So after a long winter break I’ve returned to my little shed to work a little on the bass again. Routed the neck pocket and drilled some holes.

  Routed the pick up cavity and drilled holes for…   Read more»

More than 20 years ago I went to the Bailey workshop to build my first guitar. One evening Mark played a video of a guitar player I had never heard of, Tommy Emmanuel. I was blown away with it. Over…   Read more»

Found another pair of clips. I played with Marcellino and Suzy for a couple of years in a trio. We tried to make a video of the song “A night like this”, but it didn’t work out at first. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zu_jsgOb9-8…   Read more»

Cruising the digital highway I found this clip of my band from 15 years ago.

Last friday I playd with my band Lemon Curry at a pub in Zaandam. The audio isn’t very good, but we had fun!

Almost Christmas, my favourite song today:

One of the most iconic Dutch musicians was Heman Brood. A junky for most of his live and when he kicket the habit his body couldn’t cope with that. At the age of 54 he took his own life by…   Read more»

My favourite song today is from a Dutch band again. The band only lasted a couple of years and had one small hit over here. Typical eighties sound, no guitars, no bass. But a ni=ce song nonetheless.

OK, it’s Christmas time so this is my favourite song today:

In october I played with the John Spijker Trio at a local festival. We mostly play original songs written by John. But here we ended our set with a Jimi Hendrix song in which our drummer Rob excels.

 

My favourite song today, another Dutch band.

Last week I mentioned guitar player Rob Taekema. Here’s my favourite song today, where he plays bass:

 

My favourite song today by the Dutch band Fruitcake. When I first saw this clip I was a bit shocked to see the singer/guitarist Rob Taekema (who I’ve known for many years now) because of his short hair. I’always seen…   Read more»

My favourite song today is by the Dutch band Livin’ Blues:

My favourite song today is from the Dutch band Massada, 1978. 

My favourite song today from the Dutch band Shocking Blue. They had a world wide hit with the song ‘Venus”, but had many more hits over here. This is one of those hits.

My favourite song today is from Dutch guitar player Harry Sacksioni.

My favourite song today by the Dutch band The Nits.

Probably the best known Dutch band in the UK is Focus.
Shredding, pounding and yodeling.