Kaki King Introduction

Kaki King is an American guitar player and singer-songwriter from Atlanta, Georgia.King was born August 24, 1979 in Atlanta, Georgia. While King was still a small child, her father encouraged her interest in music. She was introduced to the guitar first, but when she learned to perform on the drums, they became her first serious instrument. King played in bands in high school with classmate Morgan Jahnig, who would later become the acoustic bassist of Old Crow Medicine Show. Upon graduating from The Westminster Schools in Atlanta in 1998, the two friends made their way to New York University. During her time there, King picked up the guitar again after years of neglect, and the 5'1" musician played a few occasional gigs and busked in the New York subways.

King's two earlier recordings (Everybody Loves You on Velour Records in 2003 and Legs to Make Us Longer with Sony Records) in 2004 featured more acoustic compositions. These albums focus on her unique guitar skills, such as hammering, tapping, and "fanning," as well as using intricate tunings of her guitar. However, her albums and tours since then have had more use of electric guitars, drums, keyboards and music loops.

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