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BANDS:
LOUIS WINDZAK SOULBAND |
KINGSNAKES |
ENRICO CRIVELLARO TRIO |
LESTER BUTLER TRIBUTE BAND |
LUCY AND THE WIGFLIPPERS |
PHIL BEE AND THE BUZZTONES | BIG BO |
THE MELLOTONES |
SLOW BLOW FUSE |
THE MERCYMAN |
JESSE GARON & THE GREYHOUNDS |
RUBBER SOUL |
RON VAN OPIJNEN
OTHER:
HANS HEYMAN & DIRK-JAN VAN HARTEN |
DRIVE-INN SHOW THE NIGHTTRAIN
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Kingsnakes
Lowdown rockin' blues
The Kingsnakes, a four piece blues band from Zaltbommel, the Netherlands mix excellent musicianship with a dynamic stage presence. They left no doubt that this is not just another electric blues band. These musicians provide versatile, intensive versions of vintage blues numbers as well as original material, always leaving their own distinctive stamp on each number. They've found that place beyond imitation where inventation sets in.
Sven van den Berg, the singer/harmonica player has a raw-edged voice which is growing stronger when the evening is in progress. Besides all of this he has a no-nonsense style of harmonica-playing. Guitar player André Dieterman and drummer Eric Labadie played with their band 'The Imperials' with Roel Spanjers on Hammond organ before Sven and Arno joined the band. Roel was invited to play with a lot of famous musicians and left the band.
The guys changed their name to the 'Kingsnakes' a few years later. Everybody in the band is into different stuff so it's always been a band with lots of influences but that plays its own style. They play music that's raw, that comes out from the feeling the old guys put out, the Kingsnakes got their own thing. They really rock the blues. It's that extra creative dimention - the ability to build their music around inventive concepts - which separates The Kingsnakes from the ranks of seasoned blueshounds on the rail of clubs, sweat and beers. This band just won't behave!
With their latest cd 'Don't let me down' on record company Hell and Devil Music Entertainment with special guests as Enrico Crivellaro [James Harman, 13 featuring Lester Butler, Lynwood Slim Bluesband, Rick Holmstrom] and Roel Spanjers [Sunset Travellers, Luther Allison, Eddy 'the Chief' Clearwater], they made a mix of rockin' blues with a swing touch which fools around your feet and messes up your mind!
Discovered by the legendary American producer Jerry Hall [James Harman, Kid Ramos, Little Charley and the Nightcats, Lynwood Slim, B.B. and the Blues Shacks] and played on the radio in Los Angeles, New York, Stockholm, Madrid and Milan, even sell CD's in New Sealand and Australia, Dutch blues really set it's landmark.
Kingsnakes played e.g.:
> North Sea Jazz Festival The Hague, The Netherlands
> Belgium Rhythm and Blues Festival Peer, Belgium
> Blues Rock Festival Tegelen, The Netherlands
> Route 66 Bluesfestival Verviers, Belgium
> Evening with the Blues festival Tiel, The Netherlands
> Meisenfrei Bremen, Germany
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