
11/28/2024
An advance track was released today on social media; London Nights will be included on Well All Right this fall. Better late than never!
9/03/2024
Well we got a recent review that I just got wind of and…wow. I'll save the superlatives and just repost it here:
I Cried For You featuring Dalis Santiago
The simple and elegantly soulful piano chords and bluesy riff at the beginning belies where this wonderful music journey is going. Wow! I am very impressed with the writing, the arrangement and production and, most especially, the outrageously emotive vocal! Just wow!
I really have to speak to the arrangement and choice of instruments here. What a pleasant trip this song takes the listener on. It out lushes the most lush of arrangements. And the pizzicato strings in the second verse sent me over the moon! What a wonderful choice!
The understated but present brass in the second chorus lift to the bridge in an utterly fabulous manner.
Dalis is obviously a gifted songstress who takes the song to another level. Her phrasing and timbre are listenable and lovable. By the time she takes me to the bridge I am ready to commit to a long term relationship!
I am very impressed with absolutely everything about this song. Great writing, arrangement, performance, mixing and production! All this baby needs is a release date!
Chris Keaton
Music Publisher, Artist Manager, Song Plugger
7/26/24
8/31/2024
Fest season is still going strong, there are a lot of worthy acts performing around the greater Chicagoland area. One of them is of course Generation and our next show is Carol Stream Fall Fest. We hope to see you there!
5/9/2024
Advance track from Well Alright released today from post production: The Key Factor is available for free download for a limited time…thanks for dropping in!
5/5/2024
Happy Cinco De Mayo! The spring / summer schedule is out and available here and more shows are being added as we get closer to “festival season” in the greater Chicagoland area. It is a great time of year to get out hear and see some incredible bands and artists from this world class city and its suburbs. There are also bookings at indoor venues like the House Of Blues and more, I hope to see you at an event this year.
Peace, kp
3/19/2024
The first day of spring brings the song “I Cried For You” being selected to appear in the WOAFM compilation album Independent No.1's Vol.14 . Follow the link for a recorded broadcast over multiple platforms. And the video for “Dream Catcher” has been released, you can view it on YouTube by following the above link.
That's all for now
1/22/2024
Just released Dream Catcher an advance track from the next EP. Video will follow soon. Thanks for listening!
12/25/2023
Merry Christmas! I hope everyone had a safe and special time with family and friends. I have no siblings or children so it's different for me but I enjoy the Holidays a great deal. Now that 24 is right around the corner we'll be working on finishing my next EP entitled “Well All Right” which should be released in Q1.
I want to pass along a webpage I think a number of you will enjoy…especially if you love the blues like I do. Terry Abrahamson is a Grammy Winning Song Writer and author and I highly recommend his book “In The Belly Of The Blues” This link will take you to “Witness To History”, an interview where you will learn more about it. I recently met Terry and collaborated with him and Derrick procell to write “Love to spare” Check out the interview…it's fascinating and the book is as well!
I hope you all have a great New Year…see ya on the flip side.
12/23/2023
Tonight I'll be with The Phil Gatto Band at Danny's in Naperville, show time 8:00 pm
10/30/2023
I'll be with Derrick Procell and The All Star Mojo Band on 11/16 at The Raue Center For The Arts , tickets available through the link above.
On 11/19 I'll be performing at the Tribute to Fred Glickstein at Hey Nonny in Arlington Heights playing songs that were written by Fred and Bruce Gordon in the 60's! It's an early show, featuring many Chicago music notables including Dinosaur Exhibit, Scott May, The Cave Dwellers and more. Doors open at 2.
10/25/2023
So the Elle Oh video dropped today over at YouTube as well as here, check it out. The audio track is different than the version used in the video, I think it's better.
On 11/2 we are debuting the All Star Blues Band backing up Jake & Elwood at the 7 Bridges Ice Arena in Lisle. Going to be an incredible event, a fundraiser for the rink itself and The Hanson Brothers will be there too…yeah them
9/1/2023
Well it's here...some of us in the Midwest love the coming of fall. Where are you on that? I have a few shows left and I'm looking forward to working on the next two releases, continuing the 6 song song EP thread. Generation shows remaining include Des Plaines Fall Fest 9/15 and Houby Fest on 10/7.
Peace
8/7/2023
It's been a busy summer and with a lot of gigs under my belt and a lot more to go I find myself behind schedule on my pending EP "Well All Right" So with a renewed sense of purpose I'm back the Groove Grove laying tracks between shows. It's good to be alive!
3/23/23
The Love To Spare video premiers Saturday 3/25 at noon on Youtube, it features Derrick Procell on keys and vocals, we co-wrote the tune and plan on doing more soon! Check it out and let us know what you thought…
3/01/23 Version - 2 of All I Can Do Is Cry is out and it features Derrick Procell. Check it out!
We had a great response to the new EP, B,B&B just released on 2/25, it's now the 27th and the last thing I wanted to do was rest on my laurels...or my hardy's so let me present a fresh track called Love To Spare A new era in kp land this is a collaboration between Derrick Procell and me. More to come, stay tuned!
2/10/23 The next release in the 6 song EP series is Blues, Ballads & Burners which will be released worldwide on all digital platforms on February 25th. It includes a remix of Warrior by Legendary Producer Stu Epps. The EP also features the sultry vocals Dalis Santiago and more guitar wanking from you know who. The next in the 6 song series is not far behind in production and should be released late spring / early summer.
In the meantime please visit the MusiCares page I am hosting for the Kim Simmonds project. The Grammys are behind us now and the push for the Recording Academy's charity is picking up steam. Download the tribute to Kim Simmonds and Savoy Brown and follow the link to read more. And stay tuned for version 2 featuring a very exciting guest artist...you'll want to hear and have this one. That's all for now! Peace
1/22/23
A lot going on right now, distribution of All I Can Do Is Cry began on 1/21 and we'll be working on the follow up soon. New videos out: EZBlue and Big Blue Sky which also went to distribution as singles in January on all digital platforms. What's next you ask? Lots...stay tuned. Peace
Generation in full fest mode! Fan Video
