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August Darnell on Being "Kid Creole" and Fusing Musical Influences.

August Darnell, lead singer of Kid Creole and the Coconuts. Kid Creole is the dapper stage persona of August Darnell, a wildly inventive showman whose music fuses salsa, rock, jazz, reggae, funk and rap. The group has found fame in Europe and South America, but success in America has proven elusive.

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Other segments from the episode on November 13, 1987

Fresh Air with Terry Gross, November 13, 1987: Interview with Terry Jones; Interview with Siobhan Egan, Eileen Ivers, and Mick Moloney; Interview with August Darnell; Review of the television show …

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