Raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, Kevin Harvey is a professional session and touring guitarist currently residing in Southern California.
Kevin is a versatile session and touring guitarist from Santa Barbara, CA with professional experience performing and recording in a vast array of genres and styles. Kevin has toured nationally with a variety of different acts, including internationally-renowned Grammy-nominated reggae artist Matisyahu and two-time Grammy-winning producer and recording artist DENM. Kevin is also a member of nationally touring alternative rock act Cydeways.
Kevin has performed at iconic venues across the country—ranging from 20,000+ capacity amphitheaters to noteworthy rock clubs and everything in between. These venues include Red Rocks Amphitheatre (Morrison, CO), Shoreline Amphitheatre (Mountain View, CA), North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre (Chula Vista, CA), the Waikiki Shell (Honolulu, HI), The Greek Theatre (Berkeley, CA), Pacific Amphitheatre (Costa Mesa, CA), Santa Barbara Bowl (Santa Barbara, CA), and nearly every House of Blues location, Fillmore location, Brooklyn Bowl location, and more. Kevin has also taken the stage at many nationally distinguished music festivals including Lollapalooza 2023, Innings Festival 2023 in Tampa, FL, BeachLife Festival 2024, Cali Vibes 2023, and California Roots Festival 2023.
In addition to touring and facilitating remote sessions from his studio, Kevin also frequently collaborates on and contributes to projects out of Hidden City Studios in Santa Barbara, CA. He was also the long-time in-house session guitarist at Santa Barbara’s Playback Recording Studio (frequented by artists ranging from Katy Perry to Jack Johnson, YG, Rebelution, Iration, and more) before they closed their doors in 2016.
Kevin is also a composer, producer, and content creator who has partnered with iconic guitar brands like Seymour Duncan, Taylor, Ibanez, Knaggs, and J Rockett Audio Designs to create demonstration videos showcasing their legendary products.
For bookings or inquiries, email kevinsharvey@gmail.com.
All photos by BK Koomler & Back Eddy Kreatives