Ted Russell Kamp

Country singer/songwriter Ted Russell Kamp was born in New York and grew up in the Northeast, but he developed his musical career after college while living in Seattle, WA. As the leader of the trio Ponticello, he made four albums, The Escape Artist, Cotton Diesel, Down Like Mercury, and Dark Sides. (The 2003 compilation The Ponticello Years summarizes this material.) He also made his first solo album, an instrumental jazz collection called Dedications (1996), credited to Ted Kamp. Kamp moved to Los Angeles in 2001. There he formed Union Pacific, played in other bands, and di...