CAB Coffee House series presents
‘Psycho-pop-folk-a-billy’ performance

By Christina Sanchez
Staff Writer

Musician Kenny Shore will be performing on Tuesday, Nov. 11 at 8 p.m. in the U.C. lounge as part of the CAB Coffee House series.

Shore has been performing for the past 20 years.

In the 1980s his band, “The Dayroom Monitors,” played in clubs around North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia.

When Shore and his wife began raising their three children he went back to school and got his master’s degree in social work from UNC-Chapel Hill.

Although this slowed down his music career, he never gave up his passion for writing music and continued to do so.

“I realized that my heart is in writing music and performing music,” Shore said. “I began rejuvenating my music career three years ago.”

Shore has been performing at local colleges over the past few years.

He has helped UNCP book past coffee house performers Rodie Ray and Claire Holley.

A great highlight in Kenny Shore’s life was his recent trip to Nashville a short time after Johnny Cash passed away.

While visiting the Johnny Cash Hall of Fame, he was interviewed by a local television station and asked to perform one of his songs on the air.

That same day he won a drawing for a free guitar.

“I felt like it was Kenny Shore day in Nashville,” he said.

Jokingly he said his ultimate goal is for Clay Aiken to perform one of his songs.

At the moment, Shore is working on publishing some of the songs he has written.

He performs a variety of music similar to a rollercoaster ride.

Shore calls his style of music “Psycho-pop-folk-a-billy” because of the mixture of music he incorporates into his work.

So come on out, kick back, and listen to some of his great music.