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 Kim
Townsend was born at an early age in Lubbock, Texas, in nineteen-
blah -blah-blah. (Let’s just say sometime in the mid to late-ish
sixties) Anyway, from the beginning she was traveling around the
country (not independently, of course… she let her parents come
along, too). Before she could walk (which was around age eleven) she
had moved from Lubbock to Atlanta, GA, and by the time she got to
pre-school (age nineteen or so) she and her family were in Chicago,
IL. Her father, Glen, is a highly successful businessman involved in
the heavy equipment/construction industry (thus the moving a lot);
and her mom, Cheryl, was (and continues to be) the best professional
mother ever! Though the three of them were very happy together, her
parents decided to liven things up a bit and so her brother, Clint,
was born. Their lives have never been the same….but I mean that in a
good way! Kim’s is a very close-knit and loving family, both in the
immediate and extended sense; though (strangely), none of them
actually knit. They share in their creativity and wacky humor, as
well as their love of God and country. She continues to have
extremely close relationships with her grandparents, aunts, uncles,
and numerous cousins.
Early in life Kim began her long road
to many MORE long roads and all the rest-stops found along the way.
During her thirty-(cough! cough!) years, she has thus far lived in
the following towns/cities for varying lengths of time:
Amarillo, TX
Phoenix, AZ
Oklahoma City,
OK
Nashville, TN
El Paso, TX*
Albuquerque,
NM
Austin, TX
Chicago, IL
Farmington, NM
Lubbock,
TX
Blanchard, OK
Canyon, TX
Seattle, WA |
 | (*winner of Longest Residency
Award- SEVEN years!)
As a result of her wanderings, Kim has
had to seek the assistance of support groups for her un-natural
attraction to cardboard boxes and packing tape.
Because her
folks listened to a wide variety of music (ranging from The Sons of
the Pioneers to the Beatles, Roy Orbison to the Eagles, Don Edwards
to Elvis… and beyond!), Kim grew up with a great love for music of
most every genre. Well, she’s not exactly a huge fan of yodeling
polkas, but everything else is o.k. It wasn’t a big leap, then, from
just LIKING music to actually PLAYING it, and so began her quest to
learn how to play as many instruments as possible. So far, she can
play more than one; sometimes even while blindfolded.
A few
years passed, Kim grew a moustache and joined a roving band of
plumber’s helpers, and then she got a job. O.k., she actually has
had several jobs in her lifetime, including:
waitress
landscaper
ice cream truck driver (in high
school)
EMT
elementary teacher
sales
clerk
phlebotomist
diner cook
home
remodeler
tutor
musician
coroner’s assistant
cake
decorator
E.R. attendant |
 | Flash forward to current day: Now
Kim has cast aside her lucrative position as a Mobile Snowcone
Dispensary Technician and has chosen, instead, to embark on a new
journey as a singer/songwriter. With the encouragement of her
support system (no, not the one for moving boxes and packing
materials- but instead, all the wonderful friends and family she
loves so much!), she has completed her first recording of original
songs for posterity (or anyone else who will listen). She dearly
hopes you enjoy her debut CD, Wayworn Traveler. (There will be no
yodeling) | |
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