Template:BLP sources Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox musical artist Kevin "Al" Archer (born 21 December 1958) is an English guitarist and songwriter.
CareerEdit
Archer played with Kevin Rowland in the punk rock group the Killjoys. In 1978, Rowland and Archer formed Dexys Midnight Runners. Archer co-wrote some of the songs on the group's debut album Searching for the Young Soul Rebels.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
He used the name "Al" because Kevin Rowland decided that the group was not big enough to accommodate two Kevins. After the first album, Archer, exhausted by Dexys' touring schedule, left the group in early 1981. In a 2009 interview, with Joanne Malin on her BBC Radio WM morning show, Archer said he enjoyed the musical side of the group, but did not enjoy the culture of the band under Rowland's direction.<ref name=Interview>Template:Cite AV media</ref> The band's second album, Too-Rye-Ay (1982), featured his significant influence on the hit single "Come On Eileen", though Rowland did not acknowledge this until years later.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
He then formed the Blue Ox Babes. The band finally signed to Go! Discs Records for three singles and an aborted album, Apples & Oranges, which belatedly saw release in 2009Template:Snd20 years after it was recorded.<ref name=Interview/><ref name="Trousse">Template:Cite magazine</ref>