One Thumpin’ Kitty

by Tommy Roeck

One Thumpin’ Kitty by Tommy Roeck

This pistol packing mamma was born in Chicago, and isn’t a stranger to the rock
n roll scene. She started at the age of 18 as the lead singer of her own project called
“Entrapment” which performed at the Arkansas State Fair in 1987. After learning
bass guitar, she decided to pull a “Suzi Quatro” and front and play bass in a band
called “XTCX” in Little Rock with Matt Shook & John Hardeman. At age 19 she
decided to hit the road and reach for her dreams of bright lights and Hollywood
stardom.
Spending her time in Hollywood was a real eye-opener for the Little Rock high
school graduate. She spent lots of time practicing her bass, and taking lessons, to
bring herself up to speed with the vast ocean of endless long haired bands and their
own aspirations at stardom. It all started with a bonefied rock star wedding that
only lasted a year to a drummer named Kevin Radomsky in a “signed” glam rock
band called, “Lickity Split.” who incidentally gave out free tongue rubbers at their
shows. That turned out to be a crash and burn event. Kristi was finally ready to get
that all girl band together and hit the stage.

She played in numerous all girl bands, “Deva”, “Love child”, “Dizzy Cheetah”,
“Pink Passion”, and “Sun Goddess” to name a few, while attending Trebas Institute
of recording arts where she graduated with a Degree in Music Business
Administration. She was able to play on the infamous Sunset Strip and attend some
great parties, along with waitress gig at legendary Gazzarri’s on the strip!!

Kristi was Quoted as saying; “I bumped into lots of famous musicians including
Axel Rose one night at the Rainbow with about 10 girls on each arm in 1992. It was
a trip alright. Vince Neil drunk out of his mind walking down stairs at the Rainbow
and of Course Lemmy Kilmister always at the Rainbow upstairs at the VIP lounge,
still there today probably, he lives above the place. Limo Rides and always some
crazy exploits, it was Rock n Roll alright, late night gatherings to the Rock n Roll
Denny’s it was called on Sunset, still there today. Even did some extra work on some
movies for a short time and appeared in a couple of scenes in the film “Wayne’s
World”. “
Getting burnt out on the music scene in Los Angeles, Kristi moved back to Little
Rock bringing a band member (Chris Propper-The Who Tribute Project) from LA
with her and played in their original band called, “Wormhole.” The band played in
the Little Rock scene for about a year along with Lee Wood Thomas, a drummer
friend, and Little Rock native. They made a nice little splash in the Natural State
pond, putting together, “the Festival of Fears” and worked with the Free Press on
several Vino’s shows and more.

Kolberg returned to LA after some time in Arkansas, only to reinvent herself

again. But this time she left her old band member, Chris Propper to pursue his own
project, and for her to continue the dream the all-female group once again. With
much trial and error, she made her final move back to the Rock in 1997 and began
performing in cover bands, which was a first for the mostly all original song stress.
Playing in numerous cover bands in late 90’s in Arkansas, Kristi became
interested the blues and started her own band called, “Eclectic Sunshine” and
placed 2nd in the Arkansas River Blues Society contest that year. Playing the blues
was fun and definitely a great experience for her, listening to bands and artists she
never heard before helped define her musical soul! Then she played in “Back Alley
Sally” with Fred Dugas, “Local Rain man”, “Twisted Halo”, “Wet Lucy” with Brad
Scarda, “Classified” with Tina Miller, and various blues projects and her own
acoustic project called, “Acoustic Sun” a guitar duo she did around town for a short
time. She was voted - best female bassist at the Fox & Hound Sunday night jam
session after religiously attending the event in 2002
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Then she took a musical hiatus in 2003 when she remarried and had a baby girl
named, Alexis. The only performing she did during that time was to play at a few
local churches, and that was good experience for her. She even did a Christian rock
show and called the band “Elevate” at the opening of a Shell gas station in East End,
AR in 2006 and had a blast!

Now it’s 2011 and Kristi’s been ready to hit it one more time! With a strong
vision, she started a band called, “LIQUID KITTY” in the Summer of 2010. The
lineup went through a lot of changes in that year, but they are confidently ready to
rock once again until the wheels fall off. They played the Bike Rally at the I-30
Speedway and Spectators in NLR and are ready for the new year. The lineup
includes Lisa Carlton on Lead vocals /keyboards, Lee Wood Thomas on drums,
Wayne Willems on lead guitar /vocals/ guitar keyboards, and Fred Dugas on lead
guitar /vocals/ turntable scratcher, and of course miss Kolberg, “Thumpgirl” on the
Fender and Daisy rock basses. With this lineup there is no stopping these sexy cats.
They play anything from the 70’s, 80’s, 90’s and current. The sky’s the limit this
year for The “Liquid Kitty” Band.

Kristi plays through a 350 watt Hartke amplifier, and this ex Hollwierd refugee
can really make em’ talk and thump of course. You can Catch the group at Lucky’s
bar in Hot springs on Saturday, March 12, 2011. The kitty contest winner’s will be
announced at this show. For further details go to Face book on the “Liquid Kitty“
band page, and please click like while you’re there. For Booking information,
contact Little Rock Entertainment at www.littlerockentertainment.com or Email at
thumpgirl@gmail.com .