THIS BAND HAVE A LONG AND PROUD HERITAGE. ORIGINALLY FOUNDED BY
PAUL KING AND COLIN EARL - BOTH FOUNDER MEMBERS OF "MUNGO
JERRY", THE BAND HAS GROWN AND CHANGED OVER THE INTERVENING YEARS.
DESCRIBED
BY CRITICS AS THE MOST EXCITING "BLUES JUG BAND" IN THE COUNTRY TODAY.
WHEN PAUL KING RETIRED FROM THE BAND IN 1996 THE TEAM REFORMED WITH DAVE
PEABODY ON GUITAR + VOCALS AND MAL DANN ON PERCUSSION. AS WELL AS COLIN
EARL, IAN CAMPBELL REMAINED ON LEAD GUITAR AND COLIN PATTENDEN (ex
MANFRED MANN'S EARTH BAND) ON BASS.
FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS IN THE INTERVENING YEARS SAW MAL AND COLIN PATTENDEN
REPLACED BY JOHN COGHLAN AND LES CALVERT
THE CURRENT LINE UP IS A SPECTACULAR FUSION OF
SOME OF THE BEST MUSIC TALENT IN THE COUNTRY, BRINGING TOGETHER
EXPERIENCE FROM MUNGO JERRY, STATUS QUO, ALEXIS
KORNERS'S BLUES INCORPORATED, MIKE COOPER'S MACHINE GUN COMPANY, FOGHAT,
THIN LIZZY, JONAH LOUIS, JOHN COGHLAN'S DIESEL, AND CRAZY
WORLD OF ARTHUR BROWN, NOT TO MENTION A LEAD GUITARIST WHO HAS THREE
TIMES BEEN VOTED ACOUSTIC BLUES GUITARIST OF THE YEAR
!
GO LOOK AT THE WHO'S WHO SECTION TO SEE
MORE OF THE MUSICIANS HERITAGE.