Cathy Ponton King plays Telecaster guitar, BLUES, ORIGINAL MUSIC, jazzy blues, 'Nawlin's music and SWING, Rock 'n Roll/rhythm and blues and sweet ballads. She was born in Washington DC and attended the University of Md. and earned her degree in Journalism, and subsequently worked at ABC news after college, before making the decision to put journalism on the back burner as the call to sing, write and perform music was overwhelming.
Later she got the chance to open for Albert King's band at the Wax Museum in Washington, once a large concert venue, and he called her on stage to sing with his band. She also opened for blues greats Koko Taylor, Albert Collins, Earl King, Bo Diddley, Willie Dixon, Son Seals, Paul Butterfield, Roomful of Blues(with Ronnie Earl on guitar),Marcia Ball, Sonny Landreth, the late Clarence Gatemouth Brown, and Buddy Guy. At the time Cathy was launching her own music career, many of these giants of blues were older and most of them have passed on now. Her education and learning in the style and family feeling and affection with these musicians, has left her with indelible memories and love for the musicians and their music and the sacrifices they made for the music, and she got to meet and socialize and learn and get to know this passing generation at a time when their careers were ending, and hers was just beginning. Fortuitous timing.
Cathy has three CDs of original blues, swing, rockabilly and beautiful ballads. World renowned Blues guitarist Jimmy Thackery played guitar on her first, "LOVIN' YOU RIGHT", and he returned again on her latest, "THE CRUX" which also features the great Ronnie Earl on lead guitar, as well as the late great legendary bassist Butch Warren (who played bass with Miles Davis,Herbie Hancock, and Thelonious Monk) as a guest bassist on two of Cathy's original compositions.
Later she got the chance to open for Albert King's band at the Wax Museum in Washington, once a large concert venue, and he called her on stage to sing with his band. She also opened for blues greats Koko Taylor, Albert Collins, Earl King, Bo Diddley, Willie Dixon, Son Seals, Paul Butterfield, Roomful of Blues(with Ronnie Earl on guitar),Marcia Ball, Sonny Landreth, the late Clarence Gatemouth Brown, and Buddy Guy. At the time Cathy was launching her own music career, many of these giants of blues were older and most of them have passed on now. Her education and learning in the style and family feeling and affection with these musicians, has left her with indelible memories and love for the musicians and their music and the sacrifices they made for the music, and she got to meet and socialize and learn and get to know this passing generation at a time when their careers were ending, and hers was just beginning. Fortuitous timing.
Cathy has three CDs of original blues, swing, rockabilly and beautiful ballads. World renowned Blues guitarist Jimmy Thackery played guitar on her first, "LOVIN' YOU RIGHT", and he returned again on her latest, "THE CRUX" which also features the great Ronnie Earl on lead guitar, as well as the late great legendary bassist Butch Warren (who played bass with Miles Davis,Herbie Hancock, and Thelonious Monk) as a guest bassist on two of Cathy's original compositions.
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 41:02
Size: 93.9 MB
Styles: Contemporary blues
Year: 1992
Art: Front
[4:40] 1. Sweet Sad And Lonely
[3:47] 2. You Got Me Singing
[2:48] 3. Gettin' You
[4:48] 4. You're Looking Away
[5:10] 5. Goin' Back
[2:44] 6. Tell Me What I Want To Hear
[5:56] 7. Lovin' You Right
[2:46] 8. Why So Serious-
[2:50] 9. Move A Lot
[5:29] 10. Change My Way Of Livin'
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Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 39:17
Size: 89.9 MB
Styles: Contemporary blues
Year: 2012
Art: Front
[4:17] 1. Sugarface (With Jimmy Thackery)
[4:17] 2. I'm Just A Woman (With Jimmy Thackery)
[3:47] 3. Cerulean Blues (With Ronnie Earl)
[3:08] 4. Blues Companion (With Ronnie Earl)
[4:01] 5. Tattoo On My Heart (With Dan Hovey)
[4:31] 6. I Want You To Be Happy (With Tom Corradino)
[4:17] 7. Sweet Change To My Heart (With Ronnie Earl, Butch Warren)
[2:35] 8. Little House In The Country (With Ronnie Earl, Ron Holloway)
[3:20] 9. Bridges That You Burned (With Dan Hovey, Ron Holloway)
[5:00] 10. I'm Suffering (With Jimmy Thackery)
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