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.
On his new disc, "Bad Out There," Carillo offers driving roots rock that demonstrates the singer-guitarist's readiness to emerge as a solo artist.
He's worked as a backing artist for Peter Frampton and John Hammond and written songs for Carly Simon and Joan Jett but his own forte is a tasty mixture of blues, country and rock.
His gruff vocals add a nice level of authenticity to the tales he spins, which often detour into Tom Waits lunacy (that's a compliment).