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.