MANGROVE BOOGIE KINGS

The Mangrove Boogie Kings emerged from the swamps of Mangrove Creek north of Sydney in 1974. Formed by Warren Nunn and the late Chris Piper plus Rex Kelaher the band became stalwarts of the Sydney pub rock scene, attracting a broad-spectrum of followers from fans of blues, country and the emerging New Wave movement. Bassist Rod Coe had played in Freshwater in the early 70s. They shared stages with some of Australia's biggest bands including Radio Birdman, Cold Chisel and Mental As Anything. The band also supported Chuck Berry's Australian tour in 1978. A self-titled EP 'Mangrove Boogie Kings 1974-79' was released in 1981 on the Mullet label.

In the late 70s the core of the band went on to form the more commercially successful Model Husbands and other associated outfits, however the MBKs still performed sporadically over this time even though members were widely distributed across the country until the death of Chris Piper in 2005. Mike Willessee’s Street Stories TV series featured a mini-doco on the band after Slim Dusty wrote and recorded the song ''The Mangrove Boogie Kings'' on his 'The Stories We Told' album. A revitalised Mangrove Boogie Kings began performing regularly in Sydney from 2012 and released a new album 'Tent Show Medicine' of original material and favourites in 2015. 

Members

Warren Nunn (vocals/harmonica), Chris Piper (guitar), Rex Kelaher (drums), Rodd Coe (bass), 

Denis Burke (drums)