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 ....
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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).
Preacher Jack You are the MAN thanks for rocking the Garage Quincy Loves PREACHER JACK!!! See you at the Quincy Center Side Walk Sale Garage show on July 16&17
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That Rockabilly Fever will be approximately 350 pages in length. It will be
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review of fri.Garage see next time Preacher Jack Whoop-tee-do MAY GARAGE NITE/JUNE IN THE MAKING Category: Music Wow ! what a Good Garage Nite we Just had, The Quincy Piano Man Joey Fingers warmed up the early crowd of Musicians musiclovers and Regulars at the Rail Thanks to Jerry and Pizza Chef Bob for supplying great free pizza to the early birds we covered the pool table and Bob layed out 6 tasty pizzas for the the garagies to enjoy, Joey fingers had a Great set and started at 8:00 warming the Crowd up with his Piano work and everyone dug his version of the warren z. song Carmalita , Jeff Crane Played a solo Acoustic Set that I really enjoyed I really got a Kick out of the Classic Ruins Tune "Kid you're All right By Me" brought me right back to Chets last Call Jeff is an excellent Guitarist and hope to have him come out again soon. Next Up was your Quincy Home boys Geezer Deluxe which was a blast for me playing with Both my Brothers ( Vile) Bill Donnelly as usual on the Bass and Rocking and my Brother Chuck Donnelly Filling in on Drums with about one and a half practices and that's all he needed I was in Geezer heaven jumping on chairs banging my Guitar knowing my two Brothers were the rhythm section I could get away with anything with them as back up just like the good old days late 70's early 80's, I'm Proud of my Brothers Bill and Chuck Great players Great Guys, Up Next, Jesse Ahern & Friends Jesse George and Tom had a great set of rocking Country really sounded Great and everyone was digging it to the last song and wanting more, Ten Foot Pole Cats just Back from a Midwest Tour played their usual Fantastic set and if you want a good review of the pole cats check Vile Bills of them playing the garage the last time they were here, they brought the nite's energy up even more with raukus Guitar harmonica and howlin Growlin moanin and Drums great Drums the Nite was taken home by the Tight and Polished Tokyo Tra
Hello Preacher Jack, Thank you for accepting my friends request. It was great to see you Saturday night at MATV. You are a huge talent and I look forward to seeing you again. Have a good week, Angel
