KOKOMO - Sweet Home Kokomo - with Tony O'Malley

Tony O'Malley, with original Kokomo members, sings 'Sweet Home Kokomo' at the Sheen Club, Barnes.

A celebration of, and tribute to, a great friend.
Kokomo, Eddy Armani, and Franke Pharoah, kindly perform after a sad event - check out the other videos.

View the video in better quality BlipTV flash vid:
http://blip.tv/file/949000?filename=TonyOMalley-KOKOMOSweetHomeKokomo279.flv
BlipTV mpeg4 - even better - might require full download before playing:
http://blip.tv/file/949000?filename=TonyOMalley-KOKOMOSweetHomeKokomo279.mp4

Vocals and keyboard: Tony O'Malley
(see below).
Guitar: Neil Hubbard (see below).
Guitar: Bernie Holland (see below).
Sax: Mel Collins (see below).
Bass Guitar: Mark Smith (see below).
Backing vocals: Frank Collins, Dyan Birch, Paddy McHugh
(see below).
Drums: Glen Le Fleur (see below).


TONY O'MALLEY, formally of Arrival, Kokomo and 10CC, is from London though currently in Brussels. He recently left Georgia where he has become a national and TV star. He regularly performs in the U.K. and Western Europe (particularly London's 606 Club) - gig details on his website.
Visit Tony at:
http://www.tonyomalley.com
Tony on MySpace:
http://www.myspace.com/tonyomalley1

NEIL HUBBARD was guitarist with The Grease Band, Joe Cocker and Roxy Music, and played on the original 1970 concept album, Jesus Christ Superstar.

FRANK COLLINS, DYAN BIRCH and PADDY McHUGH, are ex-members of Arrival, and later, Kokomo, that included Tony O'Malley, Neil Hubbard, Mel Collins, and Alan Spenner.
Frank, contributing vocals to Bryan Ferry's 'In Your Mind' album, also worked with Ian Dury, Marc Bolan, Terence Trent D'Arby, Alison Moyet, Bob Dylan & Marianne Faithfull.

BERNIE HOLLAND was guitarist with Patto and Love Affair. Later he performed and recorded with, and wrote for, Van Morrison, Georgie Fame, and Jeff Beck, amongst many others. One of the many albums to which he contributed was the Rutles 'Archaeology.' Bernie, also a respected and accredited music teacher, has an upcoming new web site - keep a look out for www.bernieholland.com

MEL COLLINS: veteran saxophonist and flautist; read about the great Mel Collins here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Collins

MARK SMITH , one of the UK's top bass players has worked with many of the greats, including The Waterboys, Leo Sayer, Gonzales, Percy Sledge, Terry Reid, Alvin Stardust, Chris Farlowe, Patricia Kass, Brian Ferry, Tony O'Malley, Barbara Dickson, Shania Twain, Zoot Sims, Neneh Cherry, Lionel Ritchie, Ronan Keating, Malcolm McLaren, Charlotte Church, Van Morrison, George Michael, and Javier Alvarez.
Visit the great Mark Smith:
http://www.marksmithbass.com

GLEN LE FLEUR has been percussionist for Wishbone Ash, Arrival, Ronnie Lane's Slim Chance, Gonzales, and Gerry Rafferty.


Video by Jack Slipper.
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• kokomo
• tony
• omalley
• eddy
• armani
• franke
• pharoah
• neil
• hubbard
• adam
• phillips
• mel
• frank
• collins
• dyan
• birch
• paddy
• mchugh

[strebor1949]

What a treat this is.I thought I was in a time warp!On their day one of the great bands.Anybody know when and where this clip waqs taken?

[OMalleyTony]

A private function in Mid-May 2008 at Barnes Rugby Football Club, South West London. Many thanks for your interest.

[godivor]

QUALITY !!!

[godivor]

GREAT MUSIC !!!!

[elsandobottoms]

Love it.

[terrysexon]

I remember this wonderful band early 70's at Hammersmith supporting AWB

they blew the roof of , the drummer stood out John Suswell ?

what a night sweet memories never to repeated

RISE AND SHINE

[floridacandle]

Brilliant, just brilliant. How wonderful it would be to see Kokomo gigging again.

[datosul]

Tony is fantastic! and all the rest!

[somolek]

I met Kokomo when Max from Carlisle and myself visited Frank for a couple of days in 1976? A lot of the band seemed to be staying in the same place too(upstairs). Frank was living with guy from Asia who played in the band FBI. Went to an indian eatery with the band one night, and went to a concert in a polytechnic or college with Dyan Birch and her boyfriend(was this you Tony?). We took the tube, all four of us, Max, Me, Dyan and her boyfriend? I think we went to see the band FBI?

Cheers.

[daylesfordpaul]

Hi I enjoyed this too. I found Kokomo through an interest in Alan Spenner's bass playing. I understand he died some time ago. I wonder what he died of he was only young. Is there any Kokomo on CD?

[niall1955]

Wow! What a find. I used to follow Kokomo in my youth, Always chatted to the singers and often met them on the tube or at louise's.

[DoctorRathod]

The Business.

[ButchCavendish]

Wonderful too see little Franky on the tube.

[sunhouserecords]

Great to see those Kokomo singers again.