| "IRON AND STEEL" ALL SONGS; PRODUCED, ARRANGED,AND WRITTEN BY: PORTER WINFREE GUITARS, BASS, KEYBOARDS, HARMONICA,AND SOME PERCUSSION :DRUMS DR5: PORTER WINFREE BACK-UP VOCALS ON HIGHWAY 98 :DEBORAH WINFREE PHOTOGRAPHY: DEBORAH WINFREE WEBMASTER: ROBERT WINFREE MASTERED AT BIG DADDY RABBIT RECORDING STUDIOS in MUSCLE SHOALS, ALA. BY :STEVE MELTON STEVE MELTON ASSISTED BY ENGINEER: RICHARD BARNOWSKY MANUFACTURED in NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE BY :NATIONAL TAPE AND DISC CORPORATION PUBLISHED AND COPYWRITTEN BY: KIOAPA RECORDS* 2005 DISTRIBUTED BY : KIOAPA RECORDS AND CD BABY MY MOST SINCERE AND LOVING THANKS TO DEBORAH WINFREE…FROM A CHRISTMAS TREE IN A U-HAUL,TO LEAVING NASHVILLE, LITTLE PUTTER STYLE,TO NEWS HERALD TREE FROGS, AND HALE BOOP, TO TWO BARRELS AT THE HOOT, TO THE DEAL BETWEEN GENTLEMEN, ALWAYS THERE, AND WITHOUT WHOM,THERE WOULD BE NO CD… I LOVE YOU TO PORTER G. WINFREE SR… FOR ALWAYS TEACHING TO FOLLOW YOUR DREAMS, AND BEING THE BEST FRIEND A SON EVER HAD TO CARLY, JONI, AND CHRISTOPHER WINFREE…YOU HAVE HAD LESS FATHER THAN YOU COULD HAVE HAD,IT HAS BEEN FOR THIS, I PRAY IT MAKES YOU PROUD TO ROBERT WINFREE…MY BROTHER IN THE DEEPEST SENSE OF THE WORD, MY TECH MAN, SOMEONE TO TALK TO ABOUT ALL THESE DAMN ONES AND ZEROS, AND FOR RUNNING THE WEB SITE, BUT MOST OF ALL FOR YOUR FORGIVING CHARACTER TO KENNETH KNIGHT…ONLY A TRUE FRIEND WOULD SAY RAIN, RAIN, RAIN “SOUNDS FINE” . THE BEGINNING OF THE SUPPORT THAT HAS KEPT ME GOING FOR OVER THREE DECADES. THIS CD IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF: DEBORAH DENICE KING and ELIZABETH CORDES WINFREE |
HI, MY NAME'S PORTER WINFREE, 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 31 OR 32 YEARS. I AM WELL KNOWN ENOUGH SO THAT
( I PRAY ) ANY DAY NOW I COULD GET A BIG LUCKY BREAK AND THE VAST MAJORITY OF FOLKS COULD SAY I
WAS AN OVERNIGHT SUCCESS. THERE ARE PERHAPS A FEW THOUSAND THAT WOULD SAY I REMEMBER HIM
PLAYING AT SUCH-AND-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.
THE SONGS I PUT ON MY CD WHERE CHOSEN FOR MY CHILDREN AND GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, SO TO SPEAK,
BUT THE NEXT CD I DO WILL BE MORE FOR THE $$$$$and SENSE.... 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 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 DENICE 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 , 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. WELL-WELL BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU SAY, HAVEN'T BEEN HERE
IN A WHILE ,DUE TO DAD'S ILLNESS, CARING FOR HIM AND THEN HIS PASSING. THANKS
FOR YOUR CONDOLENCES. BUT NOW I'M BACK AND HITTING THE ROAD AGAIN, WATCH THE CALENDER PAGE.
ALSO PLANNING A STUDIO FOR KIOAPA RECORDS.
Porter Winfree
PLEASE VISIT KiOAPA RECORDS RECORDING STUDIO
KiOAPA RECORDS
Proudly Presents Our Latest Release BY
PORTER WINFREE
"IRON AND STEEL"
Proudly Presents Our Latest Release BY
PORTER WINFREE
"IRON AND STEEL"
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