Stephen Kellogg

Stephen Richard Kellogg (born November 28, 1976) is an American singer-songwriter and founder and former frontman of Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers. Kellogg founded his band Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers in 2003. The band has been on hiatus since 2012. Kellogg has consistently toured since then, billed simply as “Stephen Kellogg." Past members of the Sixers have joined him on stage occasionally. In 2013, Kellogg gave a TEDx talk about job satisfaction. Its YouTube video has gained over 200,000 views. On February 12, 2016, Kellogg released the album South, West, North, East. The premise of the album was to record each section in a different region of the USA, with different co-producers and groups of musicians. On March 23, 2018, Kellogg performed at O.A.R.'s Concert for Dreams at The Beacon Theatre in New York City. Kellogg released the album Objects In The Mirror on November 23, 2018. Each year during Christmas, Kellogg donates handwritten lyrics to raise money for St Jude's Children's Hospital and other charities. In 2015, Kellogg was part of the Bedstock lineup, the world’s first in-bed music festival, to raise awareness and funds for MyMusicRx, a program of the Children’s Cancer Association. Kellogg habitually of visits military bases to perform musical numbers for service men and women serving both domestically and overseas. The Sixers toured with Armed Forces Entertainment in 2009 and 2010 to bring “home” to the troops in places like Kuwait, Israel, Bahrain and Ramstein Hospital in Germany. In 2010, Kellogg & the Sixers were named the "Armed Forces Entertainer of the Year". During the summer of 2014, they traveled to Africa and again, to the Middle East to play for troops. Kellogg grew up in southern Connecticut. In 1997, he began his musical career in Northampton, Massachusetts while interning for a local club. A few years later, he married his high school sweetheart and began a well-publicized affection for his role as husband and later, father to their four daughters. Invest in Us – 1994 Rain Summer – The Stephen Kellogg Band – 1995 Buffalo – Stephen Kellogg and the Root Cellar Band – 1997 South of Stephen – 2000 Muskrats, Mullets & Mesh Caps – 2001 The Early Hits (1992–1997) – 2002 Lucky 11 – 2002 Bulletproof Heart – The Stephen and The Sixers – 2004 Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers – The Stephen and The Sixers – 2005 The First Waltz – The Stephen and The Sixers – 2006 – CD/DVD set Glassjaw Boxer – The Stephen and The Sixers – 2007 The Bear – The Stephen and The Sixers – 2009 Live from the Heart: 1000th Show, Irving Plaza, NYC – The Stephen and The Sixers – 2010 Gift Horse – The Stephen and The Sixers – 2011 Blunderstone Rookery – 2013 South West North East – 2016 Tour De Forty: Greatest Hits (So Far) Live – 2017 Objects in the Mirror – 2018 Keep It Up, Kid – 2022 To You, Old Friend — 2025 "ALWAYS GONNA WANT YOU". ASCAP. American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. Retrieved March 13, 2023. "Stephen Kellogg". www.stephenkellogg.com. Retrieved 2015-12-29. Lee, Brian (April 12, 2011). "Stephen Kellogg, Tift Merritt at Iron Horse April 20th". Hartford Courant. Retrieved January 14, 2013. I Can't Get No (Job) Satisfaction: Stephen Kellogg at TEDxConcordiaUPortland, retrieved 2019-11-26 TEDx. "Youtube". YouTube. "Giving Back: Stephen Kellog and the Sixers". pastemagazine.com. Retrieved 2015-12-29. MyMusicRx. "Youtube". YouTube. "Saluting Stephen Kellogg & Sixers | The Salt Lake Tribune". archive.sltrib.com. Retrieved 2015-12-29. jaymiller. "Stephen Kellogg's 'midlife crisis tour' makes incendiary rock 'n' roll". The Patriot Ledger. Retrieved 2023-12-18. Official website Simon Holland (August 19, 2013). "Blunderstone Rookery Review and Exclusive Pre-Release Stream". Folk Radio UK. Marianne Meyer (September 14, 2006). "Live!". Washington Post. Retrieved January 14, 2013.