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Panama Music Festival
Feb. 11 + 12, 2012 - Panama - Amsterdam
Ivan Lins and Leonardo Amuedo
Jan. 29, 2012 - Bimhuis - Amsterdam - 20.30
Dean Brown
Dec. 2, 2011 - Gaste-Garage - Osnabruck - 20.00
Dec. 3, 2011 - Paradox - Tilburg - 21.00
Guthrie Govan Band Feat. Dave Kilminster
Dec. 1, 2011 - Gaste-Garage - Osnabrück(D) - 19.00
Poogie Bell Band
Nov. 21, 2011 - Paradox - Tilburg - 21.00
Jeroen Vrolijk New Morning Trio Feat. Oz Noy and Fima Ephron
Oct. 27, 2011 - D'Oude Stoep - Vlaardingen - 21.00
Oct. 28, 2011 - Paradox - Tilburg - 21.00
Oct. 29, 2011 - Bimhuis - Amsterdam - 21.00
Oct. 31, 2011 - Dammberd - Gent (B) - 21.00
Deborah J. Carter Quartet
Oct. 12, 2011 - Jazzclub - Minden - 20.00
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Jeroen Vrolijk New Morning II
Blowbeat
Blowbeat took off in the early eighties, evolving out of the Ton Engels Band.
The first Blowbeat line-up consisted of:
Ton Engels - vocals/guitar
Cor Mutsers - bass/vocals
Rene Creemers - drums/vocals
De band played the Dutch club circuit of that time and made one album in that pre-cd era: Hands Up! Songs like Will He Come From His Castle and Let's Talk Shit from that album are still on today's setlist.
This funky ensemble played numerous gigs, extensively touring the German and Swiss club scene. All this lasted until about 1993. In 1991 Rene Creemers left the band. ( Recently, Rene has been part of the successful virtuoso drum-duo called The Drumbassadors ) Arthur Lijten took over the drum spot. Two albums were released during those days. Blowbeat was released in 1989 and Chaisaw Melodies saw the light in 1992.
In 1993 bass player Pieter Douma thought it was time for a change and left the band. Arthur Lijten also had other things on his mind.
Consequently not much happened Blowbeat-wise for the remainder of the nineties. Occasionally a few concerts were played with varying line-ups. (on bass people like Emma Steffens, Stu Grimshaw and Eric Coenen came and went )
In the second half on the nineties a great deal of time went into other musical projects. Ton Engels recorded two albums ( called Plat and Wermer As Vandaag ). The lyrics on those records are in Ton's first language; a Dutch dialect as spoken in his little hometown Helden in the Southeast of the Netherlands. Several Blowbeat buddies also played on these albums.
Finally... in 2002, Ton E succeeded in bringing four people together again who where ‘ready, willing and able'. A new quartet that could serve that typical Blowbeat cocktail once again :
Eric Coenen
(Ilse Delange, Stevie Ann)
bass / vocals
Leendert Haaksma
(Lois Lane, Anouk, Sita, Soulvation, Alain Clark)
guitar
Arthur Lijten
(too many to mention)
drums / vocals
Ton Engels
Vocals / Guitar
And so...The Beat Goes On......................
That was 2002. With everybody as busy as they were it took another four years to finally complete a new Blowbeat album. The title: Songs From The Crazy Planet. Check it out - It sure has been a long time coming.