Kippa

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 Farley's and, at the newly rennovated Beachfront Cafe - see local press for details.

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, through ENORMOUS 28-inch 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 but a few. Eleven years a Waiheechan, Kippa has recorded for Katy Soljak, Pat Urlich, Dione Denize, and also at York St. in Auckland city.

Check out his MySpace pagewhere you can hear some of his music, including Mean Ol' Street.

"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." Kippa.