Kerim Çaplı

Kerim “Kim” Çaplı was born on January 13, 1949 in Karşıyaka district of İzmir; He passed away in Istanbul on November 3, 2004. His father was jazz pianist Erdoğan Çaplı and his mother was opera singer Azra Gün. He immigrated to the United States with his family at the age of six, and at the age of ten he performed at his father's concerts, playing bongos; One of these performances was featured on the EdSullivan Show.

His father also contributed on Çaplı, bongos and drums to his 1963 album "Exciting Rhythms of Piano Pasha".

TheGroopLtd, which played The Beatles songs in 1964. Çaplı, who plays drums in the band called "Tomorrow / As Time Goes By", released a two-track 45; The lyrics and composition of both songs belonged to him. Then he moved to TheHeard band, became a guitarist and released a single 45 record called "Stop It Baby / Laughing With The Wind"; Here too, the lyrics and composition of the song "Stop It Baby" were written by him.

In 1965, he joined TheSundowners as a drummer and started using the pseudonym "KimCapli" at that time. After releasing their first single, including the track "Always You", with Decca Records in New York, they moved to Los Angeles and joined The Monkees' 1967 tour; On this tour, he had the opportunity to meet and play with JimiHendrix.

In 1969, TheSundowners' only album, "CaptainNemo", was released; He co-wrote the album's opening song "SunnyDayPeople" with Dominick DeMieri and showcased his vocals on the song "EasyDoesIt". After recording was completed, he left the band before the album was released; The album did not receive the expected attention and the group disbanded.

During the same period, TheMonkees' "Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd." While he contributed to the lyrics and composition of the song "HardtoBelieve" on the album, he played the drums on the song "CeilinginMyRoom" from the 1968 album "TheBirds, theBees & theMonkees". The Monkees released a live album called “Live1967” in 1987; In this recording, Çaplı took part in four tracks with TheSundowners.

He also attended the 1969 Woodstock Festival with Hendrix and made a brief appearance in the movie "Woodstock".

In 1968, he played drums and percussion for the band Chad & Jeremy on the album "3intheAttic"; This work was also used as the soundtrack to the movie of the same name. He released a record with the group called TheLance in 1976, but the group soon disbanded due to financial difficulties. Çaplı once again revealed his versatile musician identity by releasing his album "Lost" in 2019, which he recorded in 1995 and 1996 and made all the arrangements and instruments himself.