Em Kay

Legendary Marin guitarist Em K began playing guitar at age seven. Forgoing a scholarship to the prestigious Berklee School of Music, he honed his craft when it was considered cool to be a rock guitarist, and incorporating the outrageous into his playing came naturally. As a teenager, he put together the band Chumbi, a band steeped as much in performance as in original music. The band found success on the East Coast, but wanting more exposure, they moved to Northern California. Em K quickly became known as Chumbi's versatile lead guitar player and he enjoyed being an entertainer as well as a musician, often exploding his guitar in mid-air, before catching it and continuing to play. The band had a loyal following, and before breaking up, opened for many well-known bands in the '80s. After years on the rock music scene as a performer and composer, Em K decided to go solo and began playing classical pieces, but with a distinctive rock-inspired approach.