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PREAMBLE TO BOOGIE
KINGS
VOLUMES 1-4
By Butch Berman
I probably would have
never gotten into "the combo scene" if I
hadn't seen the Fabulous Flippers at about
age 15 or 16 between '64 and '65 at
Lincoln's Keen Time - at the Auld Pavilion
in Antelope Park. I thought that the Flips
had invented Blue-Eyed Soul. Well, wrong.
Thanks to Charlie Burton twice , I
discovered the true innovators of this
genre , The Fabulous Boogie Kings ,
Louisiana's R&B legends, while playing
with Charlie Burton and Rock Therapy in
Minneapolis. While there, I visited their
famed record store The Oarfolkjokeopus
(The Oar) and found my first Boogie Kings
LP , and to excuse the pun , totally
flipped.
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This year when
reforming the old Charlie Burton band for
a special holiday gig at the Zoo Bar , he
brought me a used copy of their '92
reunion video that he found while living
in Austin. Now the search was really on
through the net and several changed
addresses and phone numbers, I finally
located the first, or at least one of the
very first leaders (these guys date back
to 1956-58 as their origin) of this fine
outfit , Mr. Ned Theall.
So with pride, I am
running a series from the pen of Mr.
Theall on the story of this incredible
musician's band , The Fabulous Boogie
Kings. Read on and dig it,
daddy-o!
Butch Berman 2002
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