Kaki King
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King in 2004
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Katherine Elizabeth King |
| Born |
August 24, 1979 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
| Genres | Acoustic rock,instrumental music, post-rock, jazz, one-woman band, shoegazing |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, composer |
| Instruments | Guitar, lap steel guitar, drums, piano, vocals, ukulele, dojo (instrument) |
| Years active | 2001–present |
| Labels | Velour, Sony, Cooking Vinyl |
| Website | KakiKing |
| Notable instruments | |
| Ovation Custom Adamas Acoustic Guitar | |
Kaki King (born Katherine Elizabeth King, August 24, 1979) is an American guitarist and composer. King is known for her percussive and jazz-tinged melodies, energetic live shows, use of multiple tunings on acoustic and lap steel guitar, and her diverse range in different genres.
In February 2006, Rolling Stone released a list of "The New Guitar Gods", on which King was the sole woman and youngest artist (beating Derek Trucks in age by two months as the youngest on the list). In addition to a 10-year career that includes six LP and two EP albums, King has also scored music for television and film. She worked alongside Eddie Vedder and Michael Brook contributing music for the soundtrack to Sean Penn's Into the Wild, for which the trio received nominations for a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score.
King was born the first of two daughters. While still a small child, her father noticed her natural musical ability, and encouraged her interest in music. She was introduced to the guitar at the age of four and played for several years, but after taking up the drums a few years later, they became her primary instruments as an adolescent.
Convinced that her break in music would come from drumming, King played in bands in high school with classmate Morgan Jahnig, who would later become the bassist of Old Crow Medicine Show. On graduating from The Westminster Schools in Atlanta in 1998, the two friends attended New York University. While there, King picked up the guitar again, and revisited the finger-style techniques that intrigued her as a child. While at NYU she studied with Dr. Bill Rayner, an accomplished professor of guitar. From there, King played a few occasional gigs and busked in the New York City Subway.
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