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Coal Kitchen was formed in the summer of 1970 when the San Francisco-based band Devil’s Kitchen, originally from Southern Illinois, broke up shortly after performing at the Kickapoo Rock Festival. Around the same time, the local Carbondale, Illinois band Coal Dust was re-forming after a split. The new band consisted of three members from Devil’s Kitchen—Robbie Stokes on lead guitar, Randy Bradle on drums, and Brett Champlin on rhythm guitar and vocals—who joined forces with members from Coal Dust, including lead vocalist Carla, Bob Pina on keys, and Andre M. on bass. The group came together spontaneously to jam, merging the two bands into what would become Coal Kitchen.

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