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Paddie McHugh

Paddie McHugh - KokomoPaddie, along with Frank and Dyan, moved from Liverpool to London in the 60s, leading to the formation of Arrival, who had a top ten hit with Friends in 1970. This trio, along with Tony O'Malley, formed the nucleus of the London sessions that led to the formation of Kokomo.

Angel, an Aretha Franklin number sung by Paddie, is on the first Kokomo album and has long been  a mainstay of the live set.

Here's a selection of songs  on which Paddie sings lead: Happy Birthday, Follow (the Stars Will Bring You Home) and, of course, Angel.
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

Video

Half Moon, October 2016

A few numbers from the first of two great nights at the Half Moon, October 2016

Photos

The Half Moon, Putney – 14-15th October 2016

By general agreement, these were the best gigs since the 2014 re-union – two sold-out nights with crowds in the weekend mood helped. For the record, Mel Collins was back on sax (“Bet …

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Lonely Town, Lonely Street

From the the first of two sold-out nights at Half Moon, 14 October 2016

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The Robert Elms Soul Night at Boisdale, Canary Wharf, 8th April 2016

Boisdale is a up-scale ‘restaurant in Canary Wharf that has live jazz, blues and soul music every day. Robert Elms hosts an occasional Friday ‘soul night’ there, often with tribute …

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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

  • 18 Feb 23 West Kensington at Nell’s Buy tickets
  • 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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