Some of my fondest experiences as a nightclub habitué were gigs by the swaggeringly cool singer August Darnell (a.k.a. Kid Creole) and his antic sidekick/musical director "Sugar-Coated" Andy Hernandez (a.k.a. Coati Mundi) fronting Kid Creole & the Coconuts, one of the two great show bands of the 1980s. The other was Morris Day & The Time, the funk-and-frolic machine from Minneapolis that also pro
In a surprise turn of events (or just a rather strange turn actually), Kid Creole And The Coconuts will headline the Friday night of this years Camp Bestival. The classic band join names such as PJ Harvey, Bon Iver, Mercury Rev, Florence And The Machine and Phoenix for the Festival which runs over three days and nights, July 24th, 25th & 26th.
