Music Style "We Rock. We Swing. We're Hip and Cool.

Musical Influences Frank Zappa, The Dead Kennedys, Patsy Cline, "Blind" Lemon Pye, El Synponica de La Guadalahara, David Lee Roth & Hank Williams.

Similar Artists The Gentries, Willie Nelson, Red Hot Chilli Peppers

Artist History Sidney Victor "Sid" and Jonathan Edward "John E." Soul were born and raised in Southern California. These two punk rock surfers were both very gifted musicians that started playing ay a young age, John on bass and older brother Sid on guitar. They formed their first band, JAWS OF TEETH, while still in high school. After they graduated, Jaws Of Teeth performed all along the California coast. It was at the "Whiskey-A-Go-Go" in LA that Sid & John E. Soul met Jose "Refried Rico" Ricardo of the Tex-Mex band LOS FANATICS and Joe Smith from the Doors cover band ROADHOUSE BLUES. All four had grown tired of their respective bands and decided to join up. Adding Pico Vega from the Santana cover band ABRAXAS was the proverbial icing on the cake.THE SOUL BROTHERS performed their first show in August of 1980 at The Two Bar in San Pedro and were an instant success. The multi influenced SOUL BROTHERS were called a cross between The GRATEFUL DEAD & The Sex Pistols by the LA Sun. They had a very unique sound that had never been heard before and by their 7th show they were signed to Polysutra Records. The SOUL BROTHERS debut album, "ACID TRIP" was released in January of 1981. ("Pure genius. It's the best of Southern Hippie Rock with the anger and aggression of Pure Punk." - Lester Bangs, rock critic)The Soul Brothers were preparing to embark on their first tour of the US & Mexico when tragedy struck. Sidney Victor Soul's life was tragically cut short in a commuter plane crash.The Soul Brothers were no more and tour was canceled as the Album was entering the top 40 charts in Japan. The lose of his brother sent John E. Soul into spiral of depression. John drifted through the American south west, Mexico and Japan in drug and alcoholic haze for the next 16 years playing bass in many lounge and cover bands. It was while he was playing at the Airport Travelogde Lounge in Tijuana Mexico in 1996 that John E. Soul ran into Refried Rico for the first time in 14 years. Rico had become very successful in the export business in Mexico but was longing for the old rock-and-roll days. Refried Rico helped John overcome his depression and started him on the long road to recovery from his addictions. In 1997 they recorded an album, JOHN E. SOUL & REFRIED RICO "Reunion", which was released in Japan, Thailand and Malaysia. The duo briefly toured the far east where they met and befriended KAO BOWIE, an Italian-American accopella crooner living in Thailand. The three returned to the states and began the process of forming a new band. In March of 1998, John E. Soul & His West Coast Wranglers made their debut at CLUB DREAD in San Diego California. - Melody Man's Obscure History of Rock (Pendulum Publishing)

Group Members John E. Soul,bass-Kao Bowie, vocals-Refried Rico, guitar-Rolland Arrate,drums- I. C. Fingers, electric piano-King Elveye, vocals and percussion

Instruments vocals-guitar-bass-drums-electric piano-percussion

Albums THE SOUL BROTHERS "Acid Trip: released in the US 1981 on Polysutra Records. (Featuring the late Sid Soul.) JOHN E. SOUL & REFRIED RICO "Reunion", released 1997 in Japan, Thailand, and Malasia on Fiazaki Records.

Press Reviews "The Soul Brothers Acid trip is pure genius. It's the best of Southern Hippie Rock with the anger and aggression of Pure Punk." - The late Lester Bangs, rock critic

Location Beverley Hills, CA - USA

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