Bman's Blues Report

This year this blues band from Holland will celebrate its 45th anniversary. The band has played all over Europe and also toured Australia. Enjoy this site and experience the long history of this legendary band and keep an update with their new gigs and releases. In our new worldwide WEBSTORE you can listen for free to all the songs of the albums the band has recorded over the years. In our webstore you can download any song or album that you like, including covers and some free titles. But you can also order the physical albums that are still available. If you do so, you get immediately a free digital download as a bonus. Blues of zo. The drummer and singer-bassplayer of John the Revelator also joined forces with guitar player extraordinaire Henk Schippers. For many years this power blues trio has played together at various festivals in Europe. Go to their website: Blues of zo   If you support live Blues acts, up and coming Blues talents and want to learn more about Blu...

MORBLUS stands for American Blues made in Italy and captures the audience with its exceptional sound of Funk, Blues, Rhythm & Blues and Soul. The band founded in 1991 has a wide repertoire of blues classics, modern soul pieces and original compositions. With an unbridled amount of adrenaline, the quartet, around front-man Roberto Morbioli, evokes an unforgettable music experience. The MORBLUS sound is unique. Its power and groove, infused with its many musical influences, carries its audiences away more than any other act in the European music scene. In Spain, the Netherlands and even in the Home of Blues, the USA, MORBLUS has made its mark as the most fiery Funky Blues Export from Italy. In performing with various international Blues artists, the MORBLUS sound has matured to an individual and distinctive Blues that grabs the fans right from the start. When lead singer and guitarist Morbioli leaves the stage and with his Telecaster dives into the audience, everybody shakes a l...

Dutch band Sugar Boy and the Sinners represents the newest generation of European blues bands. Only playing the Dutch music scene since 2010, Sugar Boy and the Sinners already played most of the important Blues, Roots and Jazz festivals in the Netherlands. In september 2012 the young band has won the prestigious Dutch Blues Challenge, representing the Netherlands at the European Blues Challenge in Toulouse (France) and the International Blues Challenge in Memphis (USA) in 2013. On top of critical acclaim by long time blues fans, the band also brings the music to a whole new generation of music lovers. With the anticipated debut album planned for spring 2013, Sugar Boy and the Sinners is about to burst unto the European music scene.   If you support live Blues acts, up and coming Blues talents and want to learn more about Blues news and Fathers of the Blues, -  ”LIKE” ---Bman’s Blues Report--- Facebook Page! I’m looking for great talent and trying to grow the audience ...

The new CD 'Illumination' by Coen Wolters is marked by the introduction of his powerful first single 'Complicated'. With this release Coen is exploring new territories - resulting in a magic strat blast with a touch of Texas sizzle. Three CD releases, coupled with the tours at major festivals that following year, more than proved to a worldwide audience of rabid fans that Coen Wolters rocks, funks and plays the way he wants to play and leave the comparisons for this crowded genre up to others. It's hard to stand in the shadow of great guitarists, but fans know that Coen's songwriting, music and performances are much more than a typical blues rock Experience. Coen’s performances are always high energy, reflecting his love for live performances. His guitar style is totally unique and emotionally charged. Rapidly progressing from local bar band to an international touring band, the CWB performed on international highly rated festivals like the Skopje Blues ...

Cuby + Blizzards – also known as Cuby & the Blizzards are a Dutch blues group, founded in 1964 by vocalist Harry Muskee, and guitarist Eelco Gelling. During the 1960s, the band's mixture of sound, drawing upon a variety of genres which included blues and rock and roll, gave them a pioneering sound which was completely different from any other Dutch band in the same time period, using the name Peter & the Blizzards. The spelling of the name varies, with 'Cuby' also written as 'QB' and the ampersand (&) also written as 'and' or '+' and the 'and sometimes left out. The spelling 'Cuby + Blizzards' was used on the first albums. The band's first single, a blues-based track bearing similarities to The Pretty Things output, was "Stumble and Fall" in 1965. From the start, they were a big hit in the Netherlands. In 1967 they toured with Van Morrison (after he had left Them), recorded an album, ' Praise the Blues ...

Jan Akkerman (born 24 December 1946) is a Dutch guitarist. Akkerman is a distinctive guitar player, constantly experimenting with new equipment and guitars. Akkerman's distinctive sound is characterised by his pioneering use of volume swells which produce a smooth, fluty, sustained tone, and other complex techniques such as sweep picking, tapping, and high-speed alternate picking. He also pioneered the use of the lute in a rock band, reflecting his interest in medieval and Renaissance music and culture. He first reached world acclaim in the 1970s when he was seen as the core of the Dutch rock band, Focus, together with Thijs van Leer. Akkerman was born near the Waterlooplein, in the center of Amsterdam, the son of a scrap iron trader. At age five he took guitar lessons and his first single was released in 1960, when he was thirteen years old. He was a member of Johnny and his Cellar Rockers, The Hunters (with whom he scored the 1966 Dutch pop hit "Russian Spy and I") ...

The TWELVE BAR BLUES BAND winner of the Dutch Blues Foundation Awards: Best Dutch Bluesband 2010!! 12BBB was the surprise of the Dutch blues scene in 2006. Within this first year of existence, the band already was precent on most of all the important stages in the Netherlands and commanded respect with impressive "down to earth blues". The first CD of the band: "The Blues Has Got Me" released in april 2006 immediatley become "CD of the month" at many blues radio stations and recently the CD was chosen as "Blues-CD of the year 2006" by one of the most importent blues sites in the Netherlands. Franky Bluescruiser (NL): "They're terrific!! 12BBB definitely is the best bluesband of the Netherlands". The second CD: E-mail From Heaven was chosen as Best CD of the year 2008 by Bluesforum.nl Currently 12BBB is discovered by the American market and the band is hounoured to receive overwhelming reactions from the land where the blues was i...

Uncle G & the Furious Four brengt de Blues met een grote dosis passie. Slepende slowblues "straight from the heart" wordt afgewisseld met dampende uptempo Chicago Blues. Missie: Keeping the Blues alive! Doel: Het dak moet eraf! Gerard "Uncle G" Julsing; vocals and bluesharp Rudmer van der Meer; leadguitar O.J. Strijbis: organ and piano Ray Davidson: bass Sander Meijer: drums If you like what I’m doing, Like ---Bman’s Blues Report--- Facebook Page! I’m looking for great talent and trying to grow the audience for your favorites band! - ”LIKE”

Guitarist Micha Sprenger and vocalist/harmonicist Kevin de Harde. The Damned and Dirty are not touring at the moment, but you can check them out in their band BluesMotel. Fellow BluesMotel bandmember Frank van Tijn contributed drums to a couple of tracks. The recording was done on August 1st and 2nd 2012 by Erwin Palper and Frank de Jong at 20Twelve Audio. Photos are by Bas Stoffelsen. If you like what I’m doing, Like ---Bman’s Blues Report--- Facebook Page! I’m looking for great talent and trying to grow the audience for your favorites band! - ”LIKE”

The band was formed as a electric/acoustic duo by Morten Lunn and Thomas Foldberg in 2003. Together they soon developed a love for the raw and stripped down sounds of RL Burnside, Jr. Kimbrough, Kenny Brown, Asie Payton , T-Model Ford and Robert Belfour! The duo started as a warm up act for bigger Danish Blues names. Under a year later they turned into a quartet (adding bass and drums) and during a trip to Chicago Mr. Lunn gave the band it´s name while sitting in a south-side restaurant (that was eventually closed).. The Fried Okra Band. Most of the material was borrowed from the giants from the North Mississippi Hills and reworked blues-classics. The "new" band played several gigs around Denmark, Norway and Sweden - from small clubs to festivals. Gradually the band´s repertoire changed from covers to mostly original stuff developing a very personal style. In the fall of 2011 the band took on a new approach by turning the quartet into a trio consisting of M. Lunn on guitar/vo...

en. Bovendien weet hij op z’n bluesharps de noten te benden als de groten. Hij deelde in zijn carrière het podium met o.a. Junior Wells, Guus & Johnny Laporte (Barrelhouse) en Oscar Benton. In Memphis USA was hij speciale gast tijdens een concert van de bluesmuzikant Big Lucky Carter, pianist William 'Boogie Man' Hubbard (ex-Rufus Thomas) en bassist Melvin Lee (ex-Albert King). In de zeventiger en begin tachtiger jaren maakten J. J. deel uit van de legendarische Southern-rock-band: MOUNTBATTEN. Deze band was zeer geliefd bij de programmamakers van de VPRO en werd al gauw als de Nederlandse Allman Brothers Band beschouwd. Van 1985 tot eind 1998 was J. J. de frontman van Nederlands meest swingende jumpbluesband: THE BLAZING ACES. Met deze band bracht hij één LP en drie Cd’s uit op het Blue Shadow Label: “The Blazing Aces”, “Closer To The Blues” en “Let’s Go Jumpin”. In 1994 verleende The Blazing Aces ook hun medewerking aan het album "Blues For Bosnia" en In 1998 ve...

This band appears to be from the Netherlands. If anyone knows anything about them...please let me know. If you like what I’m doing, Like ---Bman’s Blues Report--- Facebook Page! I’m looking for great talent and trying to grow the audience for your favorites band! - ”LIKE”

This is a band from the Netherlands featuring Dave Chavez, Vocals /GuitaR. Robin v Roon,harmonica. Don't know anything else. Possibly Dave will weigh in and give us more info. If you like what I’m doing, Like ---Bman’s Blues Report--- Facebook Page! I’m looking for great talent and trying to grow the audience for your favorites band! - ”LIKE”

Asked about influences, Sas replies; when I hear Jeff Beck play it starts to itch. He plays with such simplicity and at the same time with such fanaticism. Unbelievable. I am a real Jimi Hendrix fan too. He has not yet been surpassed. Stevie Ray Vaughan I think is fantastic, but the difference between him and Jimi is that if you were to hear him every night you will notice there are only minor differences in his playing. Whilst Jimi could be stumbling over his strings one night and the next night be so brilliant that you would seriously consider selling all your gear. Jimi knew no boundaries. When he was doing Hey Joe, his mind was already busy with totally different things. What he wanted to do with Miles Davis I think is fascinating. I am a real Miles Davis fan. He is the Jimi of the Jazz world. When I was just 16 I saw Buddy Guy. He played with great dynamics. Dynamics, in my opinion, are one of the most important tools in music; a quiet song with a strong bridge or a loud song with...

Livin' Blues was one of the best Dutch blues bands. Many people think the band's name came from the American magazine called Living Blues, but that wasn't established until 1970. Former members of the band claim it was based on the name of an American theatre group called Living Theatre. They evolved in 1967 from Andy Star & the Stripes with Ted Oberg (g) and Ruud Franssen (b) and then added Björn Pool (v) and Niek Dijkhuis (d). In 1968, they took on board the blues duo Indiscrimination with John Lagrand (blues harp) and Nicko Christiansen (v, s), the latter replacing Pool. During the same year, Gerard Strötbaum replaced Franssen and Cesar Zuiderwijk (ex-Hu & the Hilltops, to Golden Earring) came in on drums. The band started getting more and more attention, resulting in a record contract with the mighty Phonogram (who distributed labels like Decca and Philips). They opened a show for Fleetwood Mac during a small winter tour of 1969. After they had recorded two unsu...

Asked about influences, Sas replies; when I hear Jeff Beck play it starts to itch. He plays with such simplicity and at the same time with such fanaticism. Unbelieveable. I am a real Jimi Hendrix fan too. He has not yet been surpassed. Stevie Ray Vaughan I think is fantastic, but the difference between him and Jimi is that if you were to hear him every night you will notice there are only minor differences in his playing. Whilst Jimi could be stumbling over his strings one night and the next night be so brilliant that you would seriously consider selling all your gear. Jimi knew no boundaries. When he was doing Hey Joe, his mind was already busy with totally different things. What he wanted to do with Miles Davis I think is fascinating. I am a real Miles Davis fan. He is the Jimi of the Jazz world. When I was just 16 I saw Buddy Guy. He played with great dynamics. Dynamics, in my opinion, are one of the most important tools in music; a quiet song with a strong bridge or a loud song wit...

The Dutch bluesband Driving South kicks, scream, and moan the blues wherever they go. With a bag of self made blues they are touring the country from stage to stage. The raw voice and bluesharp of singer Michel Blaauboer and the intense guitarsolo's by Mike de Wit are the ingredients for the bands own blues sound. Backed up with bass player Jeroen Groot and drummer Anthony Schouten the band is a welcome guest on every stage. Driving south did have the privilege to play at big stages like Moulin Blues and well known dutch blues festivals. The first CD will be expected soon. Write on our Facebook Wall or post your Photos of great blues events! -  ”LIKE”

Entertaining us and musically educating the youth for more than 30 years, Isidore York, known as the Mighty Dow, is an island treasure and a staple in Carnival. Born on the Friendly Island in the lovely month of April, the Mighty Dow has been working hard to reach his objective of supporting the local youth to reach higher standards of performance. With a passion for steel-pan music, the Mighty Dow is a renowned calypsonian and an accomplished steel pan instructor, entertainer, musical arranger and vocalist. His musical talent was found and nurtured since the age of 8 by his father and Caribbean music icon, Chester York. The once lead performer in his former high school band (Milton Peters College), the stellar entertainer made a splash when he won best Carnival song in 1982 with the hit "For King." Since his start, the Mighty Dow has recorded 8 albums and has had great international hits like "St. Maarten Rhumba", "Soca Salsa", "Christmas Morning...

John-F. Klaver is a (blues) guitarist/singer from The Netherlands. Together with his band he plays groovin' blues music. The emotional-intensity of blues together with 'in the pocket ' grooves. His goal is to make music that hits people in the heart and not the head. People, who don't even know how many strings are on a guitar, want to listen. Write on our Facebook Wall or post your Photos of great blues events! -  Here

Dutch Tilders (29 August 1941–23 April 2011) (born Mattheus Frederikus Wilhelmus Tilders, anglicised as Matthew Tilders) was a Netherlands-born Australian blues musician Dutch Tilders was born in the Netherlands in 1941 and emigrated with his parents and siblings to Australia in 1955. As a child he had sung in school and church choirs, but later moved towards blues music, his first paying gig being on harmonica at Collingwood Town Hall at age 15, at a concert also featuring Johnny O'Keefe. Tilders later took up the guitar, to be able to accompany himself when playing in cafes around Melbourne. Tilders released his self-titled first album in 1972 and during the 1970s recorded and performed with musicians including Kevin Borich, Taj Mahal, John Mayall and Brownie McGhee. Tilders also worked solo and toured with John Mayall, Taj Mahal, Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry. B B King first met him in 1976. Having only heard and never seen Tilders, King assumed that he was black. King and Tild...