Bill Kirchen

Aliases: Bill Kirchen & Too Much Fun
Real name: William K. Kirchen
Born: June 29, 1948
Country: United States
IPI: 00065154289 7 works
Affiliation: BMI
Comments: Rockabilly and twang guitarist, singer and songwriter
Member of: Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen Guitar, trombone (1968-1977, 1990-1991, 2001)
The Moonlighters [US2]

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Originals

Title	Performer	Release date	Covered by
Cold Country Blues	Bill Kirchen	1997	Kevin Blackie Farrell
Fool on a Stool	Bill Kirchen & Too Much Fun	1993	LeRoy Preston
Get a Little Goner	Bill Kirchen	September 12, 2006	(2 artists)
One More Day	Bill Kirchen	September 12, 2006	Chris O'Connell
Open Range	Bill Kirchen with Blackie Farrell	May 25, 2010	Kevin Blackie Farrell
Red Cajun Girl	Bill Kirchen	1996	Kevin Blackie Farrell
Skid Row in My Mind	Bill Kirchen	September 12, 2006	(2 artists)
Tryin' to Turn Her Memory Off	Bill Kirchen	August 2001	Kevin Blackie Farrell

Covers by Bill Kirchen

Title	Performer	Release date	Originally by
All Tore Up	Bill Kirchen & Too Much Fun	1993	Commander Cody Band
Devil with the Blue Dress	Bill Kirchen	September 12, 2006	Shorty Long [US1]
Dim Lights, Thick Smoke	Bill Kirchen	August 2001	Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs & The Foggy Mountain Boys
Down to Seeds and Stems Again	Bill Kirchen	2013	Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen
Hot Rod Lincoln	Bill Kirchen	1997	Arkie Shibley and His Mountain Dew Boys, Charley Ryan and The Livingston Bros.
Husbands and Wives	Bill Kirchen - Vocals by Chris O'Connell	May 25, 2010	Roger Miller [US-OK]
If It's Really Got to Be This Way	Bill Kirchen	September 12, 2006	Arthur Alexander
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry	Bill Kirchen	2013	Bob Dylan
Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues	Bill Kirchen	August 2001	Bob Dylan
Looking at the World Through a Windshield	Bill Kirchen	1997	Del Reeves
Mama Hated Diesels	Bill Kirchen	2013	Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen
One Woman Man	Bill Kirchen & Too Much Fun	1993	Johnny Horton
Rockabilly Funeral	Bill Kirchen & Too Much Fun	1993	Commander Cody
Shelly's Winter Love	Bill Kirchen - Vocals by Nick Lowe and Paul Carrack	May 25, 2010	Dottie West
She's a Yum Yum	Bill Kirchen	1999	Charlie Rich
Sweet Thang	Marti Brom with Bill Kirchen	2010	Nat Stuckey
The Times They Are A-Changin'	Bill Kirchen and Austin De Lone	2016	Bob Dylan
Think It Over	Bill Kirchen & Too Much Fun	1993	Jimmy Donley
Think It Over	Bill Kirchen and Austin De Lone	2016	Jimmy Donley
This Town's a Riot	Bill Kirchen	2006	Peter Case
Tombstone Every Mile	Bill Kirchen & Too Much Fun	1993	Dick Curless
Too Much Fun	Bill Kirchen	1997	Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen
Warm and Tender Love	Bill Kirchen and Austin De Lone	2016	Joe Haywood
Without Love	Bill Kirchen & Too Much Fun	1993	Nick Lowe

Songs written by Bill Kirchen

Original songs

Title	Written by	Originally by	Original date	Covered by
Everybody's Doing It	Commander Cody, Billy C. Farlow, Bill Kirchen, Bobby Black, Andy Stein, John Tichy, Lance Dickerson	Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen	March 1973	Covered by The Chorallaries of MIT
Get a Little Goner	Bill Kirchen, Sarah Brown, Louise Kirchen	Bill Kirchen	September 12, 2006	Covered by (2 artists)
It's Gonna Be One Of Those Nights	Bill Kirchen, Commander Cody, Billy C. Farlow	Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen	September 1975	Unverified
Mama Hated Diesels	Bill Kirchen, Kevin Blackie Farrell	Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen	1972	Covered by (4 artists)
One More Day	Bill Kirchen	Bill Kirchen	September 12, 2006	Covered by Chris O'Connell
Semi-Truck	Billy C. Farlow, Bill Kirchen	Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen	1972	Covered by (4 artists)
Too Much Fun	Billy C. Farlow, Bill Kirchen	Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen	November 1973	Covered by (3 artists)

Releases

Albums

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
Hammer of the Honky-Tonk Gods	Bill Kirchen	September 12, 2006	Proper American Recordings
Have Love, Will Travel	Bill Kirchen	1996	Black Top Records
Hot Rod Lincoln Live!	Bill Kirchen	1997	HighTone Records
Raise a Ruckus	Bill Kirchen	1999	HighTone Records
Seeds and Stems	Bill Kirchen	2013	Proper Records
Tied to the Wheel	Bill Kirchen	August 2001	HighTone Records
Tombstone Every Mile	Bill Kirchen & Too Much Fun	1993	Demon Records [GB]
Transatlanticana	Bill Kirchen and Austin De Lone	2016	Red House Records
Word to the Wise	Bill Kirchen	May 25, 2010	Proper Records