Keef Trouble - Keef Trouble: Career

Keef Trouble: Career

Trouble studied at The Slade School of Fine Art, London, from 1968 to 1972. He is a founding member of British country-blues band Brett Marvin and the Thunderbolts as vocalist, guitarist, and player of the Zobstick, (also known as the Lagerphone or Monkey stick,) and electric ironing board. Commercial success came in 1972 under the guise of Terry Dactyl and the Dinosaurs with Seaside Shuffle with fellow band members Graham Hine, John Randall, and Jona Lewie (of Stop the Cavalry notability). This record became a hit in Europe and Australia, and reached #2 in the UK Singles Chart. Trouble is also part of, and writes original material for, the folk rock band Okee Dokee, which plays within West Sussex and Kent, including the Broadstairs Folk Week. He has produced two solo albums, Oasis and Kix 4 U, for Sun House Records, and has collaborated with Tony O'Malley, previously from the bands 10cc, Kokomo (band) and Arrival, writing the lyrics for O’Malley’s Mr. Operator and Naked Flame. O’Malley has also contributed to Trouble’s recordings, as have artists such as saxophonist Mel Collins (Roxy Music, Rolling Stones, The Grease Band), guitarist Neil Hubbard, and vocalists Dyan Birch, Paddy McHugh and Frank Collins. In 2008 Trouble produced the Brett Marvin and the Thunderbolts' album Keep on Moving; co-producer and audio engineer was Pete Ker, who produced The Motors, Man, and Arthur Brown (musician), co-writing Brown’s Fire.

Trouble co-wrote Jona Lewie's 1980 hit record You'll Always Find Me in the Kitchen at Parties