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T.H.E. Home Entertainment Show 2017

PAPER

MOON

GYPSYS

Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017
NOTE:
6:00pm to 8:30pm
Anaheim Hilton . 5th Floor Lanai

Based out of Dana Point, CA, Papermoon Gypsys
features Kenny “Big Daddy” Williams who fronts the
hot Orange County band along with his daughter Lexi
CAROL AND LUCETTE:
G. Since June of 2013 they have secured performances
PLEASE PROOF
for the first Newport Beach Pop-Up Blues Festival,
the Dana Point Food, Wine & Beer Craft Festival, the
Real Blues Festival of Orange County, Woodystock and
the main stage at the 3rd Annual New Blues Festival.
-MONICA
Papermoon Gypsys will give you a big dose of Blues
at it’s core and a wild side of Rock and Roots added to T.H.E. LOUNGE
create their own unique blend.
Kenny started playing at age 7 and went on to learn
theory with jazz guitarist Mark Anthony. Kenny also
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studied a year with classical guitarist Roberto Torres.
Later, before she was famous, he studied tapping with
Jennifer Batten (Michael Jackson) and before touring
with country band, Big Sky, studied with telecaster
maniac, Will Ray (Hellacastors).
During the 80′s Kenny made a name for himself on the
Sunset Strip with heavy metal band, Defiant and had his
song “Nightstalker” played on local radio KNAC. It was
on solid rotation at hundreds of college stations around
the country which put him in the encyclopedia Metellum
also earned a degree in sound and video engineering. He
attended at the Institute of Audio/Video Engineering.
These days he has succeeded in bringing a whole music
scene to beach town Dana Point, with the city’s first
music store and school. Even though there have been
imitations, Kenny has tried to bring the quality of LA
musicianship to Orange county. He has sought out the
best of the best musicians and teachers to bring a quality
of education that can’t be surpassed.
Kenny currently is the leader of the Papermoon Gypsys,
in which he plays guitar. The band has been taking the
southern California area by storm.

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