From 1964 to 1967, the top teen band in North Texas was a five piece combo … Read Full Bio ↴From 1964 to 1967, the top teen band in North Texas was a five piece combo called Kenny and the Kasuals. To earn the distinction of being number one was no easy task in those days as the competition was fierce. The hot R&B band The Nightcaps were still rockin' the city in the mid-sixties and younger rock bands were also filling local clubs and dances. Jimmie Vaughan was leading The Chessmen while his younger brother Stevie Ray was just starting to be noticed in a band called The Cast of Thousands. With competition from The Novas, The Briks, The Sensations, The Chaparrals, The Outcasts, The Five Americans and so many other talented groups in town, it meant that the choices when booking a band were huge. But the top choice was always Kenny and the Kasuals. They were the kings of the proms, frat parties and dances, drawing full houses and demanding top dollar.

The first LP for Kenny and The Kasuals was The Impact Sound of Kenny and the Kasuals Recorded Live at The Studio Club. This mouthful of a title was rarely used, and almost everyone referred to the album simply as "Impact." Only 500 albums were pressed, with the band thinking that it might be difficult to sell even that many. It wasn't. The album sold out (except for a few dozen copies which were warped beyond salvation in the heat while in drummer David "Bird" Blachley's car one summer day).

"Impact" has been cited by Rolling Stone as one of the most collectible American albums ever, and original copies still sell for over $400. The LP was reissued on vinyl in the seventies and is now available on CD.

After a couple of additional single record releases, in 1966 they hit on the song that would be picked up for national release. It was called "Journey To Tyme" and has been labeled as the very first "psychedelic style" recording.

Local airplay and positive sales caught the attention of the successful national record label United Artists, which negotiated with Mark Lee for the American rights. The song received good radio station play around the country, making the top ten in its hometown and reaching number one in Buffalo and Pittsburgh. Kenny has stated that the band's unwillingness to sign exclusively with United Artists kept the song from breaking into the national hit charts. Nevertheless, the song and the band were doing very well and it seemed like a good time for going "big time," and that meant a move to New York.

"In New York, we played The Rolling Stone Club after The Young Rascals and stayed in a hotel in Greenwich Village," Kenny remembers. "The New York bands we saw were terrific - Jimi Hendrix at the Nite Owl, The Seeds and The Lovin' Spoonful. We were asked to open for The Beatles at Shea Stadium. It was a great adventure."

After returning from a successful month in the Big Apple, Kenny and the Kasuals went back to their lucrative frat-party and nightclub circuit, becoming the most popular live band in Texas.

Record collectors rediscovered the "Impact" album in the early seventies, and eventually all of Kenny and The Kasuals recordings were re-released.

The band has been featured in write-ups in Rolling Stone (which called them one of the only true sixties bands left in the world), Texas Monthly, D Magazine, Creem, Bomp and Goldmine Magazines and have been featured on television news and variety shows.

Kenny and the Kasuals still perform, regularly featuring three of the original members (and on certain fun occasions, the entire original band). Two other top-quality musicians round out the current line-up. The music they play is still a high-energy mix of the hits and album dance songs that filled the dance floors in the sixties.

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Kenny & The Kasuals Lyrics

We have lyrics for these tracks by Kenny & The Kasuals:

And There You Were I see things that were never there Robbing me of my…
As I Knew You, get me feelin' crazy There always on my mind And I…
Down In Mexico Starin' out into the wild blue yonder So many thoughts to…
Everybody's Making It One day the earth just left It didn’t leave a…
i want more When you try to kill myselft Nothing is wront But you didn't…
I'm Gonna Make It Waitin' for the night to fade Here on a foreign shore And…
It's All Right She's got every quality From A all the way to Z It's…
Its all right She's got every quality From A all the way to Z It's…
Journey To Tyme Today All meaning faded away Tonight A journey to tyme N…

Long Way To Go Long way You Came a long way Came a long way Yeah Came a lon…
Money Ain't finna argue when nobody harder Ain't finna argue with …
Nothin' Better to Do Someone told someone and someone told you But they wouldn't …
Nothing Better To Do God we must be crazy The whole world's been falling apart I'…
Raindrops To Teardrops Rain, rain go away Raindrops, falling raindrops Teardrops, …
When Was Then I wish you could have met me on my graduation…
You Make Me Feel So Good You make me feel so young You make me feel as…

We have lyrics for these tracks by Kenny:

After the Rain Check 1, 2 Check 1, 2 Only gonna spit it if it…
Amazing Amazi-ing Grace, how-ow sweet the-e sound That saved a wretc…
Baby I love you ok Baby I love you okay Baby bay baby I love you…
Be By Myself How sweet it is to be loved by you How sweet…
Be My Girl I've got sunshine on a cloudy day When it's cold outside…
Bophelo Baka Ke bea bophelo jwaka ruri Matsogong agago ntate Morena o mph…
Bump One two three Bump! One two three Bump! There''s a new danc…
Buttons Listen, big boy Now that you got me made Goodness, but I'm…
Can the Can It's pretty weird to think that you're gone When all I've…
Change For Me Old man sunshine listen you Never tell me dreams come true J…
Changes All around the world There are voices And noises Telling me …
Cinta Untuk Mama Apa yang ku berikan untuk mama Untuk mama tersayang Tak ku m…
Control Mientras lo prendo todo slow slow slow Mientras esa bitchi q…
Cryin' Say, say what you gotta say Blame, blame who you gonna…
Don't know malendro Ay (Coupe) Don't let the smoke out the whip (whoa) I wanna…
Don't Want It When you try to kill myselft Nothing is wront But you didn't…
Drag Me Down I´ve spent my life looking for you Finding my way wasn´t…
envy She switchin' positions on me, yeah Send the location I'm on…
Fancy Pants Better get ready better get steady Better get set to go Here…
Finally Finally Friday, Kenny Chesney I got a hundred dollars smoki…
Fire And Rain Just yesterday mornin', they let me know you were gone Suzan…
footloose Been working so hard I'm punching my card Eight hours for wh…
For Ever And Ever You're the reason, that I fell in love again Different seaso…
Get on Down Lately I'm skipping along the street And I ask myself why I'…
Going Down South I told her that I loved her That was the first…
Golden brown Golden brown texture like sun Lays me down with my might…
Hot Lips Little lady oh little lady you're dancing me off my feet Lit…
I Can't Believe I Loved Her I used to think that I could not go on And…
I Got Rhythm Chillun', listen here to me This is my philosophy To see me…
I Gotta Feeling Maybe it's true what they say about it Maybe we can't…
I Wanna Know Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah I wanna band n I wanna bag I…
I Won't Cry Lord, I want to thank You For every good thing comes…
I'm Coming Home I'm a long way from home and so all alone…
i've given up When I fell for you, baby I really met my match You…
IDK WHAT TO DO I wanna be where you are I need to be where…
If I Had Words I could show the world how to smile I could be…
Interlude Slat! Yeah I'm special, I'm her only man That's what I thoug…
Intro They say Kenny Maye how you beat the odds With a…
Julie Ann Been thinkin' about you in the sunshine On a beach and…
Just Me & You Just you, just me Let's find a cozy spot To cuddle and…
Konyana Ka lebelela dithabeng tsa Sione Ka bona Konyana Ka bona lese…
Last Night We went out last night Like we swore we wouldn't do Drank…
Make Us One Look at us and the life that we made Oh darlin',…
Mohau Wa Modimo Bokang Modimo wa Khanya (Modim'o re entseng) Ketso tsa oona …
Morena Oba Etele Morena o ba etele Bana bohle ba lefifi Lesedi le ba chabele …
Mujer CONQUISTAR A UNA MUJER (LETRA Y MÚSICA: ENGHEL) TOMA NOTA D…
never gave up My brother my sister never give up (Never give up) Never giv…
Nice To Have You Home Woke up this morning so glad to be alive I knew…
No Shoes No Shirt No Problems I've been up to my neck workin' six days a…
No Time To Waste 멀리 떠나자 i aint got no time 내 손 꽉 잡아 i aint…
Ran Kan Kan Ran kan kan kan, kan kan Pero suenan, suenan los timbales Ra…
Read Headed Lady Everybody there on the dance hall floor had somebody And hon…
Redemption I'm a hero out on this road Where the white line…
See You I want a Roley with the green face and The…
Segundo Impacto (Diamond Music, Watch up) Ecko! Ivan Joy! Kenny! Segundo Im…
She's Like A Star Do you smoke, do you drink do you yell out,…
Somewhere in Between Stuck here at a Holiday Inn near Austin, Texas Seen all…
The Bump One two three Bump! One two three Bump! There''s a new danc…
Trust I put my back against the wall I had to face…
Until I Reach My Home Lord, until I reach my home I never 'pect to give…
up for days It's no secret that lately there ain't no escape And that…
Voices There is no other voice I long to hear At 3…
We Love the Blues We were all we ever wanted Before there was a single…
What in the World I see trees of green, red roses too I see them…
What It Seems What's it mean to be a king? With no else around To…
When You Touch Me I stopped by the house we called our home It was…
Without U They say you don't know what you got until it's…
Would You? Do you think of me the way I think of…
You Are the One I want a Roley with the green face and The…
You Complete Me Baby, it's me and you 'til the day that we…
You Got The Love You were my sun You were my moon You were my starlight…
You Wrote the Words So glad that I have someone Whose always here for me I've…

Young Lookin' back now well it makes me laugh, We were growin'…

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