or how I became a Kasim Sulton fan...
It's hard to decide where to begin... Kasim Sulton is not only a talented musician who has worked with the most amazing range of people, he's a brilliant singer/songwriter in his own right. But I'm getting ahead of myself!
It all began in 1999 when I saw the Storytellers video for the first time. I was in the middle of a major Meat Loaf phase and really needed a fix every day. It was all about Meat the first 100 or so times I watched, and suddenly I heard this voice clear and strong. "You took the words right outta my mouth, oh, it must have been..." and then the voice was gone - disappeared under the audience chorus.
I rewound the video and listened to what Meat was saying. Kasim? Who the heck is that?? I fast forwarded to the part where Meat introduces the band. He went around from John to Tom to Damon to Ray to... Oh my. A face to match the voice. What a smile! What a wave! I was hooked.
I was working at my College library for 9 hours the next day. Not a lot was going on, so I surfed the net for this Kasim Sultan guy. Yes, I did spell it wrong... but I still stumbled across a web site. Then I discovered the correct spelling and found Kasim Sulton: A Fan's View (now our beloved KasimInfo.com). The rest is, as they say, history!
Kasim just released his fourth solo album (possibly third, depending on how you count his Price-Sulton album, or fifth given that there were two versions of The Bassment/Basement Tapes!), "Quid Pro Quo," which is WONDERFUL. Visit Spheresound.com to purchase this limited edition disc - a fabulous bargain at $16 w/free shipping (while it lasts!!!).
For more information on what Kaism's doing and where he's playing next, please visit KasimSulton.com and sign up for Kasim's mailing list.
Another excellent site for information on Kasim's career is KasimInfo.com - it's the Authorized Fan Site and Sue only posts information which has been confirmed.
Kasim himself has called KI.com "The Definitive Kasim Sulton Web Site," while one of his brothers calls it the "meat and potatoes Kasim site"!!
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