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.

1979 The New York Times

The New York Times

By Andy Edelstein
June 24, 1979
 

He's back to sing.

"When you're on the road for a long time, you begin to deteriorate mentally to the point where you feel you're about 12 years old," said Frank Carillo, toying with a green water pistol, a souvenir of his band's recent 26-show, 34-day American tour. The second half of that tour began last week and Mr. Carillo performs tonight with his quartet, called Carillo, at the Nassau Coliseum as the opening act for Bad Company, the British hard-rock band.

 

Mr. Carillo, a 29-year-old singer-guitarist, is not yet as well known as other musicians -notably Billy Joel and the Blues Oyster cult - who have played the Coliseum after beginning their careers in Long Island bars. But the current tour, in which almost all dates were sold out because of the popularity of the main attraction, in conjunction with an aggressive record-company promotional campaign, is helping to increase Mr. Carillo's recognition.

"Opening for Bad Company was the luckiest break of my career," said Mr. Carillo, who grew up in Bellerose and now lives here. That career began more than 13 years aga when Mr. Carillo was the underaged lead guitarist for a bar band The Young blues, whose most memorable accomplishment was being disqualified after winning a "battle of the bands" contest at Bar Beach in Roslyn. The judges had ruled that their version of the Rolling Stones tune "Let's spend the night together"was obscene. "Long Island wasn't ready for us back then," Mr. Carillo said. "A lot of adults didn't understand us. We were jumping on amplifiers and jumping into the audience. We once caused a riot at Herricks High School."

After his stint in the bars, he worked as a member of the road crews of various Britisch band and then traveled to Britain, where he spent most of the early part of this decade. During that time, he played on Peter Frampton's solo album and was a member of the Doc Holliday Band. Mr. Carillo also encouraged in Britain to sing for the first time.

After returning to the United States, he was eventually signed to Atlantic Records, and he has now released two albums, "Rings arount the moon"and "Street of dreams," featuring a brand of rhythm-and-blues-tinged rock reminiscent of Bob Seger''s Silver Bullet band. Mr. Carillo raspy vocals are not unlicke those of Paul Rodgers, lead singer of Bad Company, although his group's overall sound is considerably more restrained than the "heavy metal" purveyed by the Britsch band. That apparent difference in musical approach has not elicited an antagonistic response from the audience during the current tour, said Mr. Carillo, who added that he enjoyed being the opening act, a role other musicians have likened to being thrown to the lions.

During the two-week respite from te rigors of the road, the members of Bad Company vacationed in Hawaii, but Mr. Carillo returned here for almost daily rounds of interviews and promotional appearances, with only an occasional day off to go to the beach with his wife and 2-years-old daughter. Although he has now returned to the Island, "because it's quiet," Mr. Carillo reflected that it had been important for his growth as an artist that he had left. "I was like a ghetto kid who wanted something bad enough that he had to get out to get it,"he said. "Long Island was a good launching pad - but if you get stuck here, you'll never get out."