Kevin Stephen Welch, born on August 17, 1955, in Long Beach, California, is an American country singer-songwriter who grew up in Midwest City, Oklahoma. After touring with bands including New Rodeo and Blue Rose Cafe, he moved to Nashville in 1978 to write songs for artists such as Ricky Skaggs and Garth Brooks. In 1988, he signed with Reprise Records, releasing the self-titled album Kevin Welch in 1990 and Western Beat in 1992, which yielded the single “Till I See You Again” that reached number 39 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. He co-founded Dead Reckoning Records in 1994, under which he issued Life Down Here on Earth (1995) and Beneath My Wheels (1999). He also collaborated with Kieran Kane and Fats Kaplin on the album Lost John Dean (2006), which reached Number 1 on the Americana charts and earned a nomination for Duo/Group of the Year at the 2006 Americana Honors and Awards. His later solo albums include Millionaire (2002), A Patch of Blue Sky (2010), and Dust Devil (2018).
