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.