About Kevin

Kevin D Stroud grew up outside Memphis, Tennessee in the town of Bolton, listening to FM 100 radio hit songs of the day as a kid in the 1980’s. A multi-instrumentalist, Stroud started playing Alto Saxophone in the late 80’s and everything just sort of took off from there — launching his own alt blues/rock band in high school and packing his bags to jam with with RL Burnside and Junior Kimbrough.

From 1999 to 2001 Stroud backed up Soul/Blues legend Little Milton, starring in blues festivals all across the United States, Scandinavia, England, and Europe. 2001 Stroud traveled to France and put a band together for the legendary Joe Turner And The Memphis Blues Caravan for 6 months before returning to the United States just days after 911.

In August 2002 Stroud penned the title track cut to Bernard Allison’s 2nd release on the Tone Cool label, “Storms Of LIfe.” “Storms Of Life” debuted at #5 on The Billboard Blues Charts and stayed there for 11 weeks in 2002. Today Kevin D Stroud and his collaborator, pro Nashville writer Marc Alan Barnette recently won 1st prize category and 2nd overall prize in Gospel/Inspirational for their song collaboration, “Dance In Heaven” in the 27th Annual USA Songwriting Competition.