[1] In his late teens, he "picked a fight with the only English boy in the town" and the other teenager gave him a drubbing, using taekwondo moves.
During the 1970s, his work in tracking down vintage funk and soul music led to friendships with American musicians including Isaac Hayes, Curtis Mayfield, Harold Melvin and George Clinton.
This "junk music" would be the beginning of what Keb would later call "Deep Funk", having underestimated the potential of these leftover records.
After this, Keb and Snowboy wanted to further expand on the "deep funk" sound, and decided to start their own all-funk night in on old restaurant, but this failed to catch on after a few months due to the burgeoning popularity of house music in the UK at the time, forcing Keb and Snowboy to close up shop there.
Shortly afterwards, Keb heard about Madame Jojo's, a strip club located in the Soho district of London.
Madame Jojo's closed down their strip nights, becoming a full-time music club, partly due to Keb's success there.
In 1995, Keb had a cameo part in the surf film, Blue Juice, starring Sean Pertwee and Catherine Zeta-Jones, where he can be seen dancing in the village hall.
His middle two marriages ended in divorce with hefty settlements, and caused him to sell off much of his prized record collection.