THE KING EARL BOOGIE BAND
NEWS
CURRENT NEWS OF THE BAND
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The 250 Most Valuable Records Of Our Time The December 2006 issue of RECORD COLLECTOR magazine (issue 330) has a cover feature listing the 250 most valuable records of our time. Members of THE KING EARL BOOGIE BAND get a mention ! STATUS QUO - with their famous drummer, our own JOHN COGHLAN, are listed twice. Their withdrawn single Technicolour Dreams (1968) is 76 on the list and stock copies sell for £1000. Fascinatingly, there are more demo copies than real stock copies available - a demo copy only raises £300. LEVEE CAMP MOAN - featuring IAN CAMPBELL are 212 in the list with copies of their Live At Peacock Farm LP going for £600. |
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blues in britain
- November 2006 edition This august and respected blues magazine includes a major feature interview with COLIN EARL in its November 2006 edition. The interview is reproduced more or less verbatim and Colin revealed lots about his career development, his personal influences, his aspirations for the King Earl Boogie Band and at long last - after thirty four years of silence - his version of why Mungo Jerry broke up. The interview, by Fran Leslie, editor of Blues in britain, is the cover feature and is accompanied by some excellent photographs by Richard Brayshaw - including two full page portraits as well as the front cover portrait. You can learn more about Blues in britain at www.bluesinbritain.org . The photo is by Richard Brayshaw - see more of his work at www.newhill.net . |
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NEW CD -
August 2006 - At last the new CD is released. Entitled
LOADED & LIVE it boasts thirteen tracks
recorded live during performances at Sterts Open Air Theatre and at
Carnglaze Cavern - both in Cornwall - during 2005. As well as
some old favourites like Jelly Roll Baker and Slow Down (with Les on
vocals), it has some new songs by Dave Peabody. The disc opens
with the bands current favourite, Money To Burn (one of Dave's
own songs), and closes with another favourite, Marie Marie.
The recording captures the essence of "live" music - it's been well worth waiting for. |
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IN THE SUMMERTIME MEETS ROCKIN' ALL OVER THE WORLD !
Dateline
October 16th 2005 : Location; The Rose & Crown pub, Shilton,
Oxfordshire
JOHN COGHLAN, founder member of
legendary Rock Band, STATUS QUO, guested on drums for the KING EARL
BOOGIE BAND in this beautiful sleepy little village. The band
rocked - it was as if they were born to play together !
Dateline
October 18th 2005 : Location; Weybridge, Surrey
After a whirlwind romance, the union is announced. JOHN
COGHLAN has joined the KING EARL BOOGIE BAND as their resident drummer.
Those of us who have watched the KEBB style develop and change over the
years are waiting with baited breath - it's so good already, how can it
possibly get better ?
MUNGO JERRY FILMED FOR DUTCH T.V.
One day Liz Earl - the power behind the throne - got home from work to be met at the door by a burly sound engineer with a woolly microphone on a boom who didn't speak any English ! Liz has been around Colin long enough not to panic and call the police - instead she ventured into her living room to find the place full of lights and a camera team from Dutch Television. They were making a documentary celebrating iconic songs about the Summer and - of course - "In The Summertime" is one of the best selling ever of such songs. What better place to film an interview with Colin than in his own home. The interview was shown on Dutch TV early in December 2003 as part of the documentary SINGLE LUCK see http://babyjump.topcities.com for more details.