Yuri’s House of Chords EP001 Kinderhook Creek Early Years 1975

Two years after they started playing together, Kinderhook Creek seized a foothold in the New York music concert scene in 1975 with the developing country rock sound, opening for Poco at the Schaefer Music Festival in Central Park before a crowd of 25,000 music lovers. Influenced by 1960s and ’70s folk music, Buffalo Springfield and the Beach Boys, they sparked a forever following at the Jersey Shore with fiddle, original songs, and harmonies, where rivers and sweet hellos were left behind for a picture show.

Yuri Turchyn, a founding member of Kinderhook Creek, departed from the stage of life on April 14, 2024, at 73. His pioneering spirit marks his legacy as a seasoned musician and audio engineer extraordinaire. He transitioned from analog to digital, pushing the boundaries of technology in high-end content, sound design, personalized music, mixing, and deliverables.

He was proud of Wheatsheaf Studio Productions, his beloved studio, instruments, and the work that had come from it.  Having undergone numerous transformations from the basement to the attic and loft environs yet has always maintained a professional and intimate in-house recording studio ambiance.

This setting, whether onsite, online, or remote, remains the cornerstone of his musical legacy, a fifty-year collection. It fosters a personal connection evident in the tapes, videos, performances, songs, and conversations in Yuri’s House of Chords.

We start at the beginning: Episode 1, The Early Years Kinderhook Creek, 1975, with insights from Jerry Kopychuk, founding member of Kinderhook Creek and fellow bandmate. The opening instrumental, Grover’s Tune, was written and performed by Yuri Turchyn specifically as a Kinderhook tune, keeping it light and foot-tapping fun with instruments reminiscent of the band’s essence that remains to this day.

Connections past and present bring out the people who came into our lives and went out into the universe after their time had passed.

A Notable Note:
Founding member of Poco Rusty Young, the only one left from the original band, played every performance and was on every album. He died of a heart attack on April 14, 2021, the same day, three years earlier, at the age of 78.