Charles Ethan Kenning (born August 19, 1943 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American singer, songwriter and musician who performed as George Edwards when he led 1960s acid rock band, H. P.
[3] In the mid-1960s he performed folk and blues music in clubs in Chicago and as a session singer with Dunwich Records.
[4][5] The band featured striking vocal harmonies between Edwards and the classically-trained Dave Michaels and atmospheric instrumentation and effects on songs.
[3] Edwards, later known as Ethan Kenning Archived 2011-04-11 at the Wayback Machine, then worked in music production in California and in writing and producing TV and radio commercials.
[6] A fictional portrayal of George Edwards appears as the central character in Harry Turtledove's short horror-adventure story "The Fillmore Shoggoth," where a performance of the Lovecraft tribute band is disrupted when Lovecraftian monsters attack the theater.