KAKI KING: Everybody Loves You

Kaki King

Everybody Loves You

© 2002 Kaki King

CD permanently out of stock. Sorry!

A virtuosic guitar player who combines unique tunings, percussion, and open-minded approach to the guitar to create a fascinating new sound and a powerful visual performance.

tracks

1 Kewpie Station
2 Steamed Little Juicy Bun
3 Carmine St.
4 Night After Sidewalk
5 Happy As a Dead Pig in the Sunshine
6 The Exhibition
7 Close Your Eyes and You'll Burst Into Flames
8 Joi
9 Everybody Loves You
10 Fortuna
11 The Government
12 L Train, 1st Ave: Low
13 Kewpie Station (version 2)
14 Steamed Little Juicy Duck

notes

Heads up everyone, this is the last batch of my homemade cd that will ever be available on cdbaby. In April, 2003, 'Everybody Loves You' will be released on Velour Records out of New York City. The release will hopefully be followed by a worldwide stadium tour with ninety foot video screens, a one hundred person chorus, and a fireworks display at the end. Or it might be me in my Toyota praying for a warm bed at the end of the night. Either way, catch it all happen before I sell my guitar and become a wandering mystic. -kk

"She plays with her hand over the neck, often with both hands way up the fretboard, frequently with alternate tunings. Her approach is so unconventional, that alone is worth seeing her for. Her tunes are intricate (with both hands, she sounds like 2 and sometimes more players) and very progressive. I've seen people play over the neck before, but it was always very slow and deliberate (Vic Chesnutt comes to mind, and he plays in a wheelchair). After seeing her, I stared at my own guitar for half an hour they way I would have at a car that just drove up the side of a building - I had no idea someone could pull off what she did, the way she did it."
--Brian Jennings

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  • kaki king
    author: Francesca Nicolosi

    i have all the cds and she is an inspiation!her style is very unique and live perforemances are awsome!i strongly recommend her music!francescaz@aol.com

  • kaki king
    author: Francesca Nicolosi

    i have all the cds and she is an inspiation!her style is very unique and live perforemances are awsome!i strongly recommend her music!francescaz@aol.com

  • But why?
    author: Claire

    I heard Kaki in France in first part of John Buttler Trio. It was great and today, I am looking for cds or mp3 for buy from her.

  • author: Adam Werner

    Nice music. Very happy to see more and more guitarists joining, THE NEW GUITAR TRADITION. www.adamwerner.com

  • Explosive, experimental, unaccompanied acoustic guitar magic!
    author: Tim Dowling

    I first heard this CD through a friend and I was totally blown away. No more than 10 seconds had passed before I knew I had to get my own copy. Kaki employs alternate tunings, two-hand tapping, and percussive drumming and tapping on the guitar to create a stunning array of sounds that sound like they were produced by a full band rather than just one Kaki. The tunes themselves are both thoughtful and unique with elements of folk and jazz as well as a character that is all her own. Highly recomended.

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