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fave it Rockin' Blues | Rhythm & Blues
11 tracks | 51 minutes
Released Jul 2005
on Kioapa Records
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:58 Last Goodnight lyrics BUY MP3 03:58 Last Goodnight lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:58 Last Goodnight
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:15 No Fear lyrics BUY MP3 04:15 No Fear lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:15 No Fear
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:03 Highway 98 lyrics BUY MP3 05:03 Highway 98 lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:03 Highway 98
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:38 You Can't Tell lyrics BUY MP3 04:38 You Can't Tell lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:38 You Can't Tell
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:42 Rich Man lyrics BUY MP3 04:42 Rich Man lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:42 Rich Man
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:13 Iron and Steel lyrics BUY MP3 04:13 Iron and Steel lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:13 Iron and Steel
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:03 It's Up to You lyrics BUY MP3 05:03 It's Up to You lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:03 It's Up to You
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:54 What You Want lyrics BUY MP3 04:54 What You Want lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:54 What You Want
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 06:11 You Move Me lyrics BUY MP3 06:11 You Move Me lyrics "GIFT MP3" 06:11 You Move Me
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:41 That Part of Me lyrics BUY MP3 03:41 That Part of Me lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:41 That Part of Me
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:22 I've Got to Ride lyrics BUY MP3 04:22 I've Got to Ride lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:22 I've Got to Ride
Blues variety based on hit radio influence from, Santana, Stevie Ray, Allman Brothers, even Jimmy Buffett and Hank Williams Sr. True Blues Variety.Listening to one song is not the whole picture.
Bio / Background
HI, MY NAME'S PORTER WINFREE, NOT PORTER WINFREY, SOMETIMES KNOWN AS LIVE MUSIC, AND SOMETIMES KNOWN AS THE HIGHWAY 98 MAN, HERE'S A LITTLE AUTO / BIO FOR THOSE INTERESTED IN KNOWING A LITTLE MORE ABOUT MY MUSIC AND THE PEOPLE AND TIMES BEHIND IT.
I HAVE BEEN PLAYING PROFESSIONALLY FOR ABOUT 30 ONE OR TWO YEARS, I AM WELL KNOWN ENOUGH SO THAT SHOULD I GET A BIG LUCKY BREAK THE VAST MAJORITY OF FOLKS WOULD SAY I WAS AN OVERNIGHT SUCCESS. THERE ARE PERHAPS A FEW THOUSAND THAT WOULD SAY I REMEMBER HIM PLAYING AT SUCH-N-SUCH PLACE. I’VE PLAYED MAYBE THOUSANDS OF BARS / VENUES OVER THE LAST 30 OR SO YEARS, WAY TWO MANY TO TRY TO COUNT.
WITH FEW EXCEPTIONS, I HAVE GENERALLY TRIED TO DO THE (IF YOU HAVEN’T LIVED IT DON’T WRITE IT) STYLE OF SONGWRITING. I HAVE NOT BEEN COUNTING THE SONGS I’VE WRITTEN, BUT I GUESS IT’S SOMEWHERE AROUND THREE OR SO THOUSAND MARK, YET I’VE ONLY COPYRIGHTED ABOUT A HUNDRED AND FIFTY OR SO, OF THEM I BELIEVE 20 MAYBE 30 ARE GREAT.
↓ more ↓THE SONGS I PUT ON MY CD WHERE CHOSEN FOR MY CHILDREN AND GREAT GRANDCHILDREN’S SAKE. THE NEXT CD I DO WILL BE MORE FOR THE... NEED I SAY MORE?
I’D LIKE TO USE A LITTLE SPACE TO GIVE MY DEEPEST THANKS TO MY PREDECESSORS WHO INFLUENCED ME AND THOUSANDS OTHERS. THIS IS THE SHORT LIST...STEVEN STILLS (GUITAR STYLE AND SONG STRUCTURE), JOHN PRINE (SOUL SEARCHING AND ARTFULNESS), JAMES TAYLOR (STYLE AND MUSIC PLEASURE WITH DEPTH OF MEANING SIMULTANEOUSLY), DUANE ALLMAN (GUITAR), PAUL SIMON (REWRITE REWRITE), MIKE SETINE (STRETCH AND DON’T BE AFRAID), ED BRADLEY (DON’T TRY TO PLAY THE MUSIC, PLAY THE MUSIC), KRIS KRISTOPHERSON (FREEDOM’S JUST ANOTHER WORD FOR NOTHING LEFT TO LOSE). THE LONG LIST IS FROM ROBERT JOHNSON TO KID ROCK, AND THAT’S A LONG-LONG LIST.
PEOPLE QUESTION KIOAPA, WHAT’S THAT? FIRST OF ALL IT IS PRONOUNCED KEYOPA
THAT’S KEY-O-PA. JUST GO TO AN ENGLISH TO ANCIENT GREEK TRANSLATOR SITE AND TRANSLATE (GUITAR) THEN YOU’LL KNOW WHAT KIOAPA IS. I’D LIKE TO THANK OYSTER RADIO 100.5 FOR ADDING MY SONG HIGHWAY 98 TO THEIR (BEACH LIST) MAKING THEM THE FIRST STATION TO USE AND RECOGNIZE KIOAPA RECORDS AS A PART OF THEIR PERMANENT REGULAR PLAY LIST. SHOULD YOU LIVE OR BE TRAVELING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF VALDOSTA GA. TO PANAMA CITY FL. PLEASE TUNE THEM IN THEY’RE TRULY NICE FOLKS PLAYING GREAT MUSIC.
READING THIS INDICATES SOME INTEREST IN MY FIRST CD IRON AND STEEL DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF MY MOTHER BETTY WINFREE AND TO MY WIFE DEBBIE’S DAUGHTER DEBORAH DENISE KING. THE CD WAS MADE TO LET MY GRANDCHILDREN KNOW WHAT OLE GRANDDAD HAD ON HIS MIND WHEN HE WAS YOUNG. YOU’LL FIND A NICE VARIETY OF SONGS WITH HOPEFULLY A NICE VARIETY OF PRODUCTION METHODS TO MAKE LISTENING TO THE WHOLE THING NOT A BORE.
TO MY BIKER FRIENDS / BROTHERS I’D LIKE TO POINT YOU TO THE LAST SONG, I’VE GOT TO RIDE, FOR ME IT’S A BIKER’S ANTHEM. I CAN ADD TO THIS A LITTLE AT A TIME, AND WILL, SO CHECK BACK OFTEN AS I PLAN TO KEEP YOU UPDATED, BIG TIME PROGRESS OR JUST THE LATEST BIG TIME.
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