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Country singer/songwriter
Ted Russell Kamp was born in New York and grew up in the Northeast, but he developed his musical career after college while living in Seattle, WA. As the leader of the trio
Ponticello, he made four albums, The Escape Artist, Cotton Diesel, Down Like Mercury, and
Dark Sides. (The 2003 compilation
The Ponticello Years summarizes this material.) He also made his first solo album, an instrumental jazz collection called
Dedications (1996), credited to
Ted Kamp.
Kamp moved to Los Angeles in 2001. There he formed Union Pacific, played in other bands, and did session work. In 2003, he was hired as the bass player in
Shooter Jennings' backup band, the .357's. In that capacity, he wrote "Steady at the Wheel" and co-wrote (with
Jennings and
Leroy Powell) "Southern Comfort," both of which were featured on
Jennings' 2005 album
Put the O Back in Country.
Kamp released the solo album NorthSouth in 2005 and followed it with
Nashville Fineline in 2006. He wrote, arranged, produced, and played nearly a dozen different instruments on his next solo album,
Divisadero, released to retail on Kufala Records on January 30, 2007. The disc featured guest appearances from
Jennings and
Jessi Colter. ~ William Ruhlmann