He was a zoot-suited wise guy who crooned out hit after hit. Now Kid Creole is back. Paul Lester meets the man who blew a million bucks'It was handwoven," says Kid Creole, grinning at his fedora, which tops off the sort of outfit that was his trademark in his 80s heyday: high-waisted trousers, box jacket with wide lapels, shirt with upright collar, thickly knotted tie, and two-tone shoes. "Very expensive," he adds.Kid Creole, aka August Darnell, is now 61, and sits before me in a hotel in London...
Guardian Music — He was a zoot-suited wise guy who crooned out hit after hit. Now Kid Creole is back. Paul Lester meets the man who blew a million bucks'It was handwoven," says Kid Creole... more info