Kaki King - Super Guitarist!

[maddmannmatt]

If you haven't done it yet, visit the Kaki King website (pronounced "CAKE-ee"-- the website seems to make that plain with both angelfood and devilsfood!!)

http://www.kakiking.com

WATCH the "Playing with Pink Noise" vid. She does some pretty amazing stuff with tapping on an Adamas Acoustic.

[James]

Yes. I keep meaning to put up a link to her website. We even recieved an email from her father promoting her before she got a record deal with Sony

When I first saw the site, I definately felt a profound inspiration and was in awe, a bit like you are now :) Now that I have her latest album and have got used to the concept of a 25-year-old female tap guitarist I can compare her to other acoustic guitar tappers without the bells and whistles that Sony has masterfully created

This isn't to say my respect has lessened. Legs to Make Us Longer album has some good tracks. 'Playing with Pink Noise' and it's counterpart 'Magazine' (there's a live video of that on the site too) seem slightly like a novelty. At the moment my favourite tracks are 'Neanderthal' and 'Ingots' - the ones that only employ tapping with needed

Reading the customer reviews at amazon.com some of the reviewers are keen to slate her for ripping off Preston Reed, but if no one was to develop his unique playing style there wouldn't be much happening in the world of acoustic guitar tapping!