Saturday 15 November 2014

Geoff Lewis (keyboards / vocs) (UK): "Dr Geoff" has been playing the Kinks singalongs since the early 2000s. He is also keyboard player and backing vocalist in The Fingers, The Lazy Sundays, Big Fat Shorty, Frightened Eyes and Kinks kover specialists The Spivs.

This year is his final performance as leader of the Kinksfan Kollektiv.

Olga Ruocco (backing vocals) (UK) : Olga has been at every singalong there has been. She is backing vocalist in The Spivs.

Dick van Veelen (rhythm guitar/vocs) (Netherlands) : Dick (a member of the board of the Dutch Kinks Preservation Society) joined Dr Geoff for the first time at the 2010 singalong. He is also a member of Kink In De Kabel.

Chris Griffiths (drums/vocs) (UK) : Chris joined Dr Geoff and Anne-France Legris to jam at the Pete Quaife book-signing at the Clissold Arms in March 2011.

Patrick Costello (lead guitar / vocs) (USA) : Patrick played his first Kinks singalong in 2011.  A solo and band performer in New York City, Patrick has recorded several Kinks songs, including one with Dr Geoff on piano. He has playing the Kinksfan Kollektiv since 2011

Ben Elsendoorn (bass/vocs) (Netherlands) : Ben is a bass player for The APM Big Band and Irene's Angels & Demons in the Netherlands. He has been a member of the Kinksfan Kollektiv since 2012

Keld Nilsson (bass/vocs) (Denmark) : Sharing the bass duties with Ben, Keld plays bass with Empty Account, as well as being a solo performer and music teacher in Denmark.  He has also been a member of the Kinksfan Kollektiv since 2012.

Xander van Veelen (drums) (Netherlands) : In previous years, Xander, son of Dick  has played drums on Dedicated Follower of Fashion, while Chris led the vocals. This year, Xander is  playing on several songs while Chris does his extended Mick Avory thing.