Ken Graybill

Ken Graybill was born in Evansville, Indiana, on October 31, 1944. His family moved to Indianapolis soon after, where he was educated in the Indianapolis area schools. He worked for an insurance company; in a dark-room for a photo-offset print shop and the Hoosier Farmer monthly magazine; later, he was a computer operator. Ken played in a local cover rock band, then was drafted, and enlisted in the Navy for four years. After he was honorably discharged, he returned to his day job, and became a programmer. He left the insurance company to pursue music; met a girl and came to Los Angeles where he majored in music at Los Angeles Valley College. Later, he worked temp jobs to pay the bills and got interested in screenwriting. Ken retired from temp jobs, and is now working on writing full time.

Thank You, Music

I had played clarinet and sax in the school and Boy Scout bands. The high school was central to a farming community, where memorizing the breeds of cattle, sheep, and pigs was mandatory, and music and art were disdained as worthless pursuits. So, when I attained first chair clarinet and played lead alto in the dance band, while doing some arranging (guilty pleasure), nobody cared, especially my stepfather and his kids. After graduating from high school, I got a job downtown where I eventually met a couple of guys who played guitar. I bought a Fender Bass, we found a

Return to our Journal