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King Pleasure & The Biscuit Boys are celebrating a remarkable 30 years on the road at Forest Arts! More than the greatest jump, jive and swing band on the planet, they've become an institution. In their three decades, the band have delivered nearly 6500 performances in 21 countries, played on 36 radio shows and made 73 television appearances, including several on Blue Peter, The Teletubbies, as well as the Paradise Club series [where they were the house band], Challenge Anneka, The Gadget Show and on a prime time National Lottery advertisement – not to mention accompanying John Barrowman in a rendition of I Get A Kick Out Of You on Live And Kicking.
Rough, tough and always rocking, King Pleasure & The Biscuit Boys have appeared at festivals, in concert and at clubs throughout the UK and Europe. The band has also performed alongside B.B. King, Cab Calloway and His Orchestra, Ray Charles, and toured with the actual Blues Brothers Band - the one from the movie.
The band line up as King Pleasure [vocals and baritone saxophone], Boysey Battrum [alto and tenor saxophones], Bullmoose K Shirley [guitars], Mighty Matt Foundling [piano], Shark Van Schtoop [bass], and Gary 'The Enforcer' Barber [percussion].
Paul Jones on BBC Radio 2 called them "the hardest act to follow since the parting of The Red Sea", Atomic Magazine from New York wrote "To those who say that swing is a musical form best left to Americans, prepare to be proven wrong. This British combo is bullet-proof!"
The Guardian said "Behind the fun and rollicking good times lies an outfit skilled enough for the horns to come on with the bite and precision of the Basie Band"
Now Dig This magazine remarked "superb, a stunning range of instrumental ability….classy stuff in the style of Louis Jordan and Eddie Cleanhead Vinson, with nowt taken out"
The Observer commented "They're the genuine article, in full working order, dedicated to shaking you up and swinging you into the middle of next week. They've got King Pleasure's inimitable stogies and bourbon voice, they've got a roaring band sound that comes at you like the Wabash Cannonball, and above all they've got that beat. In the words of the immortal Lord Buckley, 'Rhythm is the key to everything – runs the whole swingin' thing'"
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