Seven Days: Vermont's Independent Voice

Run Run, Rudolph

You may not know Bill Kirchen, but you’re probably familiar with his work. The Commander Cody founder is the “Titan of the Telecaster,” the Jimi Hendrix of honky-tonk, an iconic guitarist who helped shaped the course of modern twang and has lent his searing licks to innumerable recordings by Nick Lowe, Elvis Costello and Emmylou Harris, to name but a few artists. Christmas comes early this year — Tuesday, December 11, to be precise, when Kirchen brings his Honky-Tonk Holiday Show to Club Metronome in Burlington.