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Albums by Kokomo Blues : 1991 - 1996
later albums (under the name "Kokomo") can be found on the KOKOMO album page
later albums (under the name "Kokomo") can be found on the KOKOMO album page
TO BE OR WHAT (1996)
Another acoustic collection which saw the band stretching out on three instrumentals, amongst a mix of traditional blues and the band's own songs, trying to bring American blues to a Kiwi context, and write Kiwi blues to fit the American tradition
1. Living In Limbo (D Jacombs) 2. Rainy Night In Taupo (D Jacombs) 3. The Working Class Shuffle (D Jacombs / J Michaelz) 4. Broken China (D Jacombs) 5. The End Of The World (Came Today) (D Jacombs / J Michaelz) 6. Throwin' Up My Hands (G Davis) 7. Sugar Rush (D Jacombs / J Michaelz) (It's All So) Joy Joy 8Happy Happy (D Jacombs / J Michaelz) 9. Thirty Days (D Jacombs) 11. Downhearted Blues (L Austin/ A Hunter) 12. Penguin Glove (G Bullot) 13. G B Boogie (G Bullot / D Jacombs)
Derek Jacombs - Vocals, Guitar
Grant Bullot - Harmonica, Washboard
Roger Bullot - Bass
Paul Higgins - Drums (1, 2, 3, 8, 12)
Grant Winterburn - Organ (2, 5)
Anthony Pickard - Backing vocals (1, 4, 5, 8)
In the frustrating wait for the release of Stromboling, the collaboration with Tracie de Jong, Kokomo Blues returned to the Radio New Zealand studio in Wellington to record two half-hour programmes for National Radio. The songs used in the programmes became To Be Or What, a conscious attempt to fuse old blues tunes and styles with the band's original songs
The band also made a second video, for “The Working Class Shuffle”, which through various obscure machinations has ended up in the permanent collection of the National Film Archives in Wellington.
Another acoustic collection which saw the band stretching out on three instrumentals, amongst a mix of traditional blues and the band's own songs, trying to bring American blues to a Kiwi context, and write Kiwi blues to fit the American tradition
1. Living In Limbo (D Jacombs) 2. Rainy Night In Taupo (D Jacombs) 3. The Working Class Shuffle (D Jacombs / J Michaelz) 4. Broken China (D Jacombs) 5. The End Of The World (Came Today) (D Jacombs / J Michaelz) 6. Throwin' Up My Hands (G Davis) 7. Sugar Rush (D Jacombs / J Michaelz) (It's All So) Joy Joy 8Happy Happy (D Jacombs / J Michaelz) 9. Thirty Days (D Jacombs) 11. Downhearted Blues (L Austin/ A Hunter) 12. Penguin Glove (G Bullot) 13. G B Boogie (G Bullot / D Jacombs)
Derek Jacombs - Vocals, Guitar
Grant Bullot - Harmonica, Washboard
Roger Bullot - Bass
Paul Higgins - Drums (1, 2, 3, 8, 12)
Grant Winterburn - Organ (2, 5)
Anthony Pickard - Backing vocals (1, 4, 5, 8)
In the frustrating wait for the release of Stromboling, the collaboration with Tracie de Jong, Kokomo Blues returned to the Radio New Zealand studio in Wellington to record two half-hour programmes for National Radio. The songs used in the programmes became To Be Or What, a conscious attempt to fuse old blues tunes and styles with the band's original songs
The band also made a second video, for “The Working Class Shuffle”, which through various obscure machinations has ended up in the permanent collection of the National Film Archives in Wellington.
STROMBOLING (1996)
(Tracie de Jong & Kokomo Blues)
A writing/recording collaboration. Tracie sings 9 songs, Derek 3. Features guitar from the late great Martin Winch. Long sold out, contact the band to arrange a CD-R on demand.
1. When I Dream (D Jacombs) 2. If We Should Ever Lose (K Martin / D Jacombs / B&T de Jong)
3. Sleepwalking Blues (L Hurley) 4. Carpark World (K Martin / D Jacombs / B&T de Jong) 5. Bonfires (D Jacombs)
6. Year Begins To Cool (K Martin / D Jacombs / B&T de Jong) 7. Better Left Unspoken (D Jacombs / J Michaelz)
8. Don't Worry 'Bout Me (D Jacombs) 9. Fish (K Martin / D Jacombs / B&T de Jong)
10. Karaka Street (K Martin / D Jacombs / B&T de Jong) 11. Riding Underground (K Martin / D Jacombs / B&T de Jong)
12. Blues For Christmas (D Jacombs)
Tracie De Jong - Vocals
Derek Jacombs - Vocals (5, 8, 11), Guitar
Grant Bullôt - Harmonica
Roger Bullôt - Bass
Brian De Jong - Electric Rhythm Guitar (3, 6, 7)
Martin Winch - Electric Lead Guitar (2, 11, 12)
Terry Crayford - Keyboards (1, 4, 5, 8)
Jim Lawrie - Drums
Luke Hurley - 12 String Guitar (3)
Sometime around the beginning of 1995 Tracie approached the Kokomo Blues trio to see about a collaboration on songwriting and to record two 1/2 hour programmes for Radio NZ National, the songs from which could then be released as an album. She had recorded her debut album The Longest Day in this manner with her husband, Brian, a couple of years earlier and had half a dozen lyrics without music from Kieran Martin, their collaborator on that project. Tracie, Brian and Derek wrote music for those 6, and added 5 songs of Derek's and “Sleepwalking Blues”, kindly donated by legendary Kiwi singer/songwriter Luke Hurley .
The late great NZ guitarist Martin Winch came on board as producer (and was eventually persuaded to add some trademark guitar). He brought in some great musicians for the sessions, including keyboard wiz Terry Crayford and Jim Lawrie from iconic NZ band Streettalk. The recording sessions were dogged by illness: Derek was recovering from bronchitis, Grant was suddenly hospitalised with pneumonia the day after finishing the harp parts, as was Tracie the day after the initial session finished.
The release was then delayed for over a year and became a battle with the Australian CD pressing plant who screwed up the first pressing and then denied all responsibility. It was only the intervention of super-producer Nigel Stone that saw them admit their mistakes and led to the eventual release of Stromboling on Ode Records.
Sadly, Ode Records has since been sold to BMG and the album was long ago filed in the "forget-about-it" bin, so it's damn near impossible to find. Should you want to obtain this vital link in the Kokomo chain, contact the band and we can arrange to make CD-Rs on demand. There might even be a couple of genuine original copies, complete with Roger's immaculate artwork, somewhere in the Kokomo office...
(Tracie de Jong & Kokomo Blues)
A writing/recording collaboration. Tracie sings 9 songs, Derek 3. Features guitar from the late great Martin Winch. Long sold out, contact the band to arrange a CD-R on demand.
1. When I Dream (D Jacombs) 2. If We Should Ever Lose (K Martin / D Jacombs / B&T de Jong)
3. Sleepwalking Blues (L Hurley) 4. Carpark World (K Martin / D Jacombs / B&T de Jong) 5. Bonfires (D Jacombs)
6. Year Begins To Cool (K Martin / D Jacombs / B&T de Jong) 7. Better Left Unspoken (D Jacombs / J Michaelz)
8. Don't Worry 'Bout Me (D Jacombs) 9. Fish (K Martin / D Jacombs / B&T de Jong)
10. Karaka Street (K Martin / D Jacombs / B&T de Jong) 11. Riding Underground (K Martin / D Jacombs / B&T de Jong)
12. Blues For Christmas (D Jacombs)
Tracie De Jong - Vocals
Derek Jacombs - Vocals (5, 8, 11), Guitar
Grant Bullôt - Harmonica
Roger Bullôt - Bass
Brian De Jong - Electric Rhythm Guitar (3, 6, 7)
Martin Winch - Electric Lead Guitar (2, 11, 12)
Terry Crayford - Keyboards (1, 4, 5, 8)
Jim Lawrie - Drums
Luke Hurley - 12 String Guitar (3)
Sometime around the beginning of 1995 Tracie approached the Kokomo Blues trio to see about a collaboration on songwriting and to record two 1/2 hour programmes for Radio NZ National, the songs from which could then be released as an album. She had recorded her debut album The Longest Day in this manner with her husband, Brian, a couple of years earlier and had half a dozen lyrics without music from Kieran Martin, their collaborator on that project. Tracie, Brian and Derek wrote music for those 6, and added 5 songs of Derek's and “Sleepwalking Blues”, kindly donated by legendary Kiwi singer/songwriter Luke Hurley .
The late great NZ guitarist Martin Winch came on board as producer (and was eventually persuaded to add some trademark guitar). He brought in some great musicians for the sessions, including keyboard wiz Terry Crayford and Jim Lawrie from iconic NZ band Streettalk. The recording sessions were dogged by illness: Derek was recovering from bronchitis, Grant was suddenly hospitalised with pneumonia the day after finishing the harp parts, as was Tracie the day after the initial session finished.
The release was then delayed for over a year and became a battle with the Australian CD pressing plant who screwed up the first pressing and then denied all responsibility. It was only the intervention of super-producer Nigel Stone that saw them admit their mistakes and led to the eventual release of Stromboling on Ode Records.
Sadly, Ode Records has since been sold to BMG and the album was long ago filed in the "forget-about-it" bin, so it's damn near impossible to find. Should you want to obtain this vital link in the Kokomo chain, contact the band and we can arrange to make CD-Rs on demand. There might even be a couple of genuine original copies, complete with Roger's immaculate artwork, somewhere in the Kokomo office...
WHEN IN ROME DO
ROME (1994) A second acoustic collection of traditional, mostly pre-war, blues with the band's first two original songs as bonus tracks.
1. In The Evening (L Carr) 2. Hey Hey (B Broonzy) 3. Mississippi Blues (W Brown) 4. Diddie Wa Diddie (A Blake) 5. Call It Stormy Monday (T Walker) 6. Fishing Blues (H Thomas) 7. San Francisco Bay Blues (J Fuller) 8. Big Boss Man (J Reed) 9. How Long Blues (L Carr) 10. Saturday Blues (I Bracey) 11. Sally Where D'You Get Your Liquor From? (G Davis) 12. Twenty Nine Ways (W Dixon) 13. Freight Train (J Terry)
14. Crawling To The Border (D Jacombs)
Derek Jacombs - Vocals, Guitar
Grant Bullot - Harmonica
Roger Bullot - Bass
Paul Higgins - Drums on “Freight Train”
Richard Cesan - Congas on “Freight Train”
Aimed originally as a quick release on cassette, plans changed after it was picked up for distribution by NZ record label Jayrem. By that time Kokomo Blues had started on an intended album of original songs so “Freight Train” and “Crawling To The Border”, the first two songs from that project, were included as “bonus tracks” on the subsequent CD. “Freight Train” was written for the band by Tauranga musician John Terry.
It was the first time the band worked with Nigel Masters, who in 1998 took over from Roger Bullot as Kokomo's bass player. The album title comes from a saying of the wonderful old bluesman Mississippi John Hurt. An alternative title under consideration was Holy Shit Batman, It's Kokomo Blues!
ROME (1994) A second acoustic collection of traditional, mostly pre-war, blues with the band's first two original songs as bonus tracks.
1. In The Evening (L Carr) 2. Hey Hey (B Broonzy) 3. Mississippi Blues (W Brown) 4. Diddie Wa Diddie (A Blake) 5. Call It Stormy Monday (T Walker) 6. Fishing Blues (H Thomas) 7. San Francisco Bay Blues (J Fuller) 8. Big Boss Man (J Reed) 9. How Long Blues (L Carr) 10. Saturday Blues (I Bracey) 11. Sally Where D'You Get Your Liquor From? (G Davis) 12. Twenty Nine Ways (W Dixon) 13. Freight Train (J Terry)
14. Crawling To The Border (D Jacombs)
Derek Jacombs - Vocals, Guitar
Grant Bullot - Harmonica
Roger Bullot - Bass
Paul Higgins - Drums on “Freight Train”
Richard Cesan - Congas on “Freight Train”
Aimed originally as a quick release on cassette, plans changed after it was picked up for distribution by NZ record label Jayrem. By that time Kokomo Blues had started on an intended album of original songs so “Freight Train” and “Crawling To The Border”, the first two songs from that project, were included as “bonus tracks” on the subsequent CD. “Freight Train” was written for the band by Tauranga musician John Terry.
It was the first time the band worked with Nigel Masters, who in 1998 took over from Roger Bullot as Kokomo's bass player. The album title comes from a saying of the wonderful old bluesman Mississippi John Hurt. An alternative title under consideration was Holy Shit Batman, It's Kokomo Blues!
THE OLD ORIGINAL
KOKOMO BLUES (1992)
An acoustic collection of traditional, mostly pre-war, blues, now unavailable except as an extra on the Kokomo À Gogo DVD.
1. Crossroad Blues (R Johnson) 2. Stealing (Trad) 3. Love In Vain (R Johnson) 4. That's No Way To Get Along (R Wilkins)
5. So Much Trouble (B McGhee) 6. Hesitation Blues (Trad) 7. Can't Be Satisfied (M Morganfield) 8. Bye Bye Blues (T Johnson) 9. Big Road Blues (T Johnson) 10. Mean Old World (T Walker)
Derek Jacombs - Vocals, Guitar
Grant Bullot - Harmonica
Roger Bullot - Bass
In 1992, with no budget, Kokomo Blues scrounged recording time for a debut album, paying for 6 hours at Tandy's recording studio in Hamilton and sneaking into the School Of Audio Engineering in Auckland where a friend was doing a recording course and offered to record a few songs free of charge.
A video was made for “Love In Vain”, directed by Daniel Greenwood who was studying broadcasting at the Tauranga Poytechnic. It received good TV play and three years later won the Best Music Video Award at the inaugural Bay Of Plenty Music Awards.
KOKOMO BLUES (1992)
An acoustic collection of traditional, mostly pre-war, blues, now unavailable except as an extra on the Kokomo À Gogo DVD.
1. Crossroad Blues (R Johnson) 2. Stealing (Trad) 3. Love In Vain (R Johnson) 4. That's No Way To Get Along (R Wilkins)
5. So Much Trouble (B McGhee) 6. Hesitation Blues (Trad) 7. Can't Be Satisfied (M Morganfield) 8. Bye Bye Blues (T Johnson) 9. Big Road Blues (T Johnson) 10. Mean Old World (T Walker)
Derek Jacombs - Vocals, Guitar
Grant Bullot - Harmonica
Roger Bullot - Bass
In 1992, with no budget, Kokomo Blues scrounged recording time for a debut album, paying for 6 hours at Tandy's recording studio in Hamilton and sneaking into the School Of Audio Engineering in Auckland where a friend was doing a recording course and offered to record a few songs free of charge.
A video was made for “Love In Vain”, directed by Daniel Greenwood who was studying broadcasting at the Tauranga Poytechnic. It received good TV play and three years later won the Best Music Video Award at the inaugural Bay Of Plenty Music Awards.