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Speaker 1 (00:00):
All of twenty six years old, already Grammy Award winner
for his album six six 's two for Best Contemporary
Blues Album, and he's got other accolades as well. For
stone Kingfish Ingram joins me here on koa good afternoon, Kingfish.
How you doing, brother, I'm i might say, doing great,
(00:23):
even better now that I got you on man, And
I'm excited to talk with you because there is this
belief I think, and I'd love your thoughts on this
as we get started.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
There is this belief that like the blues.
Speaker 1 (00:36):
Is passe, it's just old school, and there isn't a
younger generation up and coming that really cares about it
or wants to keep it alive. And I think your
prime example of it. But others are in this music
business really trying to make their mark in blues as well.
Talk to me about that, the how you view the
(00:58):
next generation of blues musician, your role in it, and
why the blues is spoken to you for your entire life.
Speaker 3 (01:06):
Well, if one blues is simply life, and I've always
demitted you know, with the blues that win because it's
just simply you know, you're simply our life experiences and
not only that, you know, that's what makes it a
you know, a universal language and one young kids are
(01:28):
you know, I've grasping that, you know these days for sure.
Speaker 2 (01:33):
And so when we.
Speaker 1 (01:34):
Look at the blues, I mean, you're you're born in
nineteen ninety nine Clarksdale, Mississippi, and it is a genre
to me that has just so much you you.
Speaker 2 (01:45):
Talk about blues is life, How it's really.
Speaker 1 (01:49):
Speaks to you that there's something personal about the blues,
isn't there?
Speaker 3 (01:54):
Definitely? Definitely.
Speaker 1 (01:56):
So when you think about that and the music that
you create, what is it you want to share with
people as you're because you write songs, you put together
original music, that's so much of what you're about.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
What do you want people to take away from your tunes?
Speaker 3 (02:15):
Well, you know, I've always felt like my story in
general has always been about perseverance and uh and you
know stand the courses to the first line, and you know,
I just you know, I just want to inspire, you know,
and you know, and you know, you know, an influence
you know, Uh, you know what the story that I tell,
you know, you know what your mind and yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1 (02:38):
Well and and it goes to what you were saying
Kingfish about the personal stories. So for example, your your
name of nickname, Kingfish, talk to us for a moment
about the story of how you got yeah, I mean
that nickname.
Speaker 3 (02:55):
Well, how I learned how to play? Was I I
enrolled in the Delta Blue was in Argent education program
in Clarksdale. And one of my teachers, you know, uh
flash mentors at the time, beer having mad Perry. He's
not deceased, but he was a he was a local
you know, blue musician, and uh, he would give us
(03:19):
nicknames in the classroom and we thought of them with
stage names, and yeah, man, that's where my name came from.
It was, it was. It was a funny. It was
a funny reason behind it, Uh, because he got us
from namers and Andy.
Speaker 2 (03:30):
And you gotta let something like that stick too. I mean,
you think about.
Speaker 1 (03:34):
So many blues musicians like Led Belly that was not
his given name. He's not our sunny boy, Williams said,
or William said to also doctor given.
Speaker 3 (03:44):
Name right, exactly exactly.
Speaker 2 (03:48):
So we were talking.
Speaker 1 (03:49):
To I just named a few of the old school
the four bearers of the Blues, and we're talking with
Christine Kingfish Ingram talk to me a little bit about
some of your influences. Who were are some of those
musicians that you listen to growing up that really spoke
to you and got you to think, you know what,
I want to go into blues myself.
Speaker 3 (04:10):
Well, for one, before I really dug deep into the
general and started learning, it was the local guys in
my area that I you know, that I got influenced from.
You know a lot of a lot of local blues.
Parts of the guys you may not know them, but
you know, uh, these are across the alleges like Josh Reza,
Blade Stewart and uh with the Jim Buck Jefferson and
(04:33):
a doctor Michael James. But when I started learning about
the General, I started dig deep. I started to dig deep,
and you know we learn about Son House and uh
Robert Knighthawk and you know, uh Robert Justin into the
into the Muddy Waters and Howland Wolfson aver Ken and
(04:56):
bb King and Freddy King and so and so.
Speaker 2 (04:58):
Yeah, it's just just such a rich.
Speaker 1 (05:02):
Array, the rich crop of folks who really brought so
much that has not just I think of it this way,
King Fish, that the blues is not just its own music,
it also burst rock and roll, rap, hip hop, the
rest of it.
Speaker 3 (05:20):
Definitely. Definitely the you know, we haven't saying that the
blues is the you know, roots and everything else. It's
the fruits. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (05:27):
I always love Muddy Waters song.
Speaker 1 (05:29):
The Blues had a baby and they called it rock
and roll, right, I mean, that's that's the essence it
is that that core of music that we listen to
here in America comes from the experience of the blues.
Speaker 3 (05:42):
Definitely, man, Definitely, you know, like I said earlier, you know,
blues is life, and you know, I feel like that's
why it's so relatable and you know, such a you know,
you know universal, you know, uh jare of music.
Speaker 1 (05:56):
Yeah again, King Kingfish joining us christone at Kingfish Ingram.
Hailing from Clarksdale, Mississippi, he will be headlining Sunday the
twenty eighth.
Speaker 2 (06:06):
At the Blues from the Top.
Speaker 1 (06:08):
Excuse Me twenty ninth at the Blues from the Top
festival in winter Park, also featuring the fabulous Thunderbirds as
a harmonica player myself, Kim Wilson, one of those great
icons Little Feet headlining Saturday the twenty eighth, Joanne Shaw
Taylor as well JJ Gray and Mofo and Sonny Landrith
(06:29):
kicking it off on Friday, June twenty seventh. Just the
phenomenal lineup also including by the Way, Colorado based Vince
Converse and big Brother and Vince Converse guitarists for Rick
Lewis and at his band as well. Talk to me
a little bit about some of the names that you'll
be playing alongside at the festival.
Speaker 3 (06:49):
Kingfish, Well, I just met Jim not too long ago,
but we have a bunch of nuclear friends. But he's
been a friend of mine, No for the longest. I
know Kim, I know mister King Will Kim Wilson for
a long time. Don't know any guys in the Little
Feet with Yeah, man, the rosters that you know with
(07:10):
a bunch of friends, and you know a bunch of
musicians that I you know, admire and enjoy.
Speaker 1 (07:17):
I want to talk to you in a moment, Kingfish,
about playing live and what's that like.
Speaker 2 (07:22):
But to set it up, I got to give folks
a taste.
Speaker 1 (07:25):
From your hit album Live from London, and this is
I think it's It's always great hearing how a musician
is live, because that's when you're really put to the test.
And it's not just about in studio, although that's powerful enough.
When you get on stage, how are you. Here's a
(07:46):
little taste this is outside of this town.
Speaker 2 (07:49):
That's from the Kingfish album, right right. So talk to
me for.
Speaker 1 (07:54):
A moment about playing live, because just in that taste
to Load, you could just hear some that fiery spirit
of passion and energy that you're bringing. What is it
like being on stage and playing to the crowd, especially
in a place like in London.
Speaker 3 (08:12):
Man, the stage is my happy place. Man. I feel
like on stage, I forget about all my fears, I
forget about all the trials and tribulations, and I'm It's
like it's like a Kendid for an artist. For me,
you know, I can just get up being paint and
also being you know, you know in London at the
time at a very historic, historical venue like the garage.
(08:33):
You know, you know, it's also pretty cool too. I
love intimate venues where I can you know, uh, you know,
damn near touch the audience, you know, from the stage.
Speaker 1 (08:43):
Yeah, that's one thing that I think is so exciting
King Fish, when you are seeing a show and you're
able to connect in the audience, but Let's also talk
about the personal connection or the energy feedback because and
I know this being a guy who plays from my
and I've got a little blues band in town here
in Denver. So when you have the audience and they're
(09:05):
into the music.
Speaker 2 (09:07):
You feed off of that.
Speaker 1 (09:08):
Just as much as they're feeding off of what you're
bringing on stage, right.
Speaker 3 (09:12):
M definitely, definitely, definitely, uh we you know, we try
we try to you know, hit them hard in the
beginning so you know, we can set the tone for
the whole show.
Speaker 1 (09:23):
So when you say hit them hard from the beginning,
what does that mean?
Speaker 3 (09:27):
Just you know, just you know, come out, you know,
uh as they say, you know, uh guns blazing, you know, uh,
just you know, uh, come out and make an impact.
And then you know, we have moments in the show
where we go down. You know, you know, it's a
very you know, uh you know, dynamic show. But you know,
in the beginning, we do try to, you know, come
hard for sure.
Speaker 1 (09:47):
Now, King Fish, you have performed in Colorado before, I've
seen you live. What has your experience been like here?
What do you think of this state? And are you
excited to be up there in the mountains playing at
Blues from the Top with that gorgeous backdrop of the
Rocky mountains.
Speaker 3 (10:04):
Man, we we always been showing a lot of love
anytime we would come to come to Colorado. Uh, you
guys have a really buttoned blue scene. You know a
little lot of players there, even my even my keyboard
players from Denver. So you know, you know, we know
a lot about Colorado for sure. And I've always wanted
to play Blues from the Top festival with been a
(10:25):
festival of mine. I mean, it's been one of my
favorite festivals. You know. Uh, it just out as a
kid and you know, learn about dissing blue fuescles you know,
you know in the US. So just getting you know,
a chance to come, you know, was really cool.
Speaker 1 (10:38):
What is it about a blues fast Kingfish that you
enjoy when you are because you know, it's one thing
to have a show that's come see Kingfish and he's
performing at this venue. But when you have you're in
the mix with others and they're sort of like the
community comes out to show support for a variety of
blues musicians.
Speaker 2 (10:58):
What does that mean to you, man?
Speaker 3 (11:01):
It's really uh, it's a really brief thing. Mate. It
shows that the Blues are still alive and well, uh,
that's pretty much the only ass I have.
Speaker 2 (11:13):
Heyne, sweet and it fits.
Speaker 1 (11:15):
I would be remiss if I didn't take a moment
to ask you about playing with Buddy Guy. I mean,
this is the I think, the reigning king of the
Blues right now. I saw him a couple of years
ago during what I think is this final stop to
Denver when he was with the great Kenny Wayne Shepherd.
And unfortunately he's not really torn so much anymore. He's
(11:37):
almost ninety. But man, is is that guy a legend?
A genuine living legend or what? Buddy Guy?
Speaker 3 (11:44):
Oh yeah, he's on the road now. Actually, yeah, were
still yeah, yeah, yeah, we played a date with him
answer this weekend. Man, what can I say? He used
to he used to. Uh, he's the og and you
know he's really been, you know, you know, a blessing
for me, you know, as far as you know, taking
(12:06):
me under his wing and you know, you know, uh,
pretty much blessing me on my first amine every day.
Speaker 2 (12:13):
Yes, so definitely, Buddy Guy is.
Speaker 1 (12:16):
One of the things that I love about Buddy is
he's probably the only person who can get on stage
and literally put his finger up to his mouth and
gosh with a smile and everybody gets quiet.
Speaker 3 (12:33):
Yes, said yes, sir, That's one of the things I
love that. You know, he's he's always been able to
control the crowd, you know, always having the plumber in
his hands.
Speaker 2 (12:40):
That's a beautiful thing with him.
Speaker 1 (12:42):
So let's talk for a moment, King Fish, about what
you have coming up. I hear at some point you
know TBD are announced as far as any release, but
you got a new record that you're working on.
Speaker 3 (12:54):
Yeah, yeah, last Octobi we announced that I now have
my own record label at zero Records, and this this
new release will be the uh we will be the
first release on the label for sure.
Speaker 1 (13:08):
So what can we sort of can you tease us
what we can expect? Like so much of what you have,
whether at six six to your most recent studio album
or your debut album, Kingfish, You've really got that personal
story that you work into your songs. We were just
hearing outside of this Town for example, or earlier we
(13:29):
heard the title track for six six two. What can
we expect from this album? Can you give us any
teasers of what you're going for?
Speaker 3 (13:38):
Definitely more life experiences for sure, and like I said,
I have the regular blues and rocky stuff on that
for sure, but we kind of went into some more
directions as far as playing music that showcases my voice
brother than my guitar playing. So we had some R
and B cuts on there. It's a it's a really
(13:58):
versative record. I think you guys want to like it.
Speaker 1 (14:00):
One of the things, again, we're talking with Christine kingfish
ingram in just a few minutes left with you.
Speaker 2 (14:05):
But one of the things that I have.
Speaker 1 (14:07):
Always loved is that not only are you and we
just heard this a phenomenal guitarist, but also that voice
that you have really is that package where you know,
the producer was like, I can't believe he heard you
earlier and that you're only twenty six. And I'm sure
you get that a lot. But how would you say
(14:29):
if you have an answer for how you got such
a soulful and powerful singing voice.
Speaker 3 (14:36):
Well, my mom Feld was a singer, and on her
side of the family, all I have is singers and musicians.
You know, I grew up in churching that side of
the family. Was the first musician that I got, you know,
you know, you know that was influenced you know, you know,
you know in inspired by so I can I can say,
(14:56):
you know, it's.
Speaker 4 (14:56):
Kind of you know in my bloodline that that's the
thing too about the blues for a lot of musicians
that are well known nationally torn around.
Speaker 1 (15:07):
I mean we can think about Buddy Guy or yourself, Kingfish,
but that you guys have that sort of in your blood,
that there's that family tradition that's almost passed along to you.
Speaker 3 (15:18):
Oh, definitely, definitely, you know, uh, you know, being from
the South, there's a lot of members down here that
have you know, uh you know musician you know, you
know in they family, you know ours family in the church,
and you know in the blues. You know, you know,
it's you know, it's a big thing in the South.
Speaker 1 (15:35):
As we wrap up here with you, Kingfish, what can
you tell folks about when they see you live? What
can they expect from a Kingfish show.
Speaker 3 (15:44):
There's going to be a party, That's all I can say.
It's gonna be a big party. We're gonna bring them
into the jew Joint, uh to you guys in the mountains,
that's you know, that's that's kind of our thing.
Speaker 1 (15:55):
I love that bringing the Mississippi Juke joint right here
to the mountains, and that's what you will get at
the Blues from the Top festival. I've just been going
there for years. I'm so passionate about this festival. The
headliners are great, everybody up and down the list of
folks who are performing.
Speaker 2 (16:13):
Blues from the Top.
Speaker 1 (16:15):
Dot org is the place to go if you want
to get tickets and our guest Kingfish is headlining Sunday
the twenty ninth, which will also feature the band Southern Avenue,
The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Legendary Band and Honey Island Swamp Band.
You gotta you got a final word for us before
(16:36):
we cut you loose, Kingfish.
Speaker 3 (16:39):
Man, I can't wait to play in see gussoon.
Speaker 1 (16:42):
Once again, Christine Kingfish Ingram joining us here on koay. Brother,
I am excited to see you again and this time
in the mountains, and I hope to meet you when
you're there too.
Speaker 3 (16:53):
You're so likewise man. I appreciate the opportunity. Ye and
thank you.
Speaker 2 (16:56):
You better believe it and again.
Speaker 1 (16:57):
Check out his most recent live album, Live in London,
which I think, well you heard a little bit of
a taste a moment ago that really is one of
those things when you when you hear a musician live
and the power that they bring and everything, it really
is just something special. And he is a Grammy Award
(17:19):
winner six' sixty, two his second, album For Best Contemporary Blues.
Album it'll be fantastic seeing him At blues from The
top
All of twenty six years old, already Grammy Award winner
for his album six six 's two for Best Contemporary
Blues Album, and he's got other accolades as well. For
stone Kingfish Ingram joins me here on koa good afternoon, Kingfish.
How you doing, brother, I'm i might say, doing great,
(00:23):
even better now that I got you on man, And
I'm excited to talk with you because there is this
belief I think, and I'd love your thoughts on this
as we get started.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
There is this belief that like the blues.
Speaker 1 (00:36):
Is passe, it's just old school, and there isn't a
younger generation up and coming that really cares about it
or wants to keep it alive. And I think your
prime example of it. But others are in this music
business really trying to make their mark in blues as well.
Talk to me about that, the how you view the
(00:58):
next generation of blues musician, your role in it, and
why the blues is spoken to you for your entire life.
Speaker 3 (01:06):
Well, if one blues is simply life, and I've always
demitted you know, with the blues that win because it's
just simply you know, you're simply our life experiences and
not only that, you know, that's what makes it a
you know, a universal language and one young kids are
(01:28):
you know, I've grasping that, you know these days for sure.
Speaker 2 (01:33):
And so when we.
Speaker 1 (01:34):
Look at the blues, I mean, you're you're born in
nineteen ninety nine Clarksdale, Mississippi, and it is a genre
to me that has just so much you you.
Speaker 2 (01:45):
Talk about blues is life, How it's really.
Speaker 1 (01:49):
Speaks to you that there's something personal about the blues,
isn't there?
Speaker 3 (01:54):
Definitely? Definitely.
Speaker 1 (01:56):
So when you think about that and the music that
you create, what is it you want to share with
people as you're because you write songs, you put together
original music, that's so much of what you're about.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
What do you want people to take away from your tunes?
Speaker 3 (02:15):
Well, you know, I've always felt like my story in
general has always been about perseverance and uh and you
know stand the courses to the first line, and you know,
I just you know, I just want to inspire, you know,
and you know, and you know, you know, an influence
you know, Uh, you know what the story that I tell,
you know, you know what your mind and yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1 (02:38):
Well and and it goes to what you were saying
Kingfish about the personal stories. So for example, your your
name of nickname, Kingfish, talk to us for a moment
about the story of how you got yeah, I mean
that nickname.
Speaker 3 (02:55):
Well, how I learned how to play? Was I I
enrolled in the Delta Blue was in Argent education program
in Clarksdale. And one of my teachers, you know, uh
flash mentors at the time, beer having mad Perry. He's
not deceased, but he was a he was a local
you know, blue musician, and uh, he would give us
(03:19):
nicknames in the classroom and we thought of them with
stage names, and yeah, man, that's where my name came from.
It was, it was. It was a funny. It was
a funny reason behind it, Uh, because he got us
from namers and Andy.
Speaker 2 (03:30):
And you gotta let something like that stick too. I mean,
you think about.
Speaker 1 (03:34):
So many blues musicians like Led Belly that was not
his given name. He's not our sunny boy, Williams said,
or William said to also doctor given.
Speaker 3 (03:44):
Name right, exactly exactly.
Speaker 2 (03:48):
So we were talking.
Speaker 1 (03:49):
To I just named a few of the old school
the four bearers of the Blues, and we're talking with
Christine Kingfish Ingram talk to me a little bit about
some of your influences. Who were are some of those
musicians that you listen to growing up that really spoke
to you and got you to think, you know what,
I want to go into blues myself.
Speaker 3 (04:10):
Well, for one, before I really dug deep into the
general and started learning, it was the local guys in
my area that I you know, that I got influenced from.
You know a lot of a lot of local blues.
Parts of the guys you may not know them, but
you know, uh, these are across the alleges like Josh Reza,
Blade Stewart and uh with the Jim Buck Jefferson and
(04:33):
a doctor Michael James. But when I started learning about
the General, I started dig deep. I started to dig deep,
and you know we learn about Son House and uh
Robert Knighthawk and you know, uh Robert Justin into the
into the Muddy Waters and Howland Wolfson aver Ken and
(04:56):
bb King and Freddy King and so and so.
Speaker 2 (04:58):
Yeah, it's just just such a rich.
Speaker 1 (05:02):
Array, the rich crop of folks who really brought so
much that has not just I think of it this way,
King Fish, that the blues is not just its own music,
it also burst rock and roll, rap, hip hop, the
rest of it.
Speaker 3 (05:20):
Definitely. Definitely the you know, we haven't saying that the
blues is the you know, roots and everything else. It's
the fruits. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (05:27):
I always love Muddy Waters song.
Speaker 1 (05:29):
The Blues had a baby and they called it rock
and roll, right, I mean, that's that's the essence it
is that that core of music that we listen to
here in America comes from the experience of the blues.
Speaker 3 (05:42):
Definitely, man, Definitely, you know, like I said earlier, you know,
blues is life, and you know, I feel like that's
why it's so relatable and you know, such a you know,
you know universal, you know, uh jare of music.
Speaker 1 (05:56):
Yeah again, King Kingfish joining us christone at Kingfish Ingram.
Hailing from Clarksdale, Mississippi, he will be headlining Sunday the
twenty eighth.
Speaker 2 (06:06):
At the Blues from the Top.
Speaker 1 (06:08):
Excuse Me twenty ninth at the Blues from the Top
festival in winter Park, also featuring the fabulous Thunderbirds as
a harmonica player myself, Kim Wilson, one of those great
icons Little Feet headlining Saturday the twenty eighth, Joanne Shaw
Taylor as well JJ Gray and Mofo and Sonny Landrith
(06:29):
kicking it off on Friday, June twenty seventh. Just the
phenomenal lineup also including by the Way, Colorado based Vince
Converse and big Brother and Vince Converse guitarists for Rick
Lewis and at his band as well. Talk to me
a little bit about some of the names that you'll
be playing alongside at the festival.
Speaker 3 (06:49):
Kingfish, Well, I just met Jim not too long ago,
but we have a bunch of nuclear friends. But he's
been a friend of mine, No for the longest. I
know Kim, I know mister King Will Kim Wilson for
a long time. Don't know any guys in the Little
Feet with Yeah, man, the rosters that you know with
(07:10):
a bunch of friends, and you know a bunch of
musicians that I you know, admire and enjoy.
Speaker 1 (07:17):
I want to talk to you in a moment, Kingfish,
about playing live and what's that like.
Speaker 2 (07:22):
But to set it up, I got to give folks
a taste.
Speaker 1 (07:25):
From your hit album Live from London, and this is
I think it's It's always great hearing how a musician
is live, because that's when you're really put to the test.
And it's not just about in studio, although that's powerful enough.
When you get on stage, how are you. Here's a
(07:46):
little taste this is outside of this town.
Speaker 2 (07:49):
That's from the Kingfish album, right right. So talk to
me for.
Speaker 1 (07:54):
A moment about playing live, because just in that taste
to Load, you could just hear some that fiery spirit
of passion and energy that you're bringing. What is it
like being on stage and playing to the crowd, especially
in a place like in London.
Speaker 3 (08:12):
Man, the stage is my happy place. Man. I feel
like on stage, I forget about all my fears, I
forget about all the trials and tribulations, and I'm It's
like it's like a Kendid for an artist. For me,
you know, I can just get up being paint and
also being you know, you know in London at the
time at a very historic, historical venue like the garage.
(08:33):
You know, you know, it's also pretty cool too. I
love intimate venues where I can you know, uh, you know,
damn near touch the audience, you know, from the stage.
Speaker 1 (08:43):
Yeah, that's one thing that I think is so exciting
King Fish, when you are seeing a show and you're
able to connect in the audience, but Let's also talk
about the personal connection or the energy feedback because and
I know this being a guy who plays from my
and I've got a little blues band in town here
in Denver. So when you have the audience and they're
(09:05):
into the music.
Speaker 2 (09:07):
You feed off of that.
Speaker 1 (09:08):
Just as much as they're feeding off of what you're
bringing on stage, right.
Speaker 3 (09:12):
M definitely, definitely, definitely, uh we you know, we try
we try to you know, hit them hard in the
beginning so you know, we can set the tone for
the whole show.
Speaker 1 (09:23):
So when you say hit them hard from the beginning,
what does that mean?
Speaker 3 (09:27):
Just you know, just you know, come out, you know,
uh as they say, you know, uh guns blazing, you know, uh,
just you know, uh, come out and make an impact.
And then you know, we have moments in the show
where we go down. You know, you know, it's a
very you know, uh you know, dynamic show. But you know,
in the beginning, we do try to, you know, come
hard for sure.
Speaker 1 (09:47):
Now, King Fish, you have performed in Colorado before, I've
seen you live. What has your experience been like here?
What do you think of this state? And are you
excited to be up there in the mountains playing at
Blues from the Top with that gorgeous backdrop of the
Rocky mountains.
Speaker 3 (10:04):
Man, we we always been showing a lot of love
anytime we would come to come to Colorado. Uh, you
guys have a really buttoned blue scene. You know a
little lot of players there, even my even my keyboard
players from Denver. So you know, you know, we know
a lot about Colorado for sure. And I've always wanted
to play Blues from the Top festival with been a
(10:25):
festival of mine. I mean, it's been one of my
favorite festivals. You know. Uh, it just out as a
kid and you know, learn about dissing blue fuescles you know,
you know in the US. So just getting you know,
a chance to come, you know, was really cool.
Speaker 1 (10:38):
What is it about a blues fast Kingfish that you
enjoy when you are because you know, it's one thing
to have a show that's come see Kingfish and he's
performing at this venue. But when you have you're in
the mix with others and they're sort of like the
community comes out to show support for a variety of
blues musicians.
Speaker 2 (10:58):
What does that mean to you, man?
Speaker 3 (11:01):
It's really uh, it's a really brief thing. Mate. It
shows that the Blues are still alive and well, uh,
that's pretty much the only ass I have.
Speaker 2 (11:13):
Heyne, sweet and it fits.
Speaker 1 (11:15):
I would be remiss if I didn't take a moment
to ask you about playing with Buddy Guy. I mean,
this is the I think, the reigning king of the
Blues right now. I saw him a couple of years
ago during what I think is this final stop to
Denver when he was with the great Kenny Wayne Shepherd.
And unfortunately he's not really torn so much anymore. He's
(11:37):
almost ninety. But man, is is that guy a legend?
A genuine living legend or what? Buddy Guy?
Speaker 3 (11:44):
Oh yeah, he's on the road now. Actually, yeah, were
still yeah, yeah, yeah, we played a date with him
answer this weekend. Man, what can I say? He used
to he used to. Uh, he's the og and you
know he's really been, you know, you know, a blessing
for me, you know, as far as you know, taking
(12:06):
me under his wing and you know, you know, uh,
pretty much blessing me on my first amine every day.
Speaker 2 (12:13):
Yes, so definitely, Buddy Guy is.
Speaker 1 (12:16):
One of the things that I love about Buddy is
he's probably the only person who can get on stage
and literally put his finger up to his mouth and
gosh with a smile and everybody gets quiet.
Speaker 3 (12:33):
Yes, said yes, sir, That's one of the things I
love that. You know, he's he's always been able to
control the crowd, you know, always having the plumber in
his hands.
Speaker 2 (12:40):
That's a beautiful thing with him.
Speaker 1 (12:42):
So let's talk for a moment, King Fish, about what
you have coming up. I hear at some point you
know TBD are announced as far as any release, but
you got a new record that you're working on.
Speaker 3 (12:54):
Yeah, yeah, last Octobi we announced that I now have
my own record label at zero Records, and this this
new release will be the uh we will be the
first release on the label for sure.
Speaker 1 (13:08):
So what can we sort of can you tease us
what we can expect? Like so much of what you have,
whether at six six to your most recent studio album
or your debut album, Kingfish, You've really got that personal
story that you work into your songs. We were just
hearing outside of this Town for example, or earlier we
(13:29):
heard the title track for six six two. What can
we expect from this album? Can you give us any
teasers of what you're going for?
Speaker 3 (13:38):
Definitely more life experiences for sure, and like I said,
I have the regular blues and rocky stuff on that
for sure, but we kind of went into some more
directions as far as playing music that showcases my voice
brother than my guitar playing. So we had some R
and B cuts on there. It's a it's a really
(13:58):
versative record. I think you guys want to like it.
Speaker 1 (14:00):
One of the things, again, we're talking with Christine kingfish
ingram in just a few minutes left with you.
Speaker 2 (14:05):
But one of the things that I have.
Speaker 1 (14:07):
Always loved is that not only are you and we
just heard this a phenomenal guitarist, but also that voice
that you have really is that package where you know,
the producer was like, I can't believe he heard you
earlier and that you're only twenty six. And I'm sure
you get that a lot. But how would you say
(14:29):
if you have an answer for how you got such
a soulful and powerful singing voice.
Speaker 3 (14:36):
Well, my mom Feld was a singer, and on her
side of the family, all I have is singers and musicians.
You know, I grew up in churching that side of
the family. Was the first musician that I got, you know,
you know, you know that was influenced you know, you know,
you know in inspired by so I can I can say,
(14:56):
you know, it's.
Speaker 4 (14:56):
Kind of you know in my bloodline that that's the
thing too about the blues for a lot of musicians
that are well known nationally torn around.
Speaker 1 (15:07):
I mean we can think about Buddy Guy or yourself, Kingfish,
but that you guys have that sort of in your blood,
that there's that family tradition that's almost passed along to you.
Speaker 3 (15:18):
Oh, definitely, definitely, you know, uh, you know, being from
the South, there's a lot of members down here that
have you know, uh you know musician you know, you
know in they family, you know ours family in the church,
and you know in the blues. You know, you know,
it's you know, it's a big thing in the South.
Speaker 1 (15:35):
As we wrap up here with you, Kingfish, what can
you tell folks about when they see you live? What
can they expect from a Kingfish show.
Speaker 3 (15:44):
There's going to be a party, That's all I can say.
It's gonna be a big party. We're gonna bring them
into the jew Joint, uh to you guys in the mountains,
that's you know, that's that's kind of our thing.
Speaker 1 (15:55):
I love that bringing the Mississippi Juke joint right here
to the mountains, and that's what you will get at
the Blues from the Top festival. I've just been going
there for years. I'm so passionate about this festival. The
headliners are great, everybody up and down the list of
folks who are performing.
Speaker 2 (16:13):
Blues from the Top.
Speaker 1 (16:15):
Dot org is the place to go if you want
to get tickets and our guest Kingfish is headlining Sunday
the twenty ninth, which will also feature the band Southern Avenue,
The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Legendary Band and Honey Island Swamp Band.
You gotta you got a final word for us before
(16:36):
we cut you loose, Kingfish.
Speaker 3 (16:39):
Man, I can't wait to play in see gussoon.
Speaker 1 (16:42):
Once again, Christine Kingfish Ingram joining us here on koay. Brother,
I am excited to see you again and this time
in the mountains, and I hope to meet you when
you're there too.
Speaker 3 (16:53):
You're so likewise man. I appreciate the opportunity. Ye and
thank you.
Speaker 2 (16:56):
You better believe it and again.
Speaker 1 (16:57):
Check out his most recent live album, Live in London,
which I think, well you heard a little bit of
a taste a moment ago that really is one of
those things when you when you hear a musician live
and the power that they bring and everything, it really
is just something special. And he is a Grammy Award
(17:19):
winner six' sixty, two his second, album For Best Contemporary Blues.
Album it'll be fantastic seeing him At blues from The
top
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