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Location: atlanta | I invite you all to see the photo and review at:
http://progsheet1.hypermart.net/ConcertReviews.html
Regards...
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | Ok I know I missed the point, but it was nice to see my friends in BOC (they love play Toad's) and was that an Ovation in Todd Rundgren's hands?? |
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Location: NJ | Working in my office here with the radio on (90.7 - WFUV-FM) and heard Kaki's name mentioned.
They were announcing her upcoming shows here in NYC and of the release of her album. They also mentioned the similarity in her style to the late great Mr. Hedges and that she was one to watch as being "up & coming".
You GO girl!!!
UPDATE (2 mins. later):
They just announced that within the hour (it's now 11:42pm Eastern time) she'll be live in the studio!! WFUV streams on the Web at www.wfuv.org
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Location: SoCal | Very cool info. I missed this thread when popcritic posted in orgininally. Nice picture of Kaki and yeah, the pic showed Rungren playing an old Custom Legend 12 (12 frets to the body, so the guitar was over 20 years old). |
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Location: NJ | Kaki just got done "talkin' up" the whole Adamas/Ovation thing, and of course . . . . DAD! |
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Location: Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey | Thanks for the heads-up Cliff! I'm listening...through mounds of radio static (can't stream at work), but it's all still worth it. She's VERY impressive!
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Location: Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey | Can't hear where she is playing tonight though...too much static. |
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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | Shoot!.....gotta get back to work. This streaming audio stuff is fantastic!! A great talent, to be sure. Good luck, Kaki. Come to the Pacific Northwest! |
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Location: NJ | Yeah, John the static REALLY sucks here too!
(This building has a netal roof.)
I believe she's playing tonight in the City at a place called Joe's Pub at 7pm (wish I could make it!).
New album comes out next Tuesday.
Hey John!, I hope you and Michelle didn't come out to see us Sat nite at the Rattlesnake in Denville - we didn't play - we got dicked out of the gig because some nimrod there "double-booked" the date! Bastids!!! |
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Location: Nova Scotia, Canada | Hey Cliff, thanks for the 'heads up' on this! It was great to see a bit of the personality behind that great music. I have never listened to streaming radio before because broadband internet is not an option out in the boonies where I live, but dispite the 'ripples' in the audio stream, the interview and the music came through great.
For those who didn't catch it, there was also lots of great talk about the 'unusual guitar' she was playing and how woodies don't quite cut it for the low tunings she prefers.
Again Kaki, congratulations and keep up the great work, and good luck on the CD release!
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Location: Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey | thanks, Cliff...
Bummer 'bout yo' gig. That kind of thing happens a lot. I hear a lot of gig horror stories, but thankfully haven't experienced it much myself. Each time I do hear 'bout 'em, it reminds me of all the advice I've gotten to make a simple contract for gigs to protect from that kind of thing (& non payment).
Doze bastids won't fo'get sheet when day gotta pay you (AND da utter band too) anyway fo' showin' up cuz it's in yo' contract ta git paid dat night fir playin'.
Sorry you and your fan base had to deal with that. That just plain really sucks.
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| Besides giving a really good interview, Kaki may have given Adamas the best honest plug it’s had in years.
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Location: NJ | I agree, Mike!
When was the last time you even HEARD the words "Ovation" or "Adamas" uttered on the radio??
I don't think I've ever even heard 'em on those annoying weekly "this weekend only" GuitarCenter radio ads! |
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Location: atlanta | Cliff, a funny thing happened just after you posted the link to the interview. Of course, I went straight to the station's "live, streaming audio" link and tuned in. About 20 minutes before the interview started, Kaki telephoned me on her cell phone. I'm pretty sure she wanted to surprise me and tell me to tune in. Instead, I surprised her by picking up the phone and saying "Don't tell me, but I think you're just about to go in the studio for a live interview, right?"
I heard her turn away from the phone and tell the people she was with, "He already knows!!"
Of course she wanted to know how I found out, and I said "Cliff just heard about it on the radio, and posted it at the OFC." We had a good laugh about it. We agreed that once again the OFC had been a good friend to us.
Like you mentioned, she did say some nice things about me, but after all, she knew I was listening!
Big thanks for the heads-up.
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Location: NJ | Oh, Man! Now I feel like a dick for "blowing" her surprise!! Please offer her my apologies, but as soon as I heard her name mentioned on the radio, my ears pricked up and I HAD to get a "head's up" on "the Board" (I blame it all on that goddam little "chip" that Miles implanted into the bases of our collective brains up in Connecticut!) |
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Location: So. Cal. | "I blame it all on that goddam little "chip" that Miles implanted into the bases of our collective brains up in Connecticut!"
So that's why I tuned in to hear Kaki live on radio (with earphones) and just pretended to be busy working here at the office! Cliff, thanks again for the heads-up; it was a very interesting interview. She's so cool about guitars and the way she talked about them was so natural, no one would miscontrue that for a shameless plug.
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | "I can neither confirm nor deny any implanted chip theories"
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Location: Nova Scotia, Canada | Hi Popcritic;
Kaki mentioned in her interview that she had received a "few" guitars from Ovation. What is the scoop on them? Are they all based on the original (Adamas II, deep-bowl, cutaway, single epaulet) that you/she had, or are there some variations?
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Location: Las Cruces, NM | Wayne
Send her a Bluebird to play just once and give tribute to the old time Ovations.
She's becoming a real star and we all should be proud of her choosing Ovation. (Most of us think all stars should play Ovations, but we are prejudiced).
Popcritic
Keep up the good work and keep us informed, sometimes the support of a group like this may help as we all love a star who plays our guitar.
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Location: atlanta | Wayne, you asked about the guitars which Kaki mentioned during the interview yesterday. I know of only two guitars, but there could well be plans underway for others. Both guitars can be seen at her Adamas Artist page:
http://www.adamasguitars.com/artists_k_king.html
The guitar she is holding is an Ovation Longneck DCS247S. I have not personally seen it, but she says the only marking inside the guitar is the word "Prototype". Could this possibly be an early model or prototype designed for Preston Reed? She says it produces amazing low tones, and I believe she has begun to use it onstage.
The other guitar (partially visible behind her) is the one Ovation made for her to replace the vintage model that was stolen in December. It is a "modern" Adamas II 1581-7 with single cutaway, double epaulets, deep bowl, and OP-24 (I think) electronics. The neck has a satin finish as opposed to the glossy finish on the vintage model. A photo of this guitar can be seen in the Member's Gallery under the popcritic link. She is playing it onstage at The Fillmore in San Francisco earlier this year.
It is probable that Stonebobbo and I are the only OFC members to have actually heard this guitar onstage (however, it is the one she played in yesterday's radio interview). Bob also saw the Fillmore show. I would describe the sound of this guitar as more "brilliant" overall than the vintage model, which had a "darker" tonal quality.
Wayne, even though you're in the 'boonies', I'm really glad you were able to tune in yesterday's interview, which was dynamite in my opinion.
Finest regards--
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Location: Nova Scotia, Canada | Thanks for the info, Pop. The longscale guitar would certainly make sense, given her style. Would like to hear here play it sometime.
I am glad I happened to catch Cliff's post in time!
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