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Blues For Katherine
Gordon Whiting
A classic ensemble of vocals, Telecaster, Hammond B-3, bass & drums, rocking through the 1968 student riots, romance in Depression-era San Francisco, lonesome highway breakdowns and irreconcilable loss of love.
Collection Contents
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Island of Dreams | 3:02 | Play |
| 2 |
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Grooving in Chi | 5:51 | Play |
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Summer Lover | 2:52 | Play |
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Daughter of Love | 4:07 | Play |
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Abide with Me | 0:54 | Play |
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Blues for Katherine | 5:08 | Play |
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The Fulcrum of Bemadhi | 3:44 | Play |
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Christine | 4:22 | Play |
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What Would Alice Do? | 3:08 | Play |
| 10 |
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Parasol | 2:59 | Play |
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Waiting for a Thought | 3:05 | Play |
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Alkali Sunset | 4:29 | Play |
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Description
Berkeley, California-based songwriter Gordon Whiting describes himself as a performer in the tradition of Kevin Ayers and John Simon. His CD Blues for Katherine cuts through a range of literary and musical influences, and showcases his pursuit of fat guitar tone.
Music for Gordon began at age eight, studying under Judy Collins' guitarist Tom Carvey in Los Angeles. Later, when the family moved to Singapore, Gordon was exposed to eclectic music like Chinese Opera, Gamelan, Raga and English Music Hall. At age 14 he began leading jazz and rock ensembles at the Singapore American School, playing at school dances and local clubs.
At 16 Gordon helped put together a band that recorded an LP entitled Home Again, which included four of his original songs. The following year he directed the school musical, Jesus Christ Superstar, leading a cast, choir and band numbering through the challenging 100 minute score. In 1977, while attending San Francisco State University, he co-founded, with Geoffrey Blaisdell, the pioneering socio-comic punk band Death Army. The band's first record, Tourist Attraction, made the San Francisco Bay Area playlists and sales charts, and was reviewed favorably in the music press by Howie Klein, later president of Reprise Records.
Gordon composed and produced many independent recordings during the 1980's, including the guitar instrumental Spice Island, which Reverb Central magazine called "...gentle, inspired, and very nice for a hot summer afternoon drive down the coast...great to have." In 1991 he produced the soundtrack for the documentary film Season, Symbol and Heritage, and continued working with a variety of engineers and musicians to expand his range of musical understanding. Standout projects during this period included chamber music recordings with The Fidelio Quartet and polyphony recordings with the Stanford Early Music Chorale.
Blues for Katherine is Gordon's first full CD release as a solo artist. The twelve songs on the album run from the personal to the political. The title song, Blues for Katherine, was written to cope with the sudden death of his sister. Grooving in Chi (co-written with Dr. Strangelove screenwriter Terry Southern) is about the 1968 Democratic Convention.