THE KENTUCKYS Rumba Bar demos part 2 with a real surprise : Vater Weiler speaks

The Kentuckys in Frankfurt. A photosession for their first 7" record. The band in the infamous bolero suits and Peter and Manni with their hair dyed platin blond. Minutes later they all ended up in the pool.

This is probably the last batch of recordings by this particular Wuppertal gang which I’m going to upload. If you really want to know more about The Kentuckys, the most comprehensive and extensive band history is in hartbeat! (issue 21). Loads of anecdotes and otherwise unpublished pictures. And the mag comes with a free 7” record also, although not featuring The Kentuckys.

 

The band on these recordings is the definite Kentuckys line-up: Bernd “Rocky” Zindars on drums, Peter Paul Frohn, lead guitar, Manfred Weiler, rhythm guitar, Bernd Weiler, organ, and Peter Zadina on bass. A tough rockin’ outfit, playing monthly residences between 1963 and 1968.

 

The Kentuckys were sheer madness. They were a real crazy lot, no prank was too insane or embarrassing for them not to perform it. They were real hardcore nuts, also musically.

 

Here we’ve got a real surprise for you:  a message by father Weiler. He managed the band up to a certain point. Mother Weiler meanwhile was busy sewing the band’s stage clothes… such as the infamous Bolero outfits. 

 

Und hier noch links zu einem Peter Zadina Interview von 1997 (für die Kentuckys-Story in hartbeat! 21)

 

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01 THE KENTUCKYS – Cadillac (demo)

02 THE KENTUCKYS – Walkin’ The Dog (demo)

03 THE KENTUCKYS – Tired Of Waiting For You (demo)

04 THE KENTUCKYS – Long Tall Girl (demo)

05 THE KENTUCKYS – You Can Make It If You Try (demo)

06 THE KENTUCKYS – All Day And All Of The Night (demo)

07 THE KENTUCKYS – Just Can’t Go To Sleep (demo)

08 THE KENTUCKYS – Louie Louie (demo)

09 THE KENTUCKYS – The Last Time (demo)

10 THE KENTUCKYS – Beatnik Fly (demo)

11 A message to all Kentuckys fans and the band by their band manager/father Daddy Weiler from 1981

NEDERBEAT 5 – Dutch Diamonds

 

 

Okay, here we go with another compilation of Dutch Beat era recordings. All so wonderful. I actually love this music! I remember signs like “Geen fietsen plaatsen” which way back then made our day. Apart from Amsterdam, the Dutch coastal resorts were the place to go with live music in numberless clubs. We would sleep in hotels, greenhouses, cars, wherever we could rest our heads, just to be there, to breathe the air, to get the vibrations so undescribable. Everything was so different to where we came from, at least we thought so, but maybe it was only a dream. Anyway, we were thrilled, something that determines youth. I cannot build a statue big enough for those Dutch bands, the clubs, the aura. Thank you. Also for the broodjes met tartaar. Yet not for arresting me at 2 o’clock in the night for knocking off my urine against a wall. There are more Nederbeat compilations on this blog, just browse older posts. 

 

Dutch Diamonds part 1

  

 

 

01 THE CAVALIERS Assepoes

02 THE BUMBLE BEES Girl Of My Kind

03 THE COOPERS Didn't I

04 THE SOUND MAGICS Don't You Remember

05 THE VIPERS The Town Of Tuxley Toymaker

06 THE JOHN BREUGHEL FOUR Sweet Damrose

07 SHORT '66 I L N Double U

08 THE SOUND MAGICS When I Meet Her

09 FIRST MOVE Just A Little Bit

10 ADJÉÈF THE POET Iekk! I'm A Freak

11 Q65 And Your Kind

12 THE SPARKLINGS Now It's Your Turn To Cry

13 THE SELFKICK Gosh, I'm Your Woman, Not Your Wife

14 ERIK VAN ELDIK AND THE SHAKIN' HEARTS My Old Kentucky Home

15 THE TIELMAN BROTHERS What'd I Say (live)

16 LES BAROQUES The Way You Do The Things You Do

17 THE SOUND MAGICS Just for You               

18 LES BAROQUES Too Shy To Say Hello

19 THE FREE Try Try Try (Part 1)

20 J. B. EUSON & STAX I Want You Around Me

 

Dutch Diamonds part 2 

01 GROUP 1850 - Mother No-Head

02 AB&C – Psst

03 THE OUTSIDERS - Doctor

04 THE TIELMAN BROTHERS - Peter Gunn (live)

05 DE MASKERS - Inside Looking Out (live)

06 THE ENTERTAINERS - Down Home Girl

07 SCREEN - Sunny

08 BRAINBOX - Summertime

09 THE INSECT - Be Good And Go

10 THE LOSERS - Give Me Time

11 THE MOKUM BEAT FIVE - Apologize

12 THE CONDORS - It Was A Lie

13 THE RASCAL ROUTS - Dum Da Di Dum

14 THE BUMBLE BEES - Maybe Someday

15 THE SOUND SPECIALS - I Wasn't Satisfied

16 GROEP REZA - It's A Shame

17 THE INTERPRETERS - Any Time

18 THE ENTERTAINERS - Searching

19 THE COMPETITORS - Long Tall Shorty

20 THE MODS - Baby Please Don't Go