PKM 'Play It Cool' LIVE (1984)

Lead Vocal / Guitar • MIKE GARDNER
Vocal / Bass • PEE WEE WATSON
Drums • KENNY SOULE

Executive Producers • STEVE BOYLE, PAT REGAN, PKM
Producer, Director, Editor • STEVE BOYLE
Cameras • ART HOWARD, ROBERT NEWTON, TONY MADEJCZYK, JOANIE ST. JAMES
Remote Engineers • GEORGE JOHNSON, QUINCY ELLIS
Remote Assistance • STEVE A. MOORE, BOB SINGLETON, RONALD SISTARE
Remote Audio • ASSOCIATED SOUND, Raleigh, NC
Audio Engineers • ED HOPSON, STEVE FOLEY, DAVID EMORY, MAT NAYLOR, JAMES LEWIS, EDDIE HEBERT
Lighting Director • STEVE EMORY
Lighting Facilities • COLONEL LIGHTING, Charlotte, NC
Stage Manager • DAVID CLEMMER
Video Engineers • CHUCK HENAGE, CHARLES SITES, PAT REGAN
Remote Video Facilities • VIDEOCRAFT, Raleigh, NC
Location • THE ATTIC, Greenville, NC (March 2, 1984)
Location Manager • TOM HAINES

Music Video Restoration • STEVE BOYLE (July 9, 2018)

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[brucedixon]

What a powerful trio, i met Kenny in 1975 in Va Beach at Peabodys, i was the drummer for ARMAGEDDON BAND, He taught me the power of the RIM SHOT, and we walked over to ZEROS and had a sub,

[srfgrn]

Not only was Pee Wee a fine musician, he also managed to sell me a fair amount of gear out of Harry's down at the old Glenwood location. Nice, low key guy.

[footinstirrup]

When just 3 musicians can do what they did to

[audiomez]

Michael: RIP my friend. Good Times. Sonny

[bbowjazz]

Old school, Raleigh/central North Carolina music scene at its best!

[wilhelmsbane]

In the early 80s I saw PKM, Nantucket, and Doc Holliday all in one show at the old ice rink in Hillsborough, NC. If I could relive any of the hundreds of concerts I’ve seen it would be that show.

[viking]

In '82 these guys used to rock the club and college circuit in Eastern North Carolina. I left for Alaska in fall '82 and never heard from them again which really surprised me. I figured with MTV coming out these guys would get the break they clearly deserved for national attention.

[donwinstead]

I remember one of the many times I saw them was in Goldsboro. They opened for Cheap Trick. Before they were finished with their set, Cheap Trick came out from behind the stage and were watching them play cause they were KILLING IT. Those were the days.

[cogman]

I remember hearing PKM on WQDR back when they played rock. I became a fan back then.

[kevinanderson]

RIP Mike,
Missed the memorial show for him recently(2024)

[davidadams]

I miss Mike..a truly fine musician, good friend and fine human being..Miss you mang..

[Musician-rq]

I remember seeing these guys at a place called The Cellar in Fayetteville, NC in 1983-84 on a few occasions when I was stationed at Ft. Bragg I actually talked to Mike and he's the first person I think, if I remember correctly, uses Hybrid Strings a mix of 9's and 10's or something like that. I also remember seeing Nantucket there, the Artimus Pyle Band, the Atlanta Rhythm Section and a band called Island with the Lead Singer who went by the name Zack Robar and they had an Original titled Hollyweird or Undo the Hollyweird, been many moons since then.

[chrislawson]

This brings back many memories. Saw PKM after they split off from Nantucket at Baity's in Winston-Salem. They were basically the rhythm section of Nantucket that said bye bye yall. Pee Wee always brought the heat and was a class act just chopping it up off stage. I hope he's doing well now.

[TriggerHappy]

I'm 32 and I hate I never got to see them like this, as a Raleigh NC native, I love music and especially like this! GET OUTTA MY WAYYY!!😎 And I mean what I say!! Haha

[davisscott]

Went to UNC in early 80’s and saw PKM a few times...love them...wish I could find them playing “America Loves Football” somewhere...what a great band...

[marcjoiner]

saw them many times while stationed at Camp Lejeune in Wrightsville Beach, Myrtle Beach, and the Noon to Moon Jam.

[tonydenton]

I saw pkm at the Ryder's club in wilson, n.c. just after pee wee and Kenny departed from Nantucket in the 80 s absolutely awesome band & club followed them & Nantucket everywhere cool club also! Take me back!

[fabiosase]

I saw them at a club in Durham back in October of 1981. They blew me away! I wish I still had the t shirt but I could not fit in it anyway.😁

[jameshurlburt]

Best 3 member band ever....worked with them a lot back in the day.

[ikutuhair]

Absolutely love it, t talent I believe is what ya call it!