Bluesroute 2007, It's Over

Unfortunatly the Bluesroute is already over this year. What one waited so long for belongs to the past, it was a great succes. Good wheater, good crowd, good locations, good beer and above all GOOD bues musicians. The ones whom I talked with during the event where all satisfied about it and enjoyed the event.

During the weekend I was able to see 6 bands of the 14 bands that participated. I had a chance to see the Daisy Dukes. I liked this band, 3 guys, a little bit Garry Moore's style. They where playing in café "Heen en Weer" at the WED on Friday night. There was a good crowd in and around this pub. They enjoyed me very much. I also went to the "Witte Ballonnen" at the Lijnmarkt, Mc Anthony's Bluesgang played over there. They were very cool, their performance and play were very good. While it was so crowded over there I only stayed there for about half an hour. Later that night I went to the "Postiljon"at the Lijnmarkt. A group from Culemborg (NL) named the Headtricks were playing there, the music is good but they can do more with their performance. I'm told it is a relativaly new band. I admire them doing this. Maybe when I saw them first and after that the Daisy Dukes, I would appreciated them more.

On Saturday Night again I went to "Heen en Weer" first. A group called the Rocky Mountains was playing, at first I thought they were American but their just as Dutch as I am. They played several styles of blues, kind a Rocky, kind a Soul, kind a Latin. I liked it and they enjoyed performing and playing on the bluesroute, the music came out of their hearts. I also went to see Skinny Boy, a very talented group, a raw voice, good harp, guitar bass and drums. Not really my style, but never the less a good bunch of musicians with great talent, which they use well. And I liked listening to them.

My favourite gang for that night was BX Bluesband, I like the way they bring the blues to the audience, I like the way they make their music, with passion and belief. And they always succeed in getting the crowd wild. They play song like "Help me", "Hands of my baby" with such a passion and with a certain tension that you cant stand still, they make a party. I don't have to say, I liked their performance best... oops now I did it.

Overall it was a great succes, even better than last year and maybe next year will even be better again, with more bands and more participating café's and pubs, and who knows, maybe we have outdoor stages again. And I certainly hope to see FOG Bluesband, 12 Bar Bluesband, JR band, maybe Little Boogie Boy or BlueShaker or... name your favourites. Who will tell, I am sure Cees will make the best of it again.

Blues Route Utrecht 2007, F.O.G. Bluesband

Unfortunaly the performance of F.O.G. Bluesband is cancelled.
Today Appie the Bluesman entered an entry n my Guestbook in which he stated that the band was not able to play on saturday. I really regret this too. I was determined to see them play on the Bluesroute. Well I have to wait for another occurrence to hear them play. As for now I listen to their demo's on F.O.G. Bluesband

Blues Route Utrecht 2007, The Other Bands

The Reverend's gang is a punk rock power trio with some Blues influences
from the darker side.

Rani's Blues on the wall, I couldn't find anything about this band on the internet, perhaps I used the worng search terms but whatever I tried but didnt find anything, the same goes for the Electric Fun Addicts, The Daisy Dukes, Rahim & Lamar (usa), Mac Anthony's bluesgang and the Rocky Mountains. The latter band I presume is a band from the US but I am not sure about that .
Maybe someone of you know anything about these bands. Please let me know through your comment or a guestbook entry.

Blues Route Utrecht 2007, Headtricks

Headtricks, ia a Bluesband from Culemborg the Netherlands, and is a 5 head band. The Members are, Martine Jeuken, Pim Tiemens, Marcel de Lange, Mark Peters and Sill Peters. Learn more about this band on Headtricks web pages

Blues Route Utrecht 2007, Skinny Boy

Skinny Boy (Click the link to learn more about Skinny boy)
Jasper J. Jager -Vocals
Alias Skinny Boy Jasper, the lead vocalist. The name Skinny Boy actually originated from his appearance. He knows the lyrics of over fifty songs by heart, and sings them from the heart. For skinny as he might be, his voice certainly is not. More like Nick Cave really

Michiel Stoop - Mondharmonica
Anjo Hekman - Gitaar
Dave Hoop - Bas
Jeroen Teitler - Drums

Skinny Boy will perform during the Bluesroute 2007 Utrecht on Sasturday April 28th at cafe Stadhouder on the Stadhouderslaan at Utrecht

Blues Route Utrecht 2007, JB's Bluescrew

JB's Bluescrew
JB, stands for John Brouwer and is the frontman of the band and does the vocals and plays the harp.Eric ‘half note' Davidse on guitar, Hen Schreurs grooving on the bass and Frans ‘rhythm' Clerx beating the drums. Straight Rhythm & Blues, that's what they deliver, be it slow, lazy groovy, dirty groovy, swing or up tempo boogie.



The members of the crew come from all corners of Holland, the South the East and the west. They play all kind of great songs, that everybody knowas and never bore and once in a while they play some selfmade songs.

You can see JB's Bluescrew perform on the Bluesroute Utrecht 2007 on Friday April 27th at cafe Zadelbar on the Zadelstraat and on Saturday April 28th at Cafe Weerbericht on the Biltstraat at Utrecht.

Learn more about JB's Bluescrew

Blues Route Utrecht 2007, F.O.G. Bluesband

The F.O.G Bluesband (Five old Guys) is a bluescoverband from Holland. They play songs of amongst others Walter Trout, Gary Moore, The Holmes Brothers, Flavium, Poppa Chuby, Brainbox etc. They will perform during the BluesRoute Utrecht 2007 in the Zadelbar, Zadelstraat te Utrecht on April 28th as of 22.00h.

Last year I missed their performance but that won't happen this year.




Hans van Zoelen - Druten (singer/guitar)
Frans Liebregts - Rossum (sologuitar)
Aldy Mulder - Leusden (Hammond & piano)
Bert Derksen - Bemmel (bass)
Harry Mulder - Druten (drums)

their website F.O.G. Bluesband

Blues Route Utrecht 2007, The Fonetics

Fonetics, The
The Fonetics are a Manchester-based 5-piece Rock and Roll band. The Band consists of Steven Livanis(Frontman, Lyricist, sometime singer), Philip Hepple(Lead Guitarist, dynamic rock genius), Ashley Maguire(Rhythm Guitarist, Melodic Backing Vocalist), Jono Hughes(a really,really top bassist) and Peter Hepple(legendary percussionist).

Programma Bluesroute 2007 Utrecht

The 23rd BluesRoute® Utrecht 2007 will take place on April 27th and 28th 2007,from 22.00 hours until 01.00 hours sharp!! All bars free entrance Locations & bands BluesRoute® 2007.

		Vrijdag 27/4	Zaterdag 28/4
Zanzibar	Willemstraat	Rocky Mountains	Sugar Mama
Café Wijk C	Willemstraat	The Fonetics	Daisy Dukes
De Kroeg	Willemstraat	t.b.a.	t.b.a.
De Kleine Wereld	Loeff Bergmakerstraat	Electric Fun Addicts	The Reverend's gang
Café Derat	Lange Smeestraat	Lamar & Rahim	Rahim & Lamar
Heen en Weer	Donkere Gaard / Het Wed	Daisy Dukes	Rocky Mountains
Zadelbar	Zadelstraat	JB's Bluescrew	FOG Bluesband
Carafon	Hamburgerstraat	Rani's Blues on the wall	Rani's Blues on the wall
Weerbericht	Biltstraat	t.b.a.	JB's bluescrew.
Rubens	Nieuwegracht	-	t.b.a.-
Stadhouder	Stadhouderslaan	-	Skinny Boy
Witte Ballons	Lijnmarkt	-	Mac Anthony's bluesgang
Postillon	Lijnmarkt	Headtricks	BX Bluesband
CeesPlace	Oude Gracht	-	Bluesy afterparty v.a. 01.00 uur

Bluesroute 2007 Utrecht

Midnight Blues

Midnight Blues
by
Garry Moore

It's the darkest hour
Of the darkest night
It's a million miles
From the morning light

Can't get no sleep
Don't know what to do
I've got those midnight blues

When the shadows fall
I feel the night closing in
There must be some reason
For this mood I'm getting in

Can't get no sleep
Don't know what to do
I've got those midnight blues

Every evening after sundown
As the light begins to fade
I feel so low, but I just don't know
Why these blues won't go away

Every evening after sundown
As the light begins to fade
I feel so low, but I just don't know
Why these blues won't go away

It's the darkest hour
Of the darkest night
It's a million miles
To the morning light

Can't get no sleep
Don't know what to do
I've got those midnight blues

I've got those midnight blues
I've got those midnight blues
I've got those midnight blues