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Kenny Aaronson (born April 14, 1952) is an American bass guitarist. He has recorded or performed with many notable artists such as Bob Dylan, Rick Derringer, Billy Idol, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Foghat, Sammy Hagar, Billy Squier, New York Dolls, and Hall and Oates. Since 2015, he has been the bass player for The Yardbirds.
As a teenager he played bass for Brooklyn-based hard rock band Dust, which included Marc Bell (a.k.a. Marky Ramone) and Richie Wise, which released two albums in 1971 and 1972 on the Kama Sutra Records label. In 1973, Aaronson joined the New York band Stories, whose single, "Brother Louie", reached #1 on the Billboard, Cashbox and Record World charts. From 1976 to 1979, Aaronson played bass for Rick Derringer.
Aaronson was the bassist in the house band for the MTV Guitar Greats Show with Dave Edmunds, Chuck Leavell and Michael Shrieve. He backed up Steve Cropper, Brian Setzer, Dickey Betts, Link Wray, Neal Schon, Johnny Winter, Lita Ford, Tony Iommi and David Gilmour. He auditioned for the Rolling Stones in 1994.
Aaronson toured and recorded with Billy Idol, Billy Squier, Foghat, Brian Setzer, Dave Edmunds, HSAS (with Sammy Hagar, Neal Schon, and Michael Shrieve), Mick Taylor, Graham Parker, Hall and Oates, Edgar Winter, Robert Gordon, Leslie West Band, Rick Derringer and Joan Jett.
Aaronson was a regular member of Jett's backing group the Blackhearts from 1991 to 1995. Aaronson was one of the few Blackheart band members to co-write a track with Jett. The song, "World of Denial", was recorded for the 1994 album Pure and Simple but was not released in the U.S. until 2001's Fit to Be Tied – Great Hits by Joan Jett and The Blackhearts.
In 2014, he recorded with Gar Francis of the Doughboys, Kurt Reil of The Grip Weeds and Bruce Ferguson of The Easy Out a self-titled full-length album under the name The Satisfactors. In June 2015, the first single of the album called Johnny Commando reached Top 10 in The Netherlands at Ned.FM Radio. In November 2015, he joined the British band The Yardbirds.
In 2016, he was featured on former Mambo Sons guitarist/songwriter Tom Guerra's second solo album Trampling Out the Vintage, and in 2018, co-wrote three songs with Guerra, originally intended for The Yardbirds, which were included on Guerra's third solo album, American Garden. In 2020, Aaronson once again figured prominently on Tom Guerra's fourth solo album Sudden Signs of Grace, and also appeared in the video for the title track. In 2022, he played a major role in Sentimental Junk, Guerra's fifth solo album.
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