I Heard It Through The Grapevine

by

Creedence Clearwater Revival

Oo Bet you're wond'ring how I knew ?

bout your plans to make me blue

With some other guy that you knew before?

Between the two of us guys you know I love you more.

It took me by surprise I must say

when I found out yesterday. Oo

I heard it through the grapevine

not much longer would you be mine.

Oo I heard it through the grapevine

and I'm just about to lose my mind.

Honey, honey yeah.

You know that a man ain't supposed to cry,

but these tears I can't hold inside.

Losin' you would end my life you see,

'cause you mean that much to me.

You could have told me yourself

that you found someone else. Instead,

I heard it through the grapevine
not much longer would you be mine.
Oo I heard it through the grapevine
and I'm just about to lose my mind.
Honey, honey yeah.

People say you

Hear from what you see,

na na not from what you hear.

I can't help bein' confused;

if it's true, won't you tell me dear?

Do you plan to let me go

for the other guy that you knew before? Oo,

I heard it through the grapevine
not much longer would you be mine.
Oo I heard it through the grapevine
and I'm just about to lose my mind.
Honey, honey yeah.

I heard it through the grapevine
not much longer would you be mine.
Oo I heard it through the grapevine
and I'm just about to lose my mind.
Honey, honey yeah.

Culemborg Blues

Well in just a week the Culemborg Blues will start. They have a great line up. Whit at the end of the fetival performances of Cuby and the Blizzards end JR Band. Cuby I know from my youth. It is the eldest Blues Band of the Netherlands. They perform now over 40 years. They are a very famous band too. If you look them up in Google or MSN searh you will find over 75000 hits. There has been written a lot about them, so I won't do it again overhere, but you can find enough to read about the band,their songs etc. anywhere on the internet.
Jan Rijbroek band I saw earlier this year in Bunnik, while visiting the Blues Route on Tour in Bunnik. You can read about them in one of my earlier posts.
See you all on next saturday and lets hope the weather will be fine.

If I lost you by BB King

Source : http://www.songteksten.net
B. B. King

If I Lost You

Hey, you're the greatest thing in my life, baby
Oh, without your love baby, I don't know just what I'll do
Oh, years of loving you, you've been so true
I believe I'd lose my mind if I lost you

Oh, I guess I've been lucky to have someone so dear
To talk and laugh and always bring me cheer
Oh, after all of this years, you've been so true to me baby
I believe I'd lose my mind if I lost you

Oh, after all the lies I've told you
Just like givin' you, givin' you the stars
Oh, buying you mink coats, mink coats and diamonds
Money in the bank and each year, each year two brand new cars

Hey, you've the greatest thing in my life baby
Oh, between me and you, I've know I got the best deal
Oh, let me thank you, thank you baby
You've been so true I'd lose my mind if I lost you

It isn't easy

It isn't easy to write a post in english but I still want to try to make this page a succes. But due to my work and private circumstances, I haven't lately managed to write 1 or 2 post a week about the music I love.

I still want to do this, use this page for anouncements, lyrics, reviews etc. Untill now it has mostly been a lyric page, with some anouncements and little reviews. I hope I can change this in the coming months and get, just like on The Nice thats my Nickname, 20 to 50 visitors a week.

Remenissing I suppose is the word, and lately fragments of a song are going to my head. It has to do with the dead of my beloved wife. And the feelings went stronger this week, because the wife of one of my collegues died in the same way like my wife did.

The following words echo through my head, I don't know if its an existing song, if not, I made it up myself:

Wake up this morning
hear the telephone ring
Wake up this morning
hear the telephone ring
Thought I heard your voice babe
And my heart... began to sing

Been a while now
Since you've been gone
Been a while now
Since you've been gone
Sittin here at home babe
Feelin all alone

Miss your hugs and kisses
Sittin her at home
Miss your hugs and kisses
Sittin her at home
Waiting on the coach babe
Staring at the telephone

Culemborg the Flyer

A complete schedule of the performances you will find at Culemborg Blues

Culemborg Blues Route

Well there is an upcoming free open air Blues Festval on August 26th in Culemborg. Culemborg is a town on the borders of the river Lek, near the motorway A2 between Utrecht and Den Bosch, if you follow the A2 you cant miss it.

Some Bands that will play in the centre of Culemborg are:
Bas de Haan; Blue Strat; Cuby and the Blizzards; Jan Rijbroek Band; Kreed Potter Band; Migo Giant; Parker,Ian; Rhythm Chiefs, The Ruben Hoeke Band; Stefan Schill Blues Band; Steve Fister Band, The T-99; The Antones; The Pine Box Boys

Want more information than surf to Culemborg Blues . You also find a the time table of the performances here.

Blues at Cees' Place

On August 15th 2006 there will be an open air concert on the Oude Gracht (on the water of the canal) at Cees'Place in association with "Inside Uit".

The Culemborg Bleus festival will take place on August 26th.

And on August 30th 2006, there will be another BAND TRY-OUT NIGHT which starts at 20.00h.

The bands are in order of performance:
1. Sleeves
2. Black tooth
3. Frown
This event will take place at Cees' Place Utrecht and the entrance is free. So note this in your schedule and be present at this event

The Sky is Crying

The sky is crying, a video with blueslegends, BB King, Albert King and Steve Ray Vaughn, I also added the lyrics of the song. This song is also on the repertoire of Eric Clapton and Nigel Mack. In my opinion its one of the most poetic bluessongs. How can you better say its raining ia a way like "The sky is crying"



The sky is cryin....
Can't you see the tears roll down the street
The sky is cryin....
Can't you see the tears roll down the street
I've been looking for my baby
And I wonder where can she be

I saw my baby early one morning....
She was walking on down the street
I saw my baby early this morning....
She was walking on down the street
You know it hurt me, hurt me so bad
Made my poor heart skip a beat

I've got a real real real real bad feelin
That my baby she don't love me no more
I've got a real real bad feelin that my baby don't love me no more
You know the sky, the sky's been cryin
Can you see the tears roll down my nose

This is a real Cool Cat

This is a gif I found on the internet, although I don't know if the cat is playing the blues, I really think this is a real Cool Cat. I wished I could heard him play, but I couldn't find any soundtrack of this performance.

Funk Band "Funk met Peren"

I have a temperoraly collegue at work who is playing the tenor saxophone. He is a member of the Dutch funk band "Funk met Peren". Find out more about this band and its members on the Funk met Peren website.

Tom Waits

A while ago I wrote about a CD I bought, called beyond Mississippi: The Blues has left the Town. On this CD a song is recorded of Tom Waits, that I like very much. Its called "Cooking Up A Filipino Box Spring Hog". Its the text that triggered me and the way Tom Waits sings this song. You like it or you don't but if you can listen to it some times, I'm sure you will like it too.

The text is from Tom and his wife Kathleen and goes as follows.

Cooking Up A Fillipino Box Spring Hog

by: Tom Waits

Well I hung on to marys stump

I danced with a soldiers glee

With a rum soaked crook

And a big fat laugh

I spent my last dollar on thee

I saw bill bones, gave him a yell

Kehoe spiked the nog

With a chain link fence

And a scrap iron jaw

Cookin up a filipino box spring hog

Cookin up a filipino box spring hog

Cookin up a filipino box spring hog

Spider rolled in from

Hollister burn

With a one-eyed stolen mare

Donned himself with chicken fat

Sawin on a jaw bone violin there

Kathleen was sittin down

In little reds recovery room

In her criminal underwear bra

I was naked to the waist

With my fierce black hound

And Im cookin up a filipino box spring hog

Cookin up a filipino box spring hog

Cookin up a filipino box spring hog

Dig a big pit in a dirt alley road

Fill it with madrone and bay

Stinks like hell

And the neighbors complain

Dont give a hoot what they say

Slap that hog

Gotta roll em over twice

Baste him with a sweeping broom

You gotta swat them flies

And chain up the dogs

Cookin up a filipino box spring hog

Cookin up a filipino box spring hog

Cookin up a filipino box spring hog

Rattle snake piccata with grapes and figs

Old brown betty with a yellow wig

Taint the mince meat filagree

And it aint the turkey neck stew

And it aint them bruleed

Okra seeds though she

Made them especially for you

Worse won a prize for her

Bottom black pie

The beans got to thrown to the dogs

Jaheseus christ I can always

Make room when theyre

Cookin up a filipino box spring hog

Cookin up a filipino box spring hog

Cookin up a filipino box spring hog

Cookin up a filipino box spring hog

Quatro Saxofoni

Last weekend on saturday, my daughter had a performance with the Saxofone band Quatro Saxofoni, amongst other they played Watermellon man and Walking Saxophone's. The quartet consists off 1 Baritone, 1 Tenor and 2 Alt Saxophone's. They played well. They performed at the Music and Art school in Utrecht at the Domplein. Thats near the DOM tower in Utrecht. Coming thursday Juni 29th the quartet will perform at the JAzz Night at the same location. The quartet is conducted by Iman spaargaren, who is also the saxophone teacher. I am very proud of my daughter because she just started playing the sax 3 years ago. She play's a green Century Saxophone.

Anybody Seen My Baby

Anybody seen my baby, a song from the Rolling Stones, From their CD 40 licks. In my opinion this song is a blues song. Although many would say no its a pop love song. Read the lyrics and if you have the CD listen the song over and over, feel the atmosphere of the song, let it get into your vains, and feel this song. I am convinced you really gonna love it.

She confessed her love to me
Then she vanished on the breeze
Trying to hold on to that was just impossible

She was more than beautiful
Closer to etherial
With a kind of down to earth flavor

Close my eyes
It's three in the afternoon
Then I realize
That she's really gone for good

Anybody seen my baby
Anybody seen her around
Love has gone and made me blind
I've looked but I just can't find
She has gotten lost in the crowd

I was flippin' magazines
In that place on Mercer Street
When I thought I spotted her

Getting on a motor bike
Looking rather lady like
Didn't she just give me a wave?

Salty tears
It's three in the afternoon
Has she disappeared
Is she really gone for good

Anybody seen my baby
Anybody seen her around
If I just close my eyes
I reach out and touch the prize
Anybody seen her around

(Rap)

Anybody seen my baby
Anybody seen her around
If I just close my eyes
I reach out and touch the prize
Anybody seen her around

Lost, lost and never found
I must have called her a thousand times
Sometimes I think she's just in my imagination

Lost in the crowd

Glittering Blues

Glittery texts by bigoo.ws

Little Red Rooster

This Golden Oldie was on the reportoire of many Bluessingers and/or bands, like a.o. Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Big Mamma Thornton. Easy to play on your guitar, just strumming the Bluesscheme with the chords E, A, B7. You can add some variation by putting in an E7 and a G chord, and if you can add a solo between the second and the third verse. And above all sing it. Have fun with our Little Red Rooster, who's too lazy to crow for day. (Sometimes I am that lazy too)

Little Red Rooster
(Rolling Stones)

I am the little red rooster

Too lazy to crow for day

I am the little red rooster

Too lazy to crow for day

Keep everything in the farm yard

upset in every way

The dogs begin to bark

and hounds begin to howl

Dogs begin to bark

and hounds begin to howl

Watch out strange cat people

Little red rooster's on the prowl

If you see my little red rooster

Please drive him home

If you see my little red rooster

Please drive him home

Ain't had no peace in the farm yard

Since my little red rooster's been gone

When Love Comes To Town

by BB King

I was a sailor, I was lost in sea
I was under the waves, before love rescued me
I was a fighter, I could turn on the threat
Now I stand accused of things I've said

Love comes to town,
I'm gonna jump that train
When love comes to town
I'm gonna catch that flame
Maybe I was wrong to ever let you down
But I did what I did before love came to town

Used to make love under the red sunset
I was making promises that I were soon to forget
She was pale as the lace of her wedding gown
But I left her standing before love came to town.

Ran into a juke joint when I heard a guitar scream
The notes were turning blue as days are a dream
As the music played I saw my life turn around
That was the day before love came to town

Love comes to town,
I'm gonna jump that train
When love comes to town
I'm gonna catch that flame
Maybe I was wrong to ever let you down
But I did what I did before love came to town

Love comes to town,
I'm gonna jump that train
When love comes to town
I'm gonna catch that flame
Maybe I was wrong to ever let you down
But I did what I did before love came to town

I was there when they crusified my lord
I held the scabbard when the soldier drew his sword
I threw the dice as they pierced his side
But I've seen love conquer the great divide

Love comes to town,
I'm gonna jump that train
When love comes to town
I'm gonna catch that flame
Maybe I was wrong to ever let you down
But I did what I did before love came to town

What's the Blues?

A simple question with a simple answer, because everyone has the blues. The blues is, whats in your heart and your soul. Keep that blues alive. Its not only the music its also what you are.

Maybe this could be a new song I am still writing on it. The lyrics of the refrain will be like this:

Just drivin'around
by: Henk "The Nice"



Just drivin' around
In my Chevy Van
Just cruisin' around
See some girl see some men
Don't know where I'm going to
Don't know if I'll ever find
Just drivin'around
Got you on my mind

When I have finished it I dedicate it to my deceased wife Berry.
We didn't had a Motherday again this year.

Me and the Devil

Me and the devil
by Robert Johnson

Early this morning when you knocked upon my door
Early this morning when you knocked upon my door
And I said "Hello Satan I believe it's time to go

Me and the Devil was walking side by side
Me and the Devil was walking side by side
I'm goin' to beat my woman until I get satisfied

She say you don't see why that I will dog her 'round
She say you don't see why that I will dog her 'round
It must be that ol' evil spirit so deep down in the ground

You may burn my body down by the highway side
You may burn my body down by the highway side
So my old evil spirit can get a Greyhound bus and ride

Freight Train Blues

These are the lyrics of the Freight train blues by Bob Dylan

I was born in Dixie in a boomer shack
Just a little shanty by the railroad track
Freight train was it taught me how to cry
hummin' of the driver was my lullaby
I got the freight train blues
Oh Lord mama, I got them in the bottom of my rambling shoes
And when the whistle blows I gotta go baby, don't you know
Well, it looks like I'm never gonna lose the freight train blues.

Well, my daddy was a fireman and my old ma here,
She was the only daugther of an engineer
My sweetheart loved a brakeman and it ain't no joke
It's a shamethe way she keeps a good man broke
I got the freight train blues
Oh Lord mama, I got them in the bottom of my rambling shoes
And when the whistle blows I gotta go oh mama, don't you know
Well, it looks like I'm never gonna lose the freight train blues.

Well, the only thing that makes me laugh again
Is a southbound whistle on a southbound train
Every place I wanna go
I never can go, because you know
I got the freight train blues
Oh Lord mama, I got them in the bottom of my rambling shoes.

Nigel Mack

Wednesday I met Nigel again at Cees Place, he gave a mini concert there before going on a Tour in Europe, through The Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. A full schedule of his tour you can find on www.nigelmack.com
I spoke with Nigel about his last CD -High Price to Play-, and I told him what my favourite numbers are. First favourite is "Letter from the Birmingham Jail". This number is dedicated to MartinLuther King jr and realy gives you goose flesh. It starts with a sample of the wellknow speech op Martin Luther King saying "I Have a dream". Nigel told me the story how much trouble it have cost to find the sample, but when he finaly got it, how it perfectly fitted in the intro and the rythem of the song. It is realy a great blues number written by Nigel himself, it lasts over 7 minutes. 7 minutes of enjoyment. Nigel told me while mixing the speech and the song, he himself got goose flesh.

Another favourite is "Bed Room Eyes", a story of a succesfull man, wife children, good job at the office and he falls in love with the new management assistant.

 
This is Nigel on Blues Route on Tour, May 7th in Bunnik. 

May 7th Blues Route on Tour

Yesterday evening I went to Brothers at Bunnik to enjoy the Blues Route on Tour.

At first there was a show of the JR Band. I must commit that I've never seen and heard them before, but lately a read about them and what I read made me curious to hear and see the JR Band perform. The Band is a wellknown blues rock band in the circuit and performed with some world famous bands like ZZ Top, Status Quo, Deep Purple, Gary Moore a.o. It was quite a show, and you could see this was a band with lots of experience, professionals, who knew how to act and how to move over the stage. However their style of blues, isnot my kind of blues, in my view its more rock than blues. Never the less I liked there performance.(Visit JR Bands website to listen to their latest CD, learn more about them and find a schedule of their next performances)
Secondly I saw the BX Blues Band, a semi-proffesional band from Holland, which was also present on the Blues Route 2006 in Utrecht. They use a lot of humor in their performance and make quite a show of it. They play more the blues I like. All kinds of blues though, Mississippi, Chicago, a little bit Albert King. They are a cool bunch of guys doing their thing. You must visit their site now and then, to see where their next gig will be. You have to see them. On their site you can also listen to MP3s of some songs. The Bassplayer, Bas, told me they are going to make a new Demo CD, for those who want to book them for their party. Their specialty is "divorce parties", well thats what the singer Henjo told during the show.
The third show came from Arthur Ebeling, also a guy I heard a lot off but never heard or saw him play. So my expectations were high and you know what, he didnt disappoint me. It was even better, great guitar play, and it all looked so smooth and easy, I wished I could play the guitar like that. Arthur played a Gretch hollowbody guitar and as magic the bluessy and jazzy songs came off of its strings. Great, I really liked it. Of coure Arthur has its own website which you should visit to.
And then, last but not least, straight from Canada, his plane has only landed a few hours before there was Nigel Mack with his Blues Attack. He plays all styles of blues, plays the harp, guitar and slide guitar and he also does te vocals. According to Cees from Cees Place Nigel started his European Tour wright that moment in Brothers. Where he will be the coming month you'll find on his website. He did a great performance with songs of his latest album "High Price to Play", of which I bought one which he personally signed. You have to hear him and his band play. One of the songs I liked most is "Bed Room Eyes" and another one is "Letter from Birmingham Jail" which starts with an itro of Martin Luther King's speech "I have a dream".
Throughout the night T Bone Fisher (solo) filled in the gaps and breaks. T Bone is from the US and plays an acoustic gutar. He plays the guitar by picking and plucking the strings. T Bone plays country bleus. Also T Bone performed at the Blues Route 2006 in Utrecht. Again he did a good performance.
Well it surely was a great BLUES night, and you should hear and see this bands. And there will be follow ups of this Blues Route on Tour. We have to keep the blues alive. It was a pitty there was such a little audience. But those he did come had a wonderful blues night. So tell your neigbours, tell your freinds, tell your family about this great evening and convince them to come along with you to the next Blues Route on Tour. Its what Brothers deserve, its what Cees deserves, it what the bands deserve, but above all its what the Blues deserves.
For those who can't wait till the next Blues Route on Tour, go and visit Cees Place upcoming Wednesday May 10th, there will be a mini concert there starting at 21:00 hours and ending at approx. 24:00 hours, and in the last hour there will be a performance of Nigel Mack, entrance is free and come and convince yourselves that the BLUES is your thing to.

Jan Rijbroek Band (JR BAND)

You can visit the JR BAND on the web on http://www.jrband.com, which is also the name of their last CD.

The JR Band is a Dutch classic blues rock band from Haarlem, which over the years did support for Gary Moore , ZZ top , Whitesnake , Slash, Santana , Status Quo and many others.

The line up is as follows:

Guitar, Harp and Throat - JR in own person

Keyboards, Accordeon and Organ - Proffessor Frankenstein
Bass and Vocals - Dario Pozderski
Drums and Percusision - Franky Mr. TNT

On the Blues Route 2006 the JR Band performed in Utrecht and Sunday May 7th they will perform on the Blues Route on Tour in Bunnik. Besides that they will do some more performances in Holland, and in august they will be at the Sturgis Festival in the USA with Motley Crue and Steppenwolf. An schedule of performance dates of the band you can find on musicform.nl

Later on I will write something more about the JR Band. My own experiences from coming Sunday, and I will try and find out some of the history of the band.

Blues on Sunday

Forthcoming sunday may 7th, there will be another Blues Route on Tour. It will be at Brothers in Bunnik near the A12 Utrecht Arnhem. It will start at 16:00 and end approximately at 22:00 hours. The entrance fee amounts Euro 12,50, and parking is free.

The line up will be as follows:
J.R.Band
Nigel Mack from the USA
T Bone Fischer from the USA
Arthur Ebeling
BX Bluesband

It promises to be a nice happening again. See you next Sunday.

There is a change in the opening schedule of Cees Place on Sunday's, as of May 14 th Cees place will be open on Sundays from 16:00 until 22:00 hours. Enjoy and see you around.

The Blues is Back (continuing story)

It is said before the Blues is Back in Utrecht. Enjoyed the Blues Route? Well there is an upcoming Blues event in Bunnik at Brothers. Also organised by the big little man, our night mayor of the city of Utrecht MISTER CEES VAN LEEUWEN.

The event will take place at May 7th and starts at 16:00 hours.
For the line up please check Jazz, Blues, Roots and Rock Café Cees Place

See you there

Harry (FOG Bluesband)

When I looked in my guestbook tonight I saw an entry from Harry (drummer of the FOG bluesband. You must know I was really suprised. I like to thank Harry for this entry and wish him and the FOG bluesband lots of succes.

Blues Route 2006

Unfortunately I was only able to go to the Blues Route on friday 21st and to the after party in Cees Place on the 23rd, so I missed one night of the blues route. And that was the night I would visit JR band and Fog Bluesband, but you cant have them all and Cees promissed us last night that next year there will be another Blues Route. He did it in a special way, although he was very tired, he had to thank evrybody with a blues song, in which he stated the above mentioned.

On friday I went to see Ralph de Jogh in cafe Het Weerbericht. I like Ralph very much a very shy looking guy but when he takes his guitar and start to sing Ralph transforms into Blues. At that moment every fibre in his body is blues. Its like he is in a trance while on stage. Ralph plays aal kinds of blues styles but he comes the nearest to the original Mississippi Blues.

After I had seen, listened and spoke to Ralph, I went to cafe Nieuwe Dikke Dries, 12 Bar Blues Band was playing over there. I really like the way Kees is playing the guitar and managed to get the real Blues feeling on stage. It was really a Blues party with the 12 Bar Blues Band. They played great.

The Afterparty yesterday night was at Cees Place. It was really crowded. And there were some good performances. I enjoyed the sessions of T Bone Fischer and Jeroen the most.

Thanks Cees for setting up such a good weekend wish you lots of succes with organising the paper note jazz festival later up in the year and with the Blues Route 2007.

Beyond Mississippi

BEYOND MISSISSIPPI

Or: The Blues that left town ............... and took a wrong turn down the right road.

This is the title of a CD I recently bought. The title itself could be the title of a blues song. A very long title but it precisely describes the contents of the CD. It is more or less a historical overview of the Blues styles from the very basic Mississippi Blues to what the blues is now. Some traditional tracks and some very modern ones. It pictures you the development of the Blues over time. With great names like Van Morisson, Albert King, Dr Feelgood, Bo Diddley and many more.

I took no note of the subtitle "The Blues that left town", until I read the subtitle of the Blues Route "The Blues Is Back in Town" on the flyer. And I thought yeah thats what happened to the blues its in my town now. It all started in Mississippi and spreads all over the world. You'll find the blues evrywhere, and everyone can have the Blues.
Our task is "keeping the blues alive". And I hope we do.

@ CEES Place last Night

I was again at CEES PLACE last Night. Dennis and Co were practising for their performance on friday- and saturday night. Dennis & Co is one of the bands that will play in the Upcoming Blues Route.
Yesterdaynight we talked a lot about the Blues Route, and what a succes it will be again, after so many years. We talked about the 12 Bar Blues Bland, Ralph de Jong, and many of the other top bands that are going to play.
Besides that we also made a little music with Henk (guitar; a new guy for me), Appie (drums and bass) and Roy (Tenor saxophone. We made some music and had a lot of fun. At some points it sounded realy good and sometimes there was no harmony at all. Fortunately the cafe wasn't very crowded so we didn't worry about chasing the customer away. The main thing was we had fun with music, we had our laughs and we had the blues. Cause believe me or not it didn't only sounded like blues, it was the blues.

The Clock is ticking

Well the clock is ticking the time away. Still another day or five and then the Blues Route will start. The first performance of the Blues Route will be at 20.00 hours in cafe the "STADHOUDER" at the Stadhouderslaan, all other bands will start at 22.00 hours.

Well the clock is ticking the time away
said the clock is ticking the time away
Well come all to the Blues Route and take a while to stay

The blues is back in town
Yeah now the blues is back in town
Thanks to Cees the blues is back in town

More Blues Route on Blues Route on Tour or Cees Place . CU all.

Gary Moore - Still got the Blues

One of the most beautiful blues ballads in my opinion is this song from Gary Moore "Still got the blues". I lately bought a DVD of Gary featering Albert King, the King of the Blues a marvellous DVD and ofcourse this song is also on that DVD. I play the DVD loud, plug in my guitar an try to play along, that gives me such a kick, I can follow now parts of the solo and just jamming around for the rest of the song. It sounds good, but still not as Gary plays it. For those who forgot the lyrics, I put them in this post.

Gary Moore - Still got the blues

Used to be so easy to give my heart away
But I've found out the hard way there's a price you have to pay
I found that love was no friend of mine
I should have known time after time

So long, it was so long ago
but I've still got the blues for you

Used to be so easy to fall in love again
But I've found out the hard way it's a road that leads to pain
I've found out that love was more than just a game
you play on to win but you lose just the same

So long, it was so long ago
but I've still got the blues for you

So many years since I've seen your face
but here in my heart there's an empty space
where you used to be So long, it was so long ago
but I've still got the blues for you

Though the days come and go there's one thing I know
I've still got the blues for you

My Guitars

At the moment I have four electric guitars, a Samick Hollowbody with 2 humbuckers, nice to play warm sound, an American Fender HSS, beautiful guitar with a perfect sound, an American Handmade Peavy guitar, also HSS, an old guitar I bought from the pawnshop before, has a particular sound, completely different from the Fender guitar, and last but not least a Greg Bennet black acoustic/electric guitar, which I can use as my travelling guitar. Their names, Red, Fat and Black. I only haven't a name for my Fender, I'm still thinking about that. So if you got any suggestions, put it in the comment or mail it.

Blues Route: The City Map

Below you see the City Map of Utrecht. On the city map you find some numbers. These numbers correpond with the numbering of the line up in the program. Each number stands for a different location. So use the program and the map and find your way through the Blues Route in Utrecht Holland on the 21st, 22nd and 23rd of April. See you in Utrecht.

THE BLUES IS BACK IN TOWN

Blues Route: The Program

Here is the program for the Blues Route. Also notice that on May 7th the Blues Route on Tour will be held at its initional location Brothers, Bunnik, Holland, instead of the later communicated the Basket at the Uithof in Utrecht. So beware to go to Brothers, Bunnik, on May 7th.

The Blues is Back in Town

The Blues Route on Tour in Utrecht will take place on 2006 April 21st and 22nd.
copyright H.W. de Nijs - Utrecht, The Netherlands

The Dom, Utrecht the Netherlands

The Blues Route will take place in Utrecht, Holland. The beautiful church tower "The DOM" is the most significant building in Utrecht and the largest churchtower in the Netherlands.
In the cafe's surrounding the Dom the Blues Route is organised.

Hi evrybody

On this page I will post all kinds of things concerning blues music. Especially how I am doing in my jam sessions and how my progress is.

Secondly you find the latest developments on Blues activities in my Hometown Utrecht Holland.

Upcoming Blues events are the Blues Route, an event in which 15 cafe's all over town participate. You have to walk from one performer to the other. In the late nineties this event was organized by Cees van Leeuwen, the night major of thecity of Utrecht. And he is doing the organisation this year again, and I am sure it will be a great succes, like in the old days, when over 400.000 people in one weekend, came to visit the Blues Route