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Everyone who knows Kevin knows he isn't the greatest of singers; yes he can hold a tune, sing and write three part harmonies but the tone and control of his voice isn't that good. He does however write some damn good songs and this has always been his dilemma, how do you put your songs over to the public without killing them dead with your singing. In order to get over this dichotomy Kevin enlisted the help of some friends and the group 'Koo°ler' is the result. Since then other people (Georgia, for example) have also recorded some of his songs. Kevin lists his interests as: Christine and the kids (all the kids), music and seeing the world. Kevin’s interest in music comes from his mother who was a great singer but never made it past the pubs and clubs of Lancashire: “She had a very Vera-Lynne like voice – always gave me Goosebumps when she sang – and she sang when making the dinner, cleaning the house, making the beds, etc., etc., etc.”. Kevin started playing guitar when he was fifteen: “I saw Terry Walsh at an all night party showing some other spotty kids how to play chords – I thought ‘core – I’ll have some of that’ so with Christmas only a month away I begged my dad for a guitar – I ended up with what can only be called an f-hole nightmare”. But by Easter of that year Kevin persuaded his dad to let him have a real guitar and he started to learn the instrument: “In those days you couldn’t afford both the music and the record so you bought the record and learnt to play the music from that – this practice gave us all a very good ear not just for pitch and timing but also for differentiating between the parts you were trying to play and the others” Having become a reasonable player in a fairly short time Kevin placed an advert for a group in the local paper. The group turned up but wanted proof that Kevin could quickly learn to play lead parts – they gave him a number of songs to learn – he passed the audition. This is how he met James Donaldson, his life long music buddy: “We did a hell of a lot of good things together during this time: TV, Radio 2, Local Radio, Concerts, and the Albert Hall (Backing: Charlie Landsborough) – you name it we did it; it was one of those nearly famous moments in time”. “In those days James did all the song writing and I was just his lead player and far too lazy to write – well James was doing that, why should I?. When eventually James moved back to Scotland in 2003 I decided to give song writing a try. Glad I did! |
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