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MOJO MORGAN'S HOOCHIE COOCHIE BAND.

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Interview with Mojo (Tony) Morgan - Coventry Blues / Ska Man

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Interview with Mojo (Tony) Morgan - Coventry Blues / Ska Man TO BE CONTINUED SOON Mojo (Tony) Morgan's musical career has spanned nearly 40 years and he's still playing and developing. He Mojo Morgan - photo by Missy Rose began as a bass player in a range of blues bands in 70's; fronted a Coventry ska band in the early 80's and made a single, played in a band with Roddy Radiation (after the Specials), took the blues on the road with Travelling Riverside blues band in the 80's and ran a couple of venues and in more recent years moved to Wales where he is a blues singer with his own Outfit - The Hoochie Coochie Blues Band. . Trev Teasdel Interview with Mojo Morgan March 2009 1. How and when did you get started on all this music lark and what were your early influences? When I was about 10 years old, my parent's record collection was a very large collection of artist's like Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Lenor Horne, Billie Robert Johnson- Crossroad Holliday

Biker Mag..Ireland

Biker Mag..Ireland MOJO SINGI'N THE BLUES Frontman theatricals set in stone as Mojo led the Hoochie Coochie Band on stage. Wearing shades that shouted I'm a blues singer,.......Bikers Festival,Stackpole....Biker Mag..Ireland .

The Hoochie Coochie Band.

The Hoochie Coochie Band. The Hoochie Coochie Band are a regular feature on Pembrokeshires pub circuit, have supported R & B legends, Dr. Feelgood and traded blows with Pembrokeshires Justice Done in the Face-Off at the Queens Hal, Narberth.THE BLUES are coming to Tenbys De Valence. A night full of rhythm and a lot of soul. The Hoochie Coochie Band came into existence in the last year of the previous millennium headed by Mojo Morgan after his local success with the Mojo Roadshow.

BLUES HIGHWAY

BLUES HIGHWAY BLUES HIGHWAY ....... Thanks to everyone who made it to the club on Saturday evening for the Hoochie Coochie Band double set. It was a pleasure to see audience and band alike enjoying themselves to the extent where we had people on the floor bopping. If I had to pick out a highlight it would be their rendition of the classic The Hoochie Coochie Man. I didn't think it was possible to better the original but for my money they did. The guys remarked at the end of the first set that it was a treat to play for such a knowledgeable and appreciative audience, pat yourselves on the back.

Pembrokes Western Telegraph

Pembrokes Western Telegraph Pembrokes Western Telegraph --Mojo Morgan's Hoochie Coochie Band -- Fishguard Arms, Haverfordwest. It is often overlooked that pubs as music venues are the live blood and thriving bedrock of the local music community.On arriving at Fishgurd Arms to sample some Cleddau Delta blues, The Hoochie Coochie Band,in unplugged mode,struk up with Dog On Heat,the first of many self-penned numbers by charismatic frontman Mojo Morgan. The band's first set was mellow with reflective blues,sometimes tentative,sometimes strident,as the songs took off on their own journeys-but one of them was called Train Girl after all.Even the front man was different in this unplugged setting-he was seated,playing guitar,his signature shades were nowhere to be seen and his trademark ponytail had been replaced by a cropped more sprightly looking coiffure.But normal Hoochie Coochie service was soon resumed as lead guitarist Vince informed us,in his introduction to the song they are n