SINGER-SONGWRITER-MUSICIAN-COMEDIAN
spats@spats.demon.co.uk or spats47@ntlworld.com
2007
NEWS!
Earl is now the proud owner of a 'top of the range' 01 US work visa and is busy setting up work in the USA.
In July, after wowing them at Birdland, New York's famous Jazz Club, he was a smash hit at the Just For Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal and was given lots of business cards from TV/Film compamies in los Angeles, so that's where he'll be for meetings and show 17th-27th November.
Details of shows can be found by clicking his GIG LIST link lower down.
It's also at
http://www.myspace.com/earlokin
EARL
OKIN - THE FACE OF MTV2
As of the
week beginning 22nd September, 2002, EARL OKIN became the identifying
face for MTV2 in the UK and Ireland. For much of 2003, his clips of
the 'original' versions of hit songs 'Teenage Dirtbag', 'Song2',
'Yellow' and 'Seems Like Teen Spirit' could be seen regularly. These
became a major part of his SONY CD! (see
below) CD
ON THE SONY LABEL "EARL
OKIN - MUSICAL GENIUS AND SEX SYMBOL" WHEREVER
IN THE WORLD YOU HAVE SEEN HIM PERFORM, IT CAN BE ORDERED
ONLINE DIRECT FROM AMAZON at... http://www.amazon.co.uk
(Click
on this link or cut and paste the following link into your
browser) http://hpobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?s=143444&playlistld=18143309
To
see where EARL is performing over the next few months,
please go HERE...
YOU
CAN ALSO DOWNLOAD THE WHOLE CD OR ANY OF ITS TRACKS
FROM
TO SEE WHERE EARL IS PERFORMING, CLICK ON...
http://www.spats.demon.co.uk/schedule.html
OR Earl's NEW site, where you can also see him and hear him perform...
http://www.earlokin.com
IF
YOU'D LIKE TO TRY EARL'S CHATROOM, CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING WORDS.
WHENEVER EARL IS ONLINE, YOU CAN CHAT TO HIM DIRECT OR WITH ANYONE
ELSE ONLINE ABOUT HIM OR ANYTHING ELSE!!!
The classic Earl Okin. Bowler hat, cravat and cane. The spats are there too. Just look into the picture frame and down at his feet!Indeed, Earl is one of the stars of the REAL Notting Hill!
CLICK
HERE TO READ ABOUT EARL'S FINAL
Earl
Okin is one of those rare performers..... a true original!!!
Genuinely versatile, his talents range from that of a fine
Singer-Songwriter, (in styles ranging from chart orientated tracks to
the classiest of Jazz-Standards, via authentic Bossa-Novas), to that
of Pianist, Guitarist, world class Jazz-Singer, as well as his unique
standing as ' Vocal Trumpeter, Trombonist and Clarinetist'.
Added to all of this is his Humour, sophisticated and witty enough to have made him perhaps the leading music & Comedy act on the unforgiving London Alternative Comedy Circuit!
Apart from appearances on British shows too numerous to mention, Earl has appeared at all the major London venues including The Royal Albert Hall, The Royal Festival Hall, The London Palladium, Wembley Arena, The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane and The Barbican.
Earl has appeared alongside everyone from Paul McCartney and Van Morrison to Benny Carter, Stephane Grappelli and Cleo Laine. He has entertained the Queen and Princess Margaret.
Finally his one man show has made his name a legend at the amazing Edinburgh International Festival and venues literally around the world. He has been described as a cross between Harry Connick Jr. and Victor Borge, but there is really only one...
The above is a publicity montage from a charity gala featuring a whole galaxy of stars in Gt. Britain, compered by the doyen of British TV talk-show hosts, Michael Parkinson (bottom right). Also pictured above are the late, great Jazz-singer Marian Montgomery with her arranger-musician husband, Laurie Holloway, and another fine American singer who has chosen to live in the UK, Salena Jones.
Included on the bill were famous British comedians Jimmy Tarbuck and Ronnie Corbett, actress (and star of Fawlty Towers) Prunella Scales, legendary Australian entertainer Rolf Harris, the opera-singer Lesley Garrett and more!
Earl was
received so well in this high-flying company that he was immediately
snapped up by the theatre to perform his own one-man
show!
SINGER/SONGWRITER
Earl was the only opening act ever to be featured on a full tour of
Paul McCartney & Wings.
He also opened for other major artistes, such as Van Morrisson and appeared at such festivals as Roskilde and Midfyn in Denmark, Ballisodare in Ireland, Cambridge in England and the Brussels Millenium in Belgium.
His first
single was recorded at Abbey Road Studios and he has had 4 LPs and
2CDs issued (before his current SONY CD), mostly of his own
material.
To
find out more about Earl's style of pop-music, just
click...
HERE!
JAZZ
& BOSSA NOVA
Earl has performed alongside such musicians as Benny Carter, Cleo Laine, Joe Pass, Stephane Grappelli (see link to write-up below) and Barney Kessel etc.
Festivals appearances include The Guinness International Jazz Festival, Ireland, The Bracknell Blues & Jazz Festival, England, and the Edinburgh International Jazz Festival, Scotland. Festivals in Brazil, Canada and Australia are currently under negotiation.
Earl wrote, sang and played in a gala concert at The Royal Albert Hall, dedicated to Duke Ellington, alongside such legends as the late Adelaide Hall.
Finally, Earl has often been asked to turn critic and write articles and liner-notes on various aspects of Jazz and Bossa Nova. The two articles offered here are about Duke Ellington and Adelaide Hall. His articles about Bossa Nova and Benny Carter have been published in the British Airways in-flight magazine...High Life.
To
find out more about Earl's approach to Jazz and Bossa Nova,
click...
HERE!
Excitingly
too, a short visit to Brazil led to an instant invitation on to their
top talk programme, the Jo Soares Show known locally as 'A Programa
Do Jo' (and voted one of the best 3 interviews of the year). Finally,
now in 2004, Earl returtned, not only to the Jo Soares Show, but also
for three concerts at 'Barretto' @ Hotel Fasano, the new, top
five-star hotel in Sao Paulo. Following his success once more, a
Brazilian agent is now being sought to book him all over other cities
in Brazil.
STOP PRESS
As a surprize hit at the world-famous North Sea Jazz Festival, not only did Earl receive a standing ovation and star in the North Sea's renowned after-hours 'jam' session, but the organizers caught his slot. Something tells us that he'll be back again before long.
Recently, a
couple of short spots at 'Birdland' look like leading to Earl's own
show at this legendary New York Jazz venue. Watch this
space!
His
Brazilian contact, Sion Soares, can be reached
at:-
Tel: (Sao Paulo) 011.3285 0215
(Replace the
first 0 with your international access code and 55, if you're calling
from outside Brazil).
COMEDY
In addition to the London Alternative Comedy Circuit, Earl has performed at Caroline's and The Bitter End etc. in New York, The Improv., The Comedy Store, The Ice House and even the legendary Friars Club in Los Angeles., The Chicago Comedy Festival, The Last Laugh and Mietta's in Melbourne as well as various venues throughout Europe.
In particular, during the last year or two, he has made a major breakthrough in Austria and Germany! He is now in high demand on TV , Festivals, Theatres and major Cabaret venues, such as the Bar Jeder Vernunft in Berlin. And all this despite the fact that Earl speaks no German!
Following a performance at a Comedy Festival in Belgium, Earl was immediately invited to another in Holland. He will also be performing in Austria, Germany, Italy and Switzerland soon...
Earl's first
appearance at the JUST FOR LAUGHS Festival in Montreal recently
caused a major buzz and drew lots of business cards from some of ther
biggest TV xompanies in the world. Watch this
space!
Thinking
of booking him and wondering what sort of comedy he is known
for?
To
discover if Earl is performing near you soon, simply go to his
GIG-LIST.
ONE
MAN SHOW
Earl has toured the show that features all aspects of his talent throughout the USA, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Holland, Hong Kong, Ireland, Switzerland & Russia etc.
Finally of
course, Earl Okin's name is legendary at
the
Edinburgh
International Festival.
In the year 2000, however, he completed his 18th and final full
(successful) year reaching an unprecedented 500 performances and
gaining a place in the Guinness Book Of Records!He returned, though,
for one night in 2001, to take part in a large Charity Gala on 21st
August at The Playhouse...He has said that he may well return to the
Festival for odd one-night shows, but he will no longer perform for
the whole 3 weeks. 18 years was perhaps enough!
Love me...love my car! Yes, a ROVER P4. Earl tours in one of these...
Sadly, Earl really still believes that his car attracts beautiful women...
In September 2002, Earl performed for Rover themselves and, in return for another show, they promised to take his 1963 car and make it look like new. They did more than that! To find out what and how, simply click on the car above.
E-MAIL
DIRECT TO EARL!
OK,
OK..We know!
This IS a VERY old picture of Earl, but we're not putting it in his picture gallery, are we!? And it does still work for e-mail. Try it and see!
Incidentally, Earl tells me that he would particularly like to hear from gorgeous women ,
important showbiz agents and big film and TV producers...
(Nice try, Earl...)
Earl can also be contacted by snailmail, at...
Spats Music Ltd.,
248, Portobello Road,
LONDON, W11 1LL.
Gt. Britain.
If you're thinking of trying to meet Earl there, you'd better know which part of London this is in, so have a look at the London Underground map HERE...
0207.727 6375 (from within the UK)
44.207.727
6375 (from outside the UK)
If you have FLASH plugged-in, you'll hear Earl say...
'Do get in touch...You know you want
to!'
REVIEWS &
OTHER LINKS
Tony
Patrick THE
TIMES
- REVIEW Russell
Hunter EVENING
NEWS
- REVIEW John
Gibson EVENING
NEWS Omer Ali
THE
SCOTSMAN
- REVIEW Peter Kitchin
THE
EVENING POST
(NZ) Berlin/Cologne
GERMAN
REVIEW
Earl
Okin's Sound Booth!
(.mp3 files)
NEW
LINKS
John B. Jones, Earl Okin's manager recently and prematurely died.
To read Earl's tribute to his old friend, just click on the picture below.
JOHN B. JONES (1945-2003)
EARL'S
TIP
Have
confidence in yourself but don't try things you know are beyond
you!
Click on this picture to go to Earl Okin's Picture
Gallery
Technical note.
EARL OKIN'S Home Page was created on an APPLE MAC LC475.
...and here's me creating it...with my friend for advice...
(Yes...Nobody knows exactly
who you really are on The Internet)
It will look much better if you have the following fonts
loaded.
Garnet, LiddieBlack, OldEnglish, Ramona, Brushstroke, Polo-Brush.
NEW FEATURE!!! HERE IS A MESSAGE BOARD FOR LEAVING MESSAGES FOR OR ABOUT EARL.
WHY NOT LEAVE YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS TO BE ADDED TO HIS FAN-MAILOUT!?
CLICK ON THE BLUE LETTERS JUST BELOW...
Why not sign my visitors' book!?
Make sure that you do, because Earl is WATCHING you...
Just send me a message
(click on the following e-mail address or, if it doesn't work, just cut and paste it into your e-mail programme)
Hey, just watch how many people are visiting this site!!!