Four kings

 

Four kings

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Four Kings - Formed 2001

Line up  Andy Beglin - Vocals, Paul Hartry - Guitar, Leigh Urquart - Bass, Dave Medforth - Keyboards,  Chris Hartry - Drums

The following was taken from the band's website  -

"One evening in the spring of 2001, Leigh and Andy were in town, on a ‘bender’ when Leigh fell over Andy (who was under a table singing), Leigh realised that this amazing voice should be part of a band. So with Leigh on Bass, they hooked up with Dave on Keys, Paul on Guitar and Chris on Drums, to become ‘Four Kings’. 

They started writing and performing in their home town of Coventry.

Four Kings take their musical influence from many directions including bands such as ‘Supergrass’, ‘Pink Floyd’, the ‘Stones’, ‘The Doors’ and ‘Led Zeppelin’. Their stage presence, look, dress and performance have also taken influence from these bands. An eclectic blend of melodic, powerful, dramatic rock ‘n’ roll, their instruments are weapons they use to defend themselves and make themselves heard.

'Four Kings are everything that made you fall in love with scuzzy and dazzlingly powerful rock ‘n’ roll in the first place’.

Dayle Crutchlow – Coventry Evening Telegraph.

During the last three years Four Kings have gained a strong following and have shared a stage with bands such as ‘The Darkness’ (Sheffield Barfly, Aug 2002, when ‘The Darkness’ played to seven people), ‘The Datsuns’, ‘Kasabian’, ‘Goldie Lookin Chain’, ‘Mooney Suzuki’, and ‘Biffy Clyro’, in various cities including London, Birmingham, Manchester, Sheffield, Leicester, Northampton, Wolverhampton and of course Coventry.

In 2004 Four Kings was invited to be the first British band to play at the ‘Athfest’ music festival in Athens, Georgia (home town of R.E.M and ‘The B52’s’), where their performance secured them a place in next years line up.

Unstoppable! Four Kings are a force to be reckoned with!

The best is yet to come! "

Pete Chambers adds (in Godiva Rocks) "The band have been compared to various rock giants - i would prefer to ignore such remarks and rejoice in the fact that they have a pretty original sound."

Music Matters Curator Pete Chambers writes for the Observer.

Andy Beglin

Andy Beglin has been creating music since 2000.

He fronted bands from 2000 to 2018.

His first band, Four Kings (2000 to 2005), played the Athens Festival, Georgia, USA in 2003.

Next up was DBMA (2005 to 2008) who successfully played Godiva main stage for three years running.

His last band, Dark Actors – whom Andy fronted from 2011 to 2018 – won Godiva Unsigned in 2012 and released their only album Shrine in 2015.

Andy also sang with The Mustard and Blood Band many times from 2011 to 2016 performing sold-out concerts.

Andy decided to teach himself guitar in 2015 and started writing a collection of songs over the next five years.

These created “Memories from the Mantelpiece” – a collection of 14 songs produced and mixed by Michael Gallacher (who also played an integral part on keyboard, guitars and bass).

The album also includes Andrew Shanley (guitar), Nick Jones (drums) and Jade Hartley (backing vocals). The album, recorded between 2016 and 2020, is a mix of west coast Americana and English soft rock and pop.

Andy is looking to launch his debut album ‘Memories from the Mantelpiece’, which is out now, in the coming spring with a few dates (not yet announced).

He is looking to build on this album by releasing his first single. This is a great album with some superb harmonies with great instrumentation.

You can listen to Andy Beglin’s songs on Amazon, ApplePlay, Spotify, YouTube and other online platforms including music updates on his Facebook page

Andy grew up in Coventry, attended Cardinal Wiseman School and has a five-year-old Son. He lives in Finham with his wife and their tuxedo cat.