by James Hales | Mar 5, 2025 | LP Review, Reviews
This particular article is rather bittersweet for me, as this will be my final review in the Kingsmen’s discography. Every week since the first week of February, we’ve been talking about the Kingsmen, and we’ve talked through nearly 40 albums over the last 30+ weeks,...
by James Hales | Feb 26, 2025 | LP Review, Reviews
As we approach the new millennium, the Kingsmen experienced a couple of changes. As I mentioned in my last article, Jason Selph joined the group to play bass, but he also was quite the vocalist and lent his vocals on several songs during his time with the Kingsmen....
by James Hales | Feb 19, 2025 | LP Review, Reviews
As mentioned in my last article, the Kingsmen went through a few changes after the release of “You’re Not Alone” in 1997. First, Chris Collins got married and departed the group…enter Jerry Martin. I became familiar with Jerry back in the early 90’s when he was...
by James Hales | Feb 12, 2025 | LP Review, Reviews
The months leading up to this recording was another time of great change for the Kingsmen, both professionally and personally. After playing for the Kingsmen for about a year, Tim Lovelace (who had gotten married in 1996) decided it was time to slow down and he...
by James Hales | Feb 5, 2025 | LP Review, Reviews
After almost 3 years without any personnel changes, the winds of change blew through the Kingsmen bus once again as Tim Surrett and Randy Matthews both departed the Kingsmen. In June 1996, Tim left to join the Isaacs, where he remained until 2002, after which he...
by James Hales | Jan 29, 2025 | LP Review, Reviews
By 1995, this current iteration of the Kingsmen had been together for 2 years and they were riding high in the charts with their #1 song, “I Will Rise Up From My Grave”. It was decided that it was time for the Kingsmen to record a new live album, which would be their...
