Winding River Promotions

11/06/2024

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“The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side.”

—Hunter S. Thompson

11/05/2024

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Bonnie Raitt: “I never thought of it in terms of men or women, I taught myself to play guitar because I was in love with Joan Baez’s voice, and she was also a Quaker.

“I taught myself country-blues off of records that didn’t even include women, but I didn’t think about it at the time. Dave Van Ronk, John Hammond, Jr., and (the trio) Koerner, Ray & Glover were the first people I heard who made me realize it was OK to be white and play blues, and that you weren’t (trespassing) on hallowed ground.

“Barbara Dane and Judy Roderick were two blues women in the 1960s who knocked me out. I knew about Sister Rosetta Tharpe, but a little later. Pops Staples was one of the guitar guys for me. And two of my heroes were Memphis Minnie and Sippie Wallace. I was inspired by the whole story about Minnie being a street busker and sometimes disguising herself as a man.

“I knew Aretha (Franklin) played piano, and thought it was great, because I loved the way she accompanied herself. And Ray Charles was as important to me as anybody. I learned off of records, as many of us kids did. I took piano lessons, but not guitar lessons. So I was trying to emulate how Fred McDowell, Son House and Robert Johnson played. There wasn’t any YouTube then, so I had to do it by ear.”

Interview By George Varga
Photo credit: Oxford America
Credit: Dons Tunes

10/31/2024

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November is here and we've got so much to be thankful for. Music is back at Ka'Tiki and we could not be more thrilled for our patrons, musicians and employees. Give yourself a break from your everyday grind and come wind down with us and some great live music at Ka'Tiki this month.

10/26/2024

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We are delighted to introduce Crossroads Music Institute, a premier music education facility affiliated with the Live Play Workshop streaming program, providing expert training to musicians of all ages.

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10/17/2024

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10/16/2024

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10/14/2024

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10/14/2024

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In the late 1970s, Bob Marley and Johnny Rotten traded places.

The S*x Pistols rocker went to Jamaica to sign reggae artists for Richard Branson's record label.

Marley went to London and hung out on the vibrant Kings Road in Chelsea, joining forces with punk rockers.

He even wrote a song about the movement, namechecking bands from punk rock venue The Roxy: The Damned, The Jam and The Clash.

The unique cultural exchange was a reflection of a broader friendship between "like-minded rebels" — rastas and punks — that gave rise to new a sound.
"The music had an obvious anti-establishment vibe, so that obviously clicked with them.

"They obviously loved the bass lines, and truth be told they did not mind the w**d either."

Influence on punk
As Rastafarians and punks became friends, British bands started to absorb the reggae sound.

"[We were] definitely influenced by reggae. There's so much to reggae, it's still my favourite music," says Tessa Pollitt, the bass player of The Slits.
The punk rocker with the greatest understanding of reggae, according to Letts, was S*x Pistols frontman John Lydon (AKA Johnny Rotten).

"I was brought up on it, ever since the early skinhead days," Lydon said during a radio interview in 1977, where he spoke at length about his love of reggae.

That love would serve him well on his first trip to Jamaica six months later.