Doug Jenson & The Feel Kings
Doug Jenson & The Feel Kings
Genres: electric blues, blues rock
Adrian Niles Band
About Doug Jenson & The Feel Kings
Charlotte Wiebe - Lead vocals and Keyboards Doug Jenson - Llead vocals and Guitar Kennedy Jenson -Keyboards, Vocalsand Woodwinds Albert Blaine - Bass John Fynn - Drums Ed Johnson - Keyboards and Vocals (1979/1983) Edmonton musical siblings Doug and Kennedy Jenson dabbled in music all through high school along with Doug's future wife Charlotte Wiebe. Doug and Charlotte's band Dickens was formed in Coaldale, Alberta, in Wiebe's mother's basement in 1976. It wasn't long before they picked up Ed Johnson and John Fynn respectively and changed the name of the band to Jenson Interceptor (after the European car). Blaine was added on bass and Doug's sister, Kennedy, stepped in to replace Ed Johnson one month before the band headed out on the road to tackle Alberta's B-level bar circuit. With steady shows live and appearances on TV they soon came to the attention of House of Lords label owner Ross McKenzie. Through several recording studios (including Sundown Recorders), session musicians (Whitey Glan augmenting drum tracks) and three producers (Jack Richardson, Gerry Dere and Wes Dakus) their self-titled album was released in 1980. Radio played the first single, "Crazy Monkey", and the flipside, "Tiny Thing" to enthusiastic response. This led to additional TV promotion and a 1981 tour of larger venues in and around Edmonton and other parts of Alberta. The second single, "Heavenly Angels", brought them more shows outside the province and with the third single, "Fine Man", pushing the band's independent release to 30,000 units, they were able to hitch a ride on a national tour with Holly Woods And Toronto. Despite the commercial success of the album, House of Lords were verging on bankruptcy. Not wanting to be engulfed in the financial fallout, Jenson Interceptor changed their name to The Cosmetics and proceeded to return to the B-circuit playing Top-40 cover material. Following the collapse of House Of Lords, the band was able to reclaim their identity as Jenson Interceptor at which time Ed Johnson returned to replace Kennedy Jenson while Darrel Mayes replaced Fynn. They returned to the studio to complete the second album that had been delayed during the hiatus. RCA Records stepped up to the plate and leased the new album, entitled 'Cosmetics' in 1983 from which the single "Pull Me" was released. Alas, the album's failure to spark at radio put their five-album record deal in jeopardy. The band soon dissolved after interest waned. In 1988 Doug Jenson and Weibe appeared on Gary Lee And Showdown's 'New Frontiers In Country Music' album as backup vocalists. Many years later they appeared on the Holly Woods And Toronto Canadian tour in 2003. They have since divorced; Kennedy Jenson became one of Alberta's top jazz artists utilizing Tommy Banks on two independent CDs and working in Alberta's cable television industry. Doug Jenson currently leads Doug Jenson & The Feel Kings who have two albums available.
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