Keith Howland

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Keith Howland
Born	August 14, 1964 Silver Spring, Maryland
Genre(s)	Pop
Affiliation(s)	Chicago (1995 - present)
Years active	1993 - present
Official site	http://www.keithhowland.com/

Keith Howland (born August 14, 1964 in Silver Spring, Maryland) is an American guitarist and singer. Since 1995, he has been the lead guitarist for the veteran pop-rock band, Chicago.

Howland started playing the guitar at the age of seven, and he played in a number of bands during his school years. He attended high school in Richmond, Virginia, and graduated from James Madison University in 1986 with a degree in communications. In 1987, Keith moved to Los Angeles and took a job with Andy Brauer Studio Rentals, which helped him to make invaluable contacts in the music industry. He also continued playing as much as possible, including a 1993 summer tour with Rick Springfield.

In 1995, Chicago was looking for a new lead guitarist to replace the departing Dawayne Bailey. Howland was a long-time fan of the band and Terry Kath (their original guitarist), and he showed up uninvited to the auditions. Thanks to a chance meeting with Jason Scheff (the band's bassist), Howland got a last-minute audition and was offered a job the same day.

Howland has also pursued projects outside the band, including outside work that he has done with Chicago's drummer Tris Imboden. Their collaborative effort is known as The Howland/Imboden Project, and two CDs have been released. The sound can be described as all-instrumental, jazz/rock/fusion. One CD is a studio effort (The Howland/Imboden Project), and the other is a live recording (Live At The Baked Potato).

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Chicago
Robert Lamm \| James Pankow \| Lee Loughnane \| Walter Parazaider \| Bill Champlin Jason Scheff \| Tris Imboden \| Keith Howland Terry Kath \| Peter Cetera \| Danny Seraphine \| Laudir DeOliveira \| Donnie Dacus \| Chris Pinnick \| Dawayne Bailey
Discography
Studio albums: The Chicago Transit Authority \| Chicago \| Chicago III \| Chicago V \| Chicago VI \|Chicago VII \| Chicago VIII \| Chicago X \| Chicago XI \| Hot Streets Chicago 13 \| Chicago XIV \| Chicago 16 \| Chicago 17 \| Chicago 18 \| Chicago 19 \| Twenty 1 \| Night & Day Big Band \| Chicago XXX
Live albums: Chicago at Carnegie Hall \| Chicago XXVI: Live in Concert
Compilations: Chicago IX - Chicago's Greatest Hits \| Greatest Hits, Volume II \| Greatest Hits 1982-1989 The Heart of Chicago 1967-1997 \| The Heart of Chicago 1967-1998 Volume II \| The Very Best of: Only the Beginning \| Love Songs
Christmas albums: Chicago XXV: The Christmas Album \| What's It Gonna Be, Santa?
Unreleased album: Stone of Sisyphus
Box sets: The Box