King Tongue - Jack Casual's Back video + 3 more

This is the only footage I know of that exists from the last Casey/Dobbs/Casey incarnation King Tongue.

King Tongue: "Waiting for the Rain"

It's time to share another video from the archives...this is King Tongue performing an original composition entitled "Waiting for the Rain". Actually we wrote it around the same time Head were breaking up but it's the same song. Recorded in 2000 at Charlie's Fire Lake steak house in Tecumseh, Oklahoma, the "event" was a wedding reception which hopefully explains the presence of small children walking to and from the "stage". They seem to really enjoy the music. Probably more than the adults there did. From left to right, that's me playing bass guitar and singing, Charles Casey in the middle banging on the drums, and Gregg Dobbs on the end doing that thing he does with the guitar.

"Waiting for the Rain" © 2012 by James Arthur Casey. All rights reserved.

King Tongue: "Jack Casual's Back"

I'll try to dole out these videos of my old bands sparingly. This one was filmed at some wedding reception at a restaurant called Charlie's Fire Lake steak house. I'm guessing it was sometime in the middle of 2000, seeing as how King Tongue only lasted a year or so. The song is one of my favorites. We wrote it in the early 90s when we were playing together as HEAD. It's called "Jack Casual's Back" and the name came from a friend who used to follow us around. He called me Jack Casual, for some reason. He may have even said "Jack Casual's back!" at some point but I thought it would be neat to use a double meaning of sorts, with "Jack Casual's back must be strong" then "Jack Casual's back must be tired" and finally "Jack Casual's back in town...". There's a line in there that goes "How green his garden grows, he's making necklaces and bracelets from the hairs in his nose"...that was inspired by a guy I'd played in a band with who had extremely long nose hairs that stuck out of his nostrils.


"Jack Casual's Back" © 2011 by James Arthur Casey. All rights reserved