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.

11 MP3 Songs
BLUES: Rhythm & Blues, BLUES: Rockin' Blues



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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. IâVE 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 HAVENâT LIVED IT DONâT WRITE IT) STYLE OF SONGWRITING. I HAVE NOT BEEN COUNTING THE SONGS IâVE WRITTEN, BUT I GUESS ITâS SOMEWHERE AROUND THREE OR SO THOUSAND MARK, YET IâVE 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 GRANDCHILDRENâS SAKE. THE NEXT CD I DO WILL BE MORE FOR THE... NEED I SAY MORE?
IâD 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 DONâT BE AFRAID), ED BRADLEY (DONâT TRY TO PLAY THE MUSIC, PLAY THE MUSIC), KRIS KRISTOPHERSON (FREEDOMâS JUST ANOTHER WORD FOR NOTHING LEFT TO LOSE). THE LONG LIST IS FROM ROBERT JOHNSON TO KID ROCK, AND THATâS A LONG-LONG LIST.
PEOPLE QUESTION KIOAPA, WHATâS THAT? FIRST OF ALL IT IS PRONOUNCED KEYOPA
THATâS KEY-O-PA. JUST GO TO AN ENGLISH TO ANCIENT GREEK TRANSLATOR SITE AND TRANSLATE (GUITAR) THEN YOUâLL KNOW WHAT KIOAPA IS. IâD 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 THEYâRE 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 DEBBIEâS DAUGHTER DEBORAH DENISE KING. THE CD WAS MADE TO LET MY GRANDCHILDREN KNOW WHAT OLE GRANDDAD HAD ON HIS MIND WHEN HE WAS YOUNG. YOUâLL 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 IâD LIKE TO POINT YOU TO THE LAST SONG, IâVE GOT TO RIDE, FOR ME ITâS A BIKERâS 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.