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Native nominated for fourth Grammy
FABER - Christopher King, a native of Hot Springs, was nominated for a Grammy for best historical album, for his role as coproducer and remastering engineer on "People Take Warning! Murder Ballads & Disaster Songs, 1913- 1938."
King received a Grammy award in 2003 and was nominated for a second Grammy in 2005 and nominated again for a third Grammy in 2006. This is his fourth nomination.
The three CD deluxe box set focuses on the songs and performers who recorded topical ballads and story songs during the turn of the 20th century. The compilation was produced by and Hank Sapoznik for a New York label, Tompkins Square Records.
King remastered the project from rare, original analog 78 rpm recordings while Robert Vosgien mastered the project to CD. It is a lavishly illustrated history of murder ballads and disaster songs. Tom Waits provided the introduction with notes by Sapoznik.
King was featured in the Washington Post on Dec. 6.
King was awarded a Grammy on Feb. 23, 2003 in New York for his work as remastering engineer on "Screamin & Hollerin' The Blues: The Worlds Of Charley Patton," produced by Revenant Records.
He was nominated for a Grammy in Los Angeles in December 2005 for his work as remastering engineer on "You Ain't Talkin' To Me: Charlie Poole & The Roots of Country Music."
In December 2006, King was also nominated for a Grammy for his work as remastering engineer on "Music Of The Medicine Shows."
King, who works for Rebel Records and County Records in Charlottesville, owns and operates his own business, Long Gone Sound Productions, which is located in Faber. He has remastered more than 90 CD projects for labels such as County Records, Rounder Records, Old Hat Records, Copper Creek, Sony/ Legacy, and Bear Family. He specializes in restoring and remastering old-time rural music and blues of the 1920s and 1930s from rare, old 78 rpm records and is an avid fan and collector of such recordings.
King lives in Faber, Nelson County, with his wife, Charmagne, his son, Caleb and his daughter, Riley. Anne King, King's mother, lives in Hot Springs, and his older brother, Gene King, lives in Mountain Grove.
King said after the nominations were announced, "I wish to thank Josh Rosenthal for the opportunity to bring this largely forgotten music back to life. I especially want to thank Tom Waits for providing the beautiful introduction, and my co-producer Hank Sapoznik for his great work with me on this project. Also, I wish to thank all of the collectors who kindly loaned rare recordings to me for use on this project. I particularly want to thank my wife for her patience with me during this project."
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