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Arrival / On Record

As Arrival departed, Kokomo arrived

When, much to the surprise of the musicians who’d been playing ad hoc gigs at the venue, when the KOKOMO sign went up outside The Pheasantry on the King’s Road …

News / On Record / Reviews / To Be Cool: The Rehearsal Sessions

Record Collector review: Hot Stuff from an ultra cool band

Review of “To Be Cool: The Rehearsal Sessions” from Record Collector magazine.
Hot stuff from an ultra cool band
Four stars

On Record / To Be Cool: The Rehearsal Sessions

New double CD: To Be Cool – the Rehearsal Sessions

The ‘To be Cool’ album has long been prized by Kokomo fans. It showcases the band in very fine form in a live session in their early days. A new …

On Record

Unreleased tracks from 1985 now available

“Half of What I Am” and “Looking for Something Real” were written by Frank Collins and recorded in around 1985. They’re now available on all major streaming platforms.

News

RIP Dyan Birch, loved by all the Kokomo family

From Frank Collins, 11 October 2020:It’s with the deepest sadness I’m here to announce the passing of my lifelong friend the incredibly beautiful Dyan Birch who passed peacefully in her …

Tom Adams
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RIP Tom Adams, creator of Kokomo’s iconic album sleeve

We’ve just had the sad news that the illustrator, Tom Adams, who produced the wonderful artwork for our first album, died last Dec (2019), he was 93. His lovely wife …

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About Kokomo

British soul pioneers, Kokomo, built their reputation and loyal following with awesome live shows. A series of packed reunion gigs since 2014 proved that the band is grooving as well as ever. This led to the "Soul Summit", with old touring partners the Average White Band, that sold out the Royal Festival Hall in 2015.

Upcoming shows

  • 27 Apr 23 London at Half Moon, Putney Buy tickets
  • 28 Apr 23 Chipping Sodbury at Chipping Sodbury Town Hall Buy tickets
  • 29 Apr 23 Shoreham-by-Sea at Ropetackle Arts Centre, Shoreham-by-Sea Buy tickets

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Timeline

Interviews

Tony O'Malley

A 2015 interview with Craig Chaligne of the 'Louder Than War' site, timed for the release of his Back in the Bag album, and including some Kokomo insights.

In conversation with Keef Trouble in 2010 (video)

Frank Collins

Frank talks about his life and times in music (video)

Neil Hubbard

A backstage video interview

Jim Mullen

Jim's unusual guitar technique explained

Mel Collins

Mel talks about his career to Chris Groom.

Credits

Thanks to Steven Cropper, John 'Ziggy' Parkes, Anita Corbin and Neil Holmes for their photos, Peter Hubbard, Doug Dean and David Bird for doing the lots of leg work on the gig dates and the reviews/clippings.

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