Album Notes

Chris Daniels & the Kings played their first show on March 14, 1984. Chris has toured Europe 16 times and played in the States from South Carolina to Seattle, New York City to LA. The seven piece rockin\' band, called \"funky-blues\" by the Europeans, is an all out \"horn band\" celebrating their 24th year making great R&B, funk, \"jump blues\" and rock n roll. Starting in 1991 the band made a name for themselves touring Europe: playing for the Queen of Holland at the 50 Year VE Day Celebration and at Holland\'s famous Parkpop Rock Festival for 450,000. They have headlined festivals from Mediterranean to the North Sea. They have had number one records on Holland’s number one rock show, “Countdown Café” and had front page success with cover articles in De Telegraph and De Standard in Amsterdam and Brussels and amazing reviews in Billboard, LA Times and Downbeat. There all new \"party till you drop\" record of hits \"Stealin\' The Covers featuers a remarkable list of \"special guests\" including Sonny Landreth, Sam Bush, Bill Payne, Mollie O\'Brien, Hazel Miler, Ritchie Furay, Tony Furtado, Steve Riley, Sam Broussard plus many many more. The Kings Are: Chris Daniels, rhythm guitar, vocals Colin \"Bones\" Jones, lead guitar Chris Stongle, drums, vocals Kevin \"Bro\" Lege, bass, vocals Dean LeDoux, keys, vocals Darryl \"Doody\" Abrahamson, trumpet, vocals Jim Waddell, alto, tenor sax, flute, vocals HERE\'S WHAT SOME FOLKS HAVE TO SAY ABOUT CHRIS DANIELS \"ONE OF THEFEW ACTS WITH ENOUGH BRASS IN ITS GORGONZOLA\" Bruce Haring of Billboard \"THE MOST EXCITING BLUES BASED/R&B TO COME OUT IN YEARS\" Brussels/AntwerpExtra \"IF YOU LIKE GOOD OLD FUNKY MUSIC, CHECK OUT CHRIS DANIELS\" The Los AngelesTimes \"CHRIS DANIELS: IK BEN LEIDER OMDAT IK NIET KAN VOLGEN\" Amsterdam/De Telegraaf/Jip Golsteijn (famed Dutch reporter who interviewed John Lennon and others) \"YOU LOOK JUST LIKE ME ONLY YOUR NOSE IS STRAIGHT\" Patrick Roy - Colorado Avalanche