DJ KBK plays shows in his hometown of Sierra Vista and around the state. His next enterprise is a series of shows in California, each with its own local flavor.
Kenneth Anderson jumped behind the turntables in the summer of 2010 at a party to welcome incoming freshmen to Northern ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ University.
And as happens in any good overnight-success story, someone in the audience took one look and a listen, and offered the aspiring DJ a job.
And that job, at a frat party at a Flagstaff club, turned into a  regular gig when the club owner decided he liked what he saw and heard.
Before he knew it, Anderson — who goes by the stage name DJ KBK — was juggling his advertising and public relations coursework with a budding DJ career that included weekend treks home to Sierra Vista to work a regular club gig.
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“I would DJ Thursday night in Flagstaff, go to class Friday, DJ in Flagstaff Friday night, then catch a shuttle at 5 a.m. Saturday to Phoenix and then ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥,†Anderson said last week in a phone call to talk about his gig Friday, April 27, at Loudhouse on East Prince Road.
For seven or eight months before he graduated in 2013, Anderson made the cross-state journey. The money he earned about covered his travel expenses, but the experience was invaluable.
After he graduated, Anderson moved back to Sierra Vista and landed a day job at Fort Huachuca. At night, he DJs at clubs around Southern and Southeastern ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥, including ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥. In March, he performed at South By Southwest in Austin, Texas, and in mid-April, he played the first weekend of Coachella in California.
Those festival shows were warm-ups for the 28-year-old father of two’s independent “Redandblack2 Tour,†a follow-up to a tour he did three or four years ago that mainly focused on ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥. This go-around, Anderson is tiptoeing outside the state with shows in California. And at each stop, Anderson will team up with local artists and incorporate their music into his own.
