Poor Hobo is a project headed by veteran songwriter, artist and multi instrumentalist Kevin Kendrick. Kevin started playing piano and bass guitar at the age of 7, and after performing many local and region gigs, as well as becoming proficient playing several instruments, at the age of fourteen he landed a gig playing piano with the great blues legend "Betty Wright". He gained professional experience traveling around the world backing the great blues artist on what was known as the “chitlin circuit”. His first real dive into the professional music business began with the late great soul singer Betty Wright who until her passing was like a big sister to him. Betty Worked as producer and vocal coach for many legends including Gloria Estefan, Joss Stone.

By age 16, he was playing behind Clarence Carter, Millie Jackson, and also played on shows for BB King, Joe Simon, Bobby Blue Bland, and other artist from that era. By his 18th birthday he ended up joining a popular group called the Dazz Band that was later signed to Motown. Kevin wrote for, toured and recorded with the group for several years. The Dazz Band won a grammy for their hit single “Let it Whip”.

From there he joined another hot band from the eighties Cameo, and he performed on and or co-wrote some of their biggest hits including “Word Up, Candy, Back and Forth, and Attack me With Your Love”. Kevin appeared on stage and in video with the group.

In the early 2000’s Kevin met up with the duo 'Outkast' and he had the pleasure of recording on some of their biggest hits, including, “Hey Ya, Roses, She's Alive, Church and many more”. Kevin also became a songwriting partner with Andre3000 on several songs in the HBO/Universal movie "Idlewild", that featured the duo on film, as well as the Cartoon Network's “Class of 3000 cartoon, where he and Andre penned most of the songs on the cartoon series together.

Kevin has also played piano for, or recorded with many of the industry greats including Madonna, Tyler The Creator, Aretha Franklin, Gwen Stefani, Queen Latifah and many more.

Kevin acquired a love for country music as a little kid mainly because his father, Marion Kendrick, a 100% disabled WII vet worked with fruits and vegetables as a vendor for many restaurants and on the Farmers Market in their hometown. Farmers from all over the state would come to market and lay out their fruit and vegetables to sell to the public, and the only music you heard on the market was country. In fact there would be dozens of trucks lined up and their radios would be set to the same station! Kevin, also known as Poor Hobo love for country music was so deep rooted in his soul, that he traveled to Nashville Tennessee to try and meet the late great publisher, song writer and owner of Tree International Publishing, Buddy Killen. Tree was the number 1 country publisher in Nashville. Kevin read about Buddy in a magazine and was determine to meet him, in fact he traveled to his office from Georgia and went to see him without an appointment!

Upon his arrival his secretary told Kevin he did not see folks without an appointment, however Buddy stuck his head out his office door that day and asked how I heard about him, and invited me back to meet with him. After traveling there several times, Buddy signed Kevin as a writer to his company and he remains one of the dearest people in Kevins heart today! Tree was the largest publishing company in Nashville at the time and Buddy signed and published Dolly Parton, Elvis Presley, and many more.

Being signed to this highly respected country publishing company gave Kevin a chance to learn from the great artist in Nashville. It was then Kevin began thinking about writing songs that fused the different styles from his experience as a musician with country. and other genres of music.

Today Poor Hobo is the project that Kevin is using as a platform to release the music from the deepest part of his heart, as a tribute to his Father and Mother, and his great friend Buddy Killen, although all of them are in heaven, their spirit lives on with this Poor Hobo forever.

Kevin chose the name Poor Hobo, because there were times while away from home at such an early age, he had no food to eat, and no place to sleep except the park, or cheap hotels where things went on a young boy should not have seen, and most times he and his musician friends made very little money, however after looking back he thanks God he made it through and feel blessed to see and feel things others will never have a chance to, as that era is gone now forever. I t is the Poor Hobo’s hope that everyone who visits enjoys the music and history shared here.