MORE WITH KINGQ&A with Kaki King
IF YOU GOWhat: King’s Traveling Freak Guitar Show with guests Alex Thompson and Zoe Boekbinder.When: 8 p.m. Thursday.Where: Barking Legs Theater, 1307 Dodds Ave.Admission: $18.50 in advance, $20 at the door.Phone: 624-5347.Venue website: www.barkinglegs.org.
In 2007, Rolling Stone Magazine named Kaki King the first woman to join the publication’s pantheon of Guitar Gods.
Two years later, the newly dubbed six-string goddess said she found herself faced with a crisis of faith.
“At some point, my whole identity was wrapped up in being this ‘blah-blah-blah’ guitar player, and I didn’t understand what that meant anymore,” King said, during a phone interview. “I didn’t understand why I suddenly resented the guitar.”