After college, he moved to
Boston and fronted the 1980s pop/rock band Loose Ties before moving on to a solo career in
acoustic music. He has performed in
New Englandcoffeehouses and folk festivals, as well as nationally, ever since.
He derived his stage name from a character in
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.'s 1988 novel, Bluebeard. Vonnegut's Terry Kitchen was a talented member of the
Abstract Expressionist movement.
Discography
Max Po-KRIV-chak (1991)
Blues and Grace (1993)
I Own This Town (1995)
Blanket (1997)
Blues for Cain & Abel (1999)
Perpendicular Universe: Loose Ties 1982–1988 (2001) (with Loose Ties)
Where the Action Is: Loose Ties 1985 (2018) (with Loose Ties)
Next Time We Meet (2020)
Lost Songs (2021)
References
^Staff.
"Life in the fast lane", Home News Tribune, March 14, 2003. Accessed March 14, 2011. Terry Kitchen's easy tuneful and contemplative folk sounds are sure to make for a warm evening of music wherever he plays. The Phillipsburg native is based in Boston these days and he's set to perform at thee Mine Street Coffeehouse in New Brunswick tomorrow night..."
^Terry Kitchen's Home Page, accessed April 13, 2007. "Born in Phillipsburg, New Jersey, Kitchen grew up first in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania..."