The Kingbees - 2 albums: Big Boys 'n' Pink Ladies / Stories To Hold You Spellbound

The Kingbees started as a trio in Lousiana's R & B pop style. Piano, saxophone and drums. This was in spring 2003. But quite soon, it knocked on the repository door, and perhaps the end of the city's end-jazz influenced "professor" in vintage music. Mr Slapbas, Klas Henriksson, became the fifth part and brought the rock movie into the band. This setting also became The Kingbees signum. Several influences melted down to a spice in Lee Ericson's compositions, and with some humility we bring out the best of ourselves.

In the spring of 2004, the band got a record contract and in June of the same year, the song "Big Boys N 'Pink Ladies" was on the Swedish top for six weeks. The Kingbees has been touring in Sweden, Norway, Finland, at festivals in Belgium and Holland. Also contributed music to the movie Jägarna2. (Translated from Swedish.)

Album: Big Boys 'n' Pink Ladies
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 51:10
Size: 117.1 MB
Styles: Roots rock, Rockabilly Revival
Year: 2004
Art: Front

[3:01] 1. I'm A Kingbee
[5:20] 2. That's The Way It Is
[3:46] 3. Big Boys 'n' Pink Ladies
[3:46] 4. Love Train
[2:28] 5. You Better Believe It
[3:51] 6. Stranded
[4:44] 7. On Top Of A Roof
[3:20] 8. Sweet Little Dangerous
[3:51] 9. Desire
[3:50] 10. Your Letter
[4:31] 11. Channel No 7
[5:09] 12. Cry Me A River
[3:26] 13. For You My Love

Lee Ericson - Vocals & Piano; Mikael "Redhead" Holmström - Guitars; Gustav Hagelberg - Saxophones & Backing Vocals; Klas Henriksson - Double Bass & Backing Vocals; Johan Höglund - Drums & Percussion. Additional Musicians: Andreas Wendelholt - Saxophones; Anders Borg - Trumpet; Backing Vocals - Matilda Luckner & Charlotte Göransson. Recorded & Mixed at Big Bara Boom Studio September 2003.

Big Boys 'n' Pink Ladies

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Album: Stories To Hold You Spellbound
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 43:07
Size: 98.7 MB
Styles: Roots rock, Rockabilly Revival
Year: 2006
Art: Front

[4:19] 1. Spellbound
[4:53] 2. Boogeyman
[4:05] 3. Don't Drink & Drive
[4:36] 4. Wrap It Up
[5:18] 5. Too Much Going On
[3:09] 6. Frisco Bay
[3:28] 7. Genevieve
[2:35] 8. Voodoo Voodoo
[4:02] 9. Oggie & Zack
[2:25] 10. I'm On Fire
[4:13] 11. Part Time Love

Lee Ericson - Lead Vocals, Piano, Accordion & Hammond; Mikael "Redhead" Holmström - Guitars; Klas Henriksson - Doublebass & Backing Vocals; Gustav Hagelberg - Saxophones, Backing Vocals & Percussion; Johan Höglund - Drums. Additional Musicians: Andreas Wendelholt - Saxophones; Petra Rydgren - Backing Vocals. Recorded & Mixed at The Panic Room by Thomas "Plec" Johansson in October 2005.

Stories To Hold You Spellbound

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VA - The Louisville Blues Compilation Vol. II

Size: 122,2 MB
Time: 52:34
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2013
Styles: Blues
Art: Front

01 Mark Stein - Extra Marks (2:53)
02 Da Mudcats - Bourbon For Breakfast (2:54)
03 Jimmy Davis - Holdin' The Knife (4:43)
04 Mississippi Adam Riggle - Good Times Bad Times (3:47)
05 River City Blues Band - Travelin' In My Mind To Be With You (2:52)
06 Big Poppa Stampley - I Ain't No Good Enough (5:18)
07 Susan O'Neil - Sugar Daddy (3:35)
08 Lamont Gillispie - The Day The Delta Cried (A Tribute To Sam Myers) (3:50)
09 Joe Debow Experience - Can't Walk Away (6:35)
10 The Kingbees - Blues Contusion (6:07)
11 Little T & A - Midnight's Almost Gone (4:58)
12 Jimi V - Three Long Years (4:57)

The Louisville Blues Compilation Vol. II

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The Kingbees - The Kingbees (Bonus Tracks)

Size: 120,2 MB
Time: 51:53
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1980/2015
Styles: Rockabilly Blues, Rock & Roll
Art: Front

01. Sweet Sweet Girl To Me (2:24)
02. My Mistake (2:55)
03. Man Made For Love (3:53)
04. No Repsect (3:38)
05. Fast Girls (1:59)
06. Shake-Bop (2:32)
07. Once Is Not Enough (2:30)
08. Ting-A-Ling (2:31)
09. Follow Your Heart (2:17)
10. Everybody's Gone (5:12)
11. My Mistake (Demo) (3:02)
12. Man Made For Love (Demo) (3:24)
13. Burnin' The Town Tonight (Demo) (2:18)
14. Ting-A-Ling (Demo) (2:33)
15. Fast Girls (Demo) (2:11)
16. Somethin' Else (Live) (2:08)
17. Not Fade Away (Live) (2:37)
18. Bo Diddley (Live) (3:40)

The American heartland was reminded of the existence of rockabilly in 1982, when the Stray Cats compilation Built for Speed finally broke the Long Island hepcats in the United States, but some of that credit should have gone to the Kingbees. In 1980, "My Mistake," a lean and grooving bit of updated rockabilly with a "Peter Gunn" bassline, became a regional hit in the Midwest, and the band toured hard behind the single and their self-titled debut album, despite the fact their label, RSO Records, was starting to crumble after the soundtrack to the movie Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band proved to be a major commercial disaster. If RSO had been in better shape, "My Mistake" might have been a major hit nationwide (it peaked at 80 on the Billboard singles charts), but it was a fine bit of proto-rockabilly, as was the album that spawned it. Kingbees leader Jamie James was an avowed Buddy Holly fan, and their debut album showed they learned their lessons well from the bespectacled master; the band was a three-piece with no frills and plenty of energy, and James' lively, concise guitar leads were given excellent support by bassist Michael Rummans and drummer Rex Roberts, and the three delivered solid harmonies. James could write in the rockabilly idiom without drowning his songs in clichés, and "My Mistake," "Shake-Bop," "Once Is Not Enough," and "Fast Girls" demonstrate they could push the style into the present day without robbing it of what made it memorable. (They also knew just what to do when they were covering Buddy Holly or Don Gibson.) Jamie James and the Kingbees may not have been major advocates of rockabilly as a fashion statement, but they knew how to make a hot rock & roll record, and The Kingbees is a strong and satisfying set from a combo whose members knew how to make the sound connect in their own way.

The Kingbees

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The Kingbees - The Kingbees 1 & 2

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 62:05
Size: 142.1 MB
Styles: Rockabilly, Roots rock
Year: 1998
Art: Front

[2:22] 1. Sweet Sweet Girl To Me
[2:53] 2. My Mistake
[3:52] 3. Man Made For Love
[3:35] 4. No Respect
[1:59] 5. Fast Girls
[2:30] 6. Shake-Bop
[2:28] 7. Once Is Not Enough
[2:28] 8. Ting-A-Ling
[2:16] 9. Follow Your Heart
[5:12] 10. Everbody's Gone
[3:18] 11. The Big Rock
[2:17] 12. She Ain't My Baby
[2:37] 13. She Can't Make-Up Her Mind
[3:27] 14. How Can I Love You
[2:13] 15. Let Myself Go
[2:29] 16. Stick It Out!
[2:24] 17. Right Behind You Baby
[1:56] 18. Wishing
[2:44] 19. Boppin' The Blues
[2:12] 20. Burnin' The Town Tonight
[2:52] 21. The Ugly Truth
[3:51] 22. Rockin' My Life Away

Rock of the eighties favorites, The KINGBEES! This pure power-pop group’s debut album spent twelve weeks in Billboard’s top 200, spawning two charting singles, “My Mistake,” and “Shake Bop.” The year was an exciting one for the KINGBEES as they appeared on Dick Clark’s American Bandstand in addition to recording all the musical tracks for the much talked about fifties period flick, The Idolmaker.

Oglio Records makes available the two original releases by Jamie James and his KINGBEES all on one disc! Twenty-two tracks of pure power-pop delivered by eighties buzz band, KINGBEES

The Kingbees 1 & 2 mc
The Kingbees 1 & 2 zippy

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The KingBees - Hoodoo Moon

Size: 92,2 MB
Time: 40:15
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2013
Styles: Rockin' Blues, Modern Electric Blues
Art: Front

01. Blues Confusion (2:52)
02. Gimme My Money Back (3:52)
03. Go Anywhere (3:59)
04. Tears In The Rain (4:44)
05. Circlin' The Drain (6:29)
06. Ain't Got You (3:47)
07. Hoodoo Moon (3:17)
08. I Got My Ex Paid Off (4:40)
09. I'm Thinkin' (2:38)
10. Younger Girls (3:53)

The KingBees second album, Hoodoo Moon, solidifies them as one of the midwest's most creatively original blues bands.
The 10 new original songs run the gamut from Chicago to New Orleans blues, with some blues rock in the mix. As Greg Martin, guitar virtuoso from the Kentucky Headhunters blurbed on the Hoodoo Moon cover, " RIck, Jim, David, Mike and Rob wear their influences well. Louisville blues icons such as Sylvester Weaver and Steve Ferguson from NRBQ woild be proud"
Rick Cain's gritty vocals and screaming harp, Rob Brown's impeccable keyboard work, the roaring thunder of the rhythm section featuring Dave Marasco on drums and Big Mike Taylor on the Fender bass, and the distinctive guitar work by Jim Haswell, coupled with eclectic and topical songwriting combine to form a uniquely satisfying album.
Recorded at LaLa Land studio and produced by Steve Wilson, amp tech to the late Stevie Ray Vaughn and current sound director for the Headhunters, Hoodoo Moon is guaranteed to please.

Hoodoo Moon

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