Big Kenny

At the University of Creativity, as his Nashville home has been affectionately dubbed, "Big Kenny" Alphin acts much like a faculty chair. "Professor of Music Without Prejudice," you might call him, as he gleefully fosters an atmosphere so thick with inspiration and imagination you could swim in it. The campus boasts a splendid residence housing the Pub of Love — a throwback to the MuzikMafia's humble origins — a poolside set of bongos improvised by 15, 25, and 50 gallon drums, and a church, where Kenny has installed the state-of-the-art Last Dollar studio. "My wife told me I needed to go to church more often," he says. "so I built one in the backyard. Then I put a studio inside it, so I'd want to go to church all the time." Within this artist's paradise, it is, ironically, the unassuming garage where Kenny spends most of his time and has set up the unofficial headquarters of Love Everybody, LLC.

In the last year and a half, however, Kenny has sought respite from the madness surrounding Big & Rich's meteoric rise to fame. Not only has Kenny's creativity expanded in his newfound independence, he's discovered an agility that a major corporation simply couldn't accommodate.

Kenny has a way of touching people with his music wherever he goes. A true Ambassador of Love, Big Kenny has made it his mission to "Highlight the good, inspire greatness, and encourage mutual responsibility for the betterment of mankind." With music as his medium, Kenny works tirelessly to mold the world around him into something better, something he'll be proud to leave behind. "‘Long After I'm Gone' is a better description of where I come from and where I'm going than I've ever been able to give anybody in my career," Kenny says. "It's only the love we put out into the world and the tangible things we leave behind that make a lasting impression. ‘The love I leave and my wildest dreams will live on/Long after I'm gone.'" With the release of "The Quiet Times of a Rock and Roll Farmboy," rich with lessons in love, forgiveness, and freedom distilled from a lifetime of highs and lows, Big Kenny's legacy of creativity, passion, and music is sure to carry on.