About Kirky TG

Kirky TG is a Houston-based composer, guitarist, and vocalist. Blending traditional and modern, TG emphasizes groove, tone, and feel. His primary influences are blues, jazz, grunge, classical, and hip-hop. 

30+ years of musical experience, including training, college education, and jazz studies, contribute to his approach. He started on piano, guitar, and voice as a child and studied harmony and composition in college. His earliest inspirations were soundtracks, classic rock, and classical music. As a teen, he got turned on to jazz and later explored blues, grunge, heavy metal, hip-hop, reggae, and other styles.

Born in Santa Monica, California, Kirky grew up in Quartz Hill, CA. After high school, he briefly moved to San Diego and then San Bernardino, where he spent 15 years getting educated, starting a family, and performing. He moved to San Diego in 2016, Austin in 2019, and Houston in 2022.

Kirky is an advocate of equality, peace, sustainability, clean living, and a plant-based lifestyle.