http://waihekepedia.bitplan.com/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=KippaWaihekepedia - User contributions [en]2026-05-04T21:18:53ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.35.5http://waihekepedia.bitplan.com/index.php?title=Kippa&diff=6262Kippa2008-10-19T20:57:35Z<p>Kippa: </p>
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<div>Kippa, also known as Richard Cannon, is an island blues musician best known for his lap slide guitar. A regular sight at island jams,you can see him at Charley Farleys and,at the newly rennovated Beachfront Cafe-see local press for details.<br />
Kippa's musical story reaches back to the 1960s, when as a young muso, his first gig was to support Lee Scratch Perry,as The Soulman- a DJ,playing imported American soul music,whilst lee spun rocksteady and early Reggae thru ENORMOUS 28inch speakers!!!BASS became essential after that early experience...Later kippa was a guitar tec/Roadie for bands such as The Tubes,Japan,Echo and the Bunnymen,Pink Floyd,led Zepplin to name a few...Eleven years a Waiheechan,kippa has recorded for Katy Soljak and Pat Urlich and Dione Denize,and also at York St in AK city.<br />
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Check out his [http://www.myspace.com/lapslideman MySpace page]where you can hear some of his music,including Mean Ol' Street.<br />
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"From when I was a young boy, the music never failed to captivate me,the wailing and screaming, wild vocals of all them old dudes who we grew up listening to." <br />
Kippa.<br />
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