Kooymans & Carillo.

George Kooymans and Frank Carillo will be back on Dutch stages during a small Summertour 2011.They will play with the Barking Dogs: Bob Langenberg on Drums, Ocki Klootwijk on bass and Tyn Smit on keys.

Frank Carillo.

Frank Carillo is the epitome of the "musician's musician." Throughout his career, his craftsmanship as a gifted world-class guitar player, memorable prolific songwriting and his warm and affable persona have allowed him to make an indelible mark on the international music scene.

Rails to Kingdom Come.

Frank Carillo and the Bandoleros are wraping up their new CD. All the work is being done at Millbrook Studios with renowned producer and sound engineer extraordinaire Paul Orofino. The CD, "Rails To Kingdom Come," is scheduled for early summer release.

Tits 'n Ass

Submitted by Sander on Sat, 05/12/2012 - 12:32

Tits 'n Ass

Golden Earring released a new album called "Tits 'n Ass".
Frank joined the band at State of the Ark studio's London and played guitar on all tracks.

Dutch classic rockers Golden Earring are to release their first studio album in 9 years. Universal Music is very proud that they could sign the oldest rock 'n roll band in the world for the release of ‘Tits 'n Ass’.
The unique voices, the recognizable hooks, world's best rhythm section and impressive songwriting are again reasons for a new exiting album. The bold title gives a hint about what to expect: plugged guitars, volume turned up, unstoppable energy and big chance your speakers will blow up!

Kooymans/Carillo On Location at Weert.

Submitted by Sander on Sat, 08/27/2011 - 03:21

Last Night Frank Carillo and George Kooymans played the first show of their tour at the Bosuil Weert.
This will be the second part of their On Location-tour.

Over the next few days they will play 3 more shows around the Netherlands.
See the gig-section for more information.
Go see them and enjoy those 2 giants in music with band.

Here are some pictures from Weert. (Click "Read more")

Recording with Golden Earring

Submitted by Sander on Sat, 07/23/2011 - 10:52

Frank will be joining Golden Earring during the recording sessions of their upcoming new album. Being a long time friend of the famous Dutch band, Frank also was involved in several previous Golden Earring records.

Recordings will take place at State of the Ark studio's London.

Chris Kimsey will be the recoding engineer, known for his work with Rolling Stones but he also produced Frank's first album with Doc Holiday and engineered (Peter) Frampton's Camel, with Frank playing guitar.

Click "Read more" for some pre-production pictures at Rocktown Studios.

New album Eddie Seville and the Vibro Kings.

Submitted by Sander on Tue, 12/28/2010 - 15:12

Eddie SevilleEddie Seville and the Vibro~Kings released a new album Called "Gasoline Ballads".  

Eddie  and  his  "Vibro~Kings"  performed as  part  of  Millbrook  Sound  Studio's new  live  concert  series; "Secret Sessions"
These recordings has been put together on an amazing disc.
Frank Carillo plays along on 2 songs.

Get your copy here.

Frank Carillo and George Kooymans join Artists for Sea Shepherd

Submitted by Sander on Wed, 07/07/2010 - 17:48

artists for sea shepherd. Frank Carillo and George Kooymans (Golden Earring) and wrote a beautiful but powerful song for Artists for Sea Shepherd against whaling.

"Worldwide thousands of whales are still being slaughtered each year. For decades authorities have shown a lack of willpower to uphold international treaties, regulations and conservation law and seem to be unable or unwilling to protect whales and all other marine wildlife. Artists for Sea Shepherd is an initiative from Arjen Weijers and Geert Vons aimed to raise awareness by inviting artists to use their talents and express their concern."

Click on "Read More" to see the video.


Animationvideo for "Love is the only magic"

Submitted by Sander on Thu, 04/08/2010 - 01:20

Animationvideo for Love is the only magic. Check out the animation for "Love is the only magic"

After "A Blind Love" and "Maybe Roses Never Die", this is the thirt video for the "On Location" album. This video premiered at the "On Location" releaseparty April 6, 2010 at "Melkweg" in Amsterdam, where Frank and George received the first copy of the album from Dutch artist Boudewijn de Groot.

The video has been created by Coart and visualizes the lyrics of the song.

Click on "Read more" to see the animation.

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George Kooymans / Frank Carillo - On Location.

Submitted by Sander on Mon, 02/22/2010 - 02:37

April 2th 2010 the new album by Kooymans/Carillo wil be released.
The album is called "On Location" and contains 11 tracks.

The first single will be "A Blind Love".This is the only song not written by Frank or George.
The song is written by Eddie Seville. (Drummer for Frank Carillo and the Bandoleros.)
According to George Kooymans:

 Eddie  is  the  kind  of  guy  you  get  very  jealous  at  ...
great  drummer,  wonderful  voice,  plays  perfect  guitar / slide  guitar
and  a  very  nice  guy  ...  outright  despicable

A video for "A Blind Love" was shot in Rotterdam at the beginning of February as well as a video for another track, "Maybe Roses Never Die."
On our "Video"section you can see a "track by track" videoreview by George Kooymans and Frank Carillo. 

For the real fans, you can see some great videos about the making of the clips:

On Location and More..

Submitted by Sander on Thu, 01/28/2010 - 01:00

2010 will be a very exciting year for Frank Carillo.

With the release of 2 new albums, It will be a very busy year.
Later this year Frank Carillo and the Bandoleros will release the album "Rails to Kingdom Come".
No release-date has been set, and together with long time friend George Kooymans (Golden Earring),
Frank recorded an album called "On Location".

The album will be released by Universal Record Company in Europe.
A few weeks before the album-release, the single "A Blind Love" will be released.

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