Vault Sessions: Kenny Vaughan 

His playing is so honest and lacking in bullshit, I learn every time I listen.

Mr.Kenny Vaughn my first exposure to this great player was I just moved to Nashville,back in 2004 ,went down to Broadway on a Wednesday night, went Roberts western world and Don Kelly was telling Kenny how to play a intro, to a very fast bluegrassy song by just vocalizing the intro “dah,dah,dah,dah” etc in the Key of B... Kenny said “ Ok, give me one second” after that second Kenny said “let’s do it “ and they counted it 1,2,3,4, and Kenny just tore into the riff, and I was blown away, and I went home and my roommate who has been In Nashville for many years , told him about this great player I heard, and I didn’t know who he was, he said what does he look like, where was he playing, so I described him and he said “Oh that’s Kenny Vaughn, he’s Killer!” I said “ No shit!” Been a huge fan of his playing since.

Kenny is Cool cat...… Could watch him play all day

They dont get much better than cousin Kenny. The best reason to watch the Marty Stuart Show reruns.

Kenny could sell an album of him just tuning a guitar. I can listen to him anytime.He is one of the great players.

Any mention of Buck Owens/Don Rich is great for me.

Guy’s a virtuoso. Watching him play is one of life’s great joys🍀

One of the relatively unsung great players. He’s graced a lot of stages.

The way he shares that first lick he learned on the guitar he bought with his paper route money is a profound encouragement for the rest of humanity.

I've enjoyed knowing Kenny throughout my 21 years in Nashville. We played one gig together at Roberts, and were supposed to work together at Tootsies, but got bumped for another artist. He is very well-spoken, and once described working with a particular artist as "laborious, whose songs were contrived!"

Love this! Cuzzin Kenny is one of the hottest pickers around. Of course, his pickin’ bud Marty Stuart is no slouch either...

So cool just caught Cousin Kenny with Marty and his Fabulous Superlatives in Fort Collins, Colorado. They were great as usual, so fun!

Love this guy really he is just great honest and just good

Kenny you are one of the Greatest Guitar Players of all time..lovin every note no matter what Guitar you play Biggest Fan ..71 man wat down in TX...jd

Vaughan is such an under-rated guitarist, he's probably the greatest in the world!

One of the finest Nashville guitarists ever!

You are something special Kenny... it has been a blast getting to know you.... uuuuh, on RU-vid... LOL! Still a thrill though....

Seems like one of the nicest people out there.

As I always say, "Cousin Kenny, coolest dude on the planet". Look up the definition of cool. & you will see Kenny's pic.😊

I would love to see Kenny on stage with Jack Pearson, another phenomenal player that the general public doesn't even know!

What a great guy and guitar player!

Beautiful musicians, Beautiful people !

got to sit in a session and watch this guy with some other bad ass players, great learning experience!

Personally my favorite living guitar player. No pedals no gimmicks. Just a Tele straight into a princeton.

What a guitar freak he is! Can't stop doodling and interjecting about the sounds he gets! You gotta love Cousin Kenny… what a guitarist!

This is one dude that would honor me by letting me buy him a couple beers, or whatever it would take, and let me listen to him play and tell stories.

Love Cousin Kenny!

Genius. Kenny vaughn is one of the best guitars players currently breathing…..

Pat Metheny - call your office. A collab with Kenny Vaughn would be mind-blowing.

Marvellous ❤

Kenny is one of the best!!

Nashville cats play clean as country water.

You've told him now Kenny. Love the sound of that tele

Mr. Vaughn is a very good guitarist. Glad to see him being out there. He favors flat wounds.

Kenny is a great picker and a nice guy! I remember when he first came to Nashville. First time I saw him play was at Tootsies. He was working with a band and playing some good stuff. He had the signature muffler around his neck and I thought that was odd indoors. I knew he was going to do well in Nashville.

I won't even try to play like you Kenny ! HaHaHaHaHa ! Been trying to play guitar like that for 50 years ! I ain't got enough time left ! HaHaHaHaHa ! Thank you , Brother ! AMEN !

Todd Sharp builds great amps. I had him rebuild a 65 Fender Pro Reverb for me. I was running a set of Vintage 30 Celestine speakers Tod had that amp dialed in. Killer tone, reliable gigging amp

Man this guy can PLAY!!

Touch & tone!

That is so cool Kenny and his dad knew Johnny. That guy was a monster player.

The best guitar song ever played was a number by Lucinda William's group. It's called Pineola. There were two lead guitar players that played so well together on that, it's the first song that's impressed me in a long time. Austin City Live 1989.

Kenny's great.

Awesome X 10

I want to see a vid on all of his guitars

Kennys one class act !!

1st guitar - 66 Tele! Sweet!!!

Tom Petty said music is the closest thing to magic there is. He was RIGHT.

All killer No filler for cousin Kenny..

Yea man dig this guys playing alot Hes great...

Jacket game is on point

Cousin Kenny! 👍👍

i saw enjoy watching this Cat play guitar, going up and down the neck of the Tele and the Gibson 335. Saw him w/ Marty Stuart couple years ago.

Hot pickin' guitar! I seem to recall someone telling me once that his early guitar teacher was Bill Frisell . . .

Damn, K.V. is dope!

Superbly superlative

As with a lot of these timeless licks; 'they're not very hard,' until you try to invent them from scratch.

If you don't like Kenny Vaughan, there's something wrong witcha !

Like you I love real country music 🎼. I'm still looking for it, tho. I'll let you know if I find any. You're playing is great too...d.

What year was that wonderful Dot ES-335?

P.S. I also have a tele . The Buck Owens three colours. Wish I could trade it for Don Rich's champagne sparkle tele! That's a sick guitar.

Kenny’s song Mysterium is the best !

One bad dude!!!

Great guitars, but as we all know, the "magic" is not in the instrument, but in the guitar player's hands (and ears) Tasteful playing by Kenny. Seems a nice low-key guy.

He is the coolest

Cousin Kenny doing what he does best!

Guitar encyclopedia right there....

Kenny is the best picker of all the Vaughan clan.

Oodles of noodles! Very cool.

Hey! An Esquire!

Mr. Vaughan !!!! W H A T

Definitely a Tele man!

old school, Yes! no bullshit

Kenny could make an air guitar sound good.

veliki gitarero!

I hope he still has that 66 tele!!

I'm convinced this guy is just Marty Friedman moving between Japan and the US faster than the speed of light.

I'm not sure if this is the guy on the right or not. His look then was kind of Buddy Holly look. The contrast between the looks and the sound seemed to make it all the more cool.

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Cat can play the heck out of that Tele!

Howard stern showcases some licks

Kenny could make an upright bass twang.

With a name like Vaughan, he has to be a good picker. Kenny is an Okie. Oklahoma is North Dallas, you know Dallas where JImmie and and better known younger brother Stevie Ray are from. It's a Luther Perkins lick. That is FPB lick.

He's going to meet someone and both their lives will get off the ground like they never have. Not even the world will get over the band they make.

#songbird #pafpickups #es335 Is it just me or does 59 es335 get more play time than any other guitar? Things that make you go hmmmm

Love the long hair dam can you fricking play guitar Brother you inspire me to practice :-)

He smiled? Lol!

On the Gibson....

If your last name is Vaughan, you play great guitar. Simple as that.

Kind of wondering what that Pick up selector is doing on that single pic-up Tele ?

He and Waddy Wachtel should hook up for a session.

Nice playing although nothing outside ie. Bm7b5 over the G root.

Man this is what guitar playing is all about! As far as I’m concerned all those “guitar heroes” with Italian names playing Japanese guitars should get arrested!

Check out chris scruggs too..

I was born in 1966. I'm a antique, but not very collectable.

Kenny Vaughn is one of the best guitar players ever He ain't handsome but he can dang sure play !

Ain’t many pickers out there better than Kenny.

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He’s such a clown.

he has money and can get his teeth fixed if he will just do it