The Courting

<p>Kevin Sands and The Earth Kings</p><p>Kevin Sands grew up hammering away on the family&rsquo;s up-right piano.&nbsp; He developed his lyrical genius when he was in High School where he studied Latin for 5 years.&nbsp; He learned to translate poetry and prose from Latin to English and vice versa.&nbsp; He wrote his first song while in his early teens.&nbsp; Just around that same time, a friend put a harmonica in his hands and over the years he has become a master.&nbsp; With the purchase of an acoustic guitar he pursued his passion of singing and songwriting.&nbsp; He collaborated with long time musical friends Phil Krawczuk, Glen Rowley and Brent Saklofske and soon after became known as The Earth Kings.&nbsp;</p><p>The Earth Kings is a band that has been a long time in the making. Members include Kevin Sands (lead vocals, harmonica and acoustic guitar), Phil Krawczuk (drums and percussion), Brent Saklofske (all guitars: slide, acoustic, nylon stringed classical, electric lead rhythm) and Glen &lsquo;Hammondman&rsquo; Rowley (all keyboards).&nbsp;&nbsp; They represent a coming together of many musical influences that encompass rock, pop, classical, rhythm and blues, country, folk, world and reggae.&nbsp; The fusion of these creative styles, talent and personalities give The Earth Kings an eclectic sound.</p><p>Kevin Sand&rsquo;s first album of original music became a reality with the release of &ldquo;The Courting&rdquo; by The Earth Kings Productions Inc.&nbsp; This album was produced and recorded by Phil Krawczuk at his Emerald Ridge studio located near Chilliwack, B.C..&nbsp;</p><p>The Earth Kings are proud to release three singles off of this CD &ldquo;The Courting&rdquo;, &ldquo;Heavy Price To Pay&rdquo; and &ldquo;Take Some Chances&rdquo;.&nbsp;</p><p>The single, &ldquo;The Courting&rdquo; has an electric country rock feel to it with nice crisp vocals.&nbsp; It&rsquo;s an up tempo song that highlights their storytelling talents.&nbsp; <em>&ldquo;The significance is the intention to court favor, either with the launch of a new band or in the case of this song, a young man&rsquo;s attempt to woo a young lady that he has just encountered by chance&rdquo;</em>, states Kevin.&nbsp;</p><p>The single &ldquo;Heavy Price To Pay&rdquo; is also a hot southern rockin&rsquo; blues song with exceptional piano playing that highlights this song, not taking away from that wailing guitar and Kevin&rsquo;s smokin&rsquo; harp playing, this song takes me straight to a Texas bar to throw a few beers down and dance a little.&nbsp; It is absolutely great song!</p><p>The single &ldquo;Take Some Chances&rdquo; is a ballad with an absolutely wonderful arrangement.&nbsp; The tone, texture and overall feel you get from this song is glorious.&nbsp;</p><p>Kevin Sands and The Earth Kings are working with A &amp; R Select based in West Hollywood, Ca. for licensing, publishing, a record deal and/or placement opportunities.&nbsp; For additional information, please contact them at:</p><p>323-924-5897</p><p><a href="http://www.arselect.com/">www.arselect.com</a></p><p>To listen to and/or purchase any of Kevin Sands music or The Earth Kings music or for additional information regarding show schedules, etc. please log onto the following websites:</p><p><a href="http://www.theearthkings.com/">www.theearthkings.com</a></p><p><a href="http://www.promofm.com/">www.promofm.com</a> (Search:&nbsp; Kevin Sands)</p>