Albert Ammons, Walter Valentino Liberace, Hank Williams Sr, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, Mahalia Jackson, Abe Lincoln, Pete Johnson, Meade Lux Lewis, The Big E, Fats Domino ....
Sounds Like
Picture's From Life's Other Side Cow Island
Celebration of the Spirit
Black Rose Records
Return of the Boogie Man Rounder
3000 Barrooms Later
Rounder
Preacher Jack at the Piano
Non-Stop Boogie
Rock and Roll Preacher
What the critics say:
...a must-see for lovers of roots music... To call him a one-of-a-kind artist is an understatement. -- Steve Morse, Boston Globe
...one of the great, wild masters of rock 'n' roll... a piano-pounding rocker who can range from classically pristine boogie-woogie to whiskey-soaked honky tonk to incandescent gospel. -- Elijah Wald
Witnessing a Preacher JACK set is equivalent to watching a Sunday morning Bible show hosted by Jerry Lee Lewis -- Mikey Dee
"Best religious experience for atheists" -- Boston Phoenix
"Pictures From Life's Other Side"
Preacher Jack's New CD, available now at: cdbaby.com/group/getcow
and iTunes
See More Preacher Jack Videos in the blog (or check them out at YouTube)
Welcome friends to this MySpace page, dedicated to the Legendary Boogie-Woogie Piano master (Boston's "Killer of the Keyboard") Preacher Jack (Coughlin) who recently turned 65 (working on 50 years in music) and is still pounding the keyboards much to the delight of old friends and new in the Greater Boston (Mass) area. You can find up to date concert listings/club dates, information on how to purchase Jacks music, get a message to Jack, and find a comprehensive history of this wonderful and gifted performer. Also, since Jack is a working musician he needs WORK - if you would like Jack to play your club, lounge, coffee house, stadium, birthday party, bar mitzva, or whatever pls contact me through this website and maybe we can work something out, it would be greatly appreciated.
"Preacher" Jack Lincoln Coughlin was born Feb 12, 1942 and grew up in Malden MA (now residing in the lovely seaside town of Salem Ma). Known as much for his rambling, sometimes mind numbing, recitations and righteous holier-than-tho diatribes on life & love as for his brilliant "boogie-woogie" style piano playing, Jack has thrilled and mystified fans for well over 45 years with his often over the top performances and self taught country style and honky-tonk tales (Jack is also the possessor of an encyclopedic knowledge of classic honky-tonk, rockabilly and boogie-woogie.)
Now signed to Bill Hunt's Cow Island Music -- a new CD, Pictures From Life's Other Side, has just been released -- Jack has also recorded for Ken Irwin's Rounder Records and for Black Rose Records, which is run by Al Cocorochio (Jack's friend and former Manager). Influenced by people as diverse as The Hillbilly Bard Hank Williams to Liberace, from Mahalia Jackson to Jerry Lee Lewis, Jack's sets often reflected the mood he was in or (in most cases) WHATEVER came to his fingertips first.
Those with long memories won't soon forget his 9 year "residency" at the Upper Deck of the Shipwreck Lounge on Revere Beach Blvd in the 1970s (24 Bud bottles atop the piano), or his days at the Colonial in Lynnfield - George Thorogood sitting to Jack's right listening & watching intensely as Jack's famous left hand worked the keys, or his Blue Star days in Saugus with Gary Cherone of Extreme and Van Halen fame chiming in on Gospel harmonies - Paul "Hurricane" Haven on drums, "Sweet" Ray Burnette on Guitar & occasionally Sandy Berman on tamborines (Sandy owned and ran Sandy's Jazz and Blues Revival club in Beverly Mass for many years), or his 7 years at Franks Steak House "entertaining" owners Billy & George Ravanis every Thursday & Friday night.
Celebrity pop ins at Franks during Jack's 7 years there included David Maxwell, Grammy winning Blues star Sue Tedeschi, Dale Hawkins of Suzi Q fame, poet Jack Powers, photographer & raconteur Henry Horenstein, singer/songwriter and Nashville cat Tom Hambridge, the late great WMFO DJ and man about town Mikey Dee, Nuno Bettencourt of Extreme fame, scenesters Linda and Wayne Viens, Elvis Tribute stylist Bobby Fosmire, comedians Larry Lee Lewis & Bob Seibel, retired Boston Globe music critic Steve Morse, local Rockabilly legend Nate Gibson, critic/singer - songwriter/author Elijah Wald, Spider Jon Koerner, Letters to Cleo front women Kay Hanley, Rounder Records founder Ken Irwin, novelist Bill Nowlin, local hipster & BRO founder Mick Mondo and wife Eleanor Ramsay & Gary Cherone of Extreme, Tribe of Judah, and Van Halen fame.
For information about booking Jack for private parties, corporate functions, or to play your club or lounge pls contact Peter Levine @617-930-1121 (Petel39@aol.com).
Bless me, Preacher, it's been TWO WEEKS SINCE MY LAST CONFESSION...also the title of my new book. I'll be at MATV on November 16 to tape Ron's show LIVE ON TAPE!
Another Night of Revival Madness downstairs at the Cantab - Raise & Praise ! All the Best to you my friend - looking forward to another show with y'all
Preacher Jack - I miss you! I need a Preacher Jack fix! Talked to Bill Hunt about getting you to record "World of Sin" when the time comes! That would be the thrill of a lifetime for me! Love to the Col. as always too! I remain your friend & fan, Lindy Loo
