Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2024
Time: 65:22
Size: 149,9 MB
Label: Self-Released
Styles: Blues/Blues Rock/Rock
Art: Front
Year: 2024
Time: 65:22
Size: 149,9 MB
Label: Self-Released
Styles: Blues/Blues Rock/Rock
Art: Front
Tracks Listing:
1. John the Revelator - 3:51
2. A Woman Knows - 5:17
3. Diego's Drive - 4:38
4. One Track Mind - 4:44
5. Little Snake Drive - 3:48
6. Dreamtime - 3:46
7. Cahow ( blues for a gadfly petrel) - 5:44
8. Kokomo - 3:13
9. Too Many To Bail - 4:02
10. Darkened Room - 4:00
11. Mama Don't Move - 2:53
12. Wandering Eye - 5:00
13. Down In The Mud - 3:05
14. Old Man Rock 'n Roll - 4:50
15. Where Are You? - 6:25
1. John the Revelator - 3:51
2. A Woman Knows - 5:17
3. Diego's Drive - 4:38
4. One Track Mind - 4:44
5. Little Snake Drive - 3:48
6. Dreamtime - 3:46
7. Cahow ( blues for a gadfly petrel) - 5:44
8. Kokomo - 3:13
9. Too Many To Bail - 4:02
10. Darkened Room - 4:00
11. Mama Don't Move - 2:53
12. Wandering Eye - 5:00
13. Down In The Mud - 3:05
14. Old Man Rock 'n Roll - 4:50
15. Where Are You? - 6:25
Musicians:
Erwin Aubroeck – piano, Hammond, magical sounds, zang
Cor Dijkhuizen – drums
Paul Dammers – slide, rhythm gitaar
Tom Huissen – zang, bas
Frans ten Kleij – lead & rhythm gitaar, harmonica
Erwin Aubroeck – piano, Hammond, magical sounds, zang
Cor Dijkhuizen – drums
Paul Dammers – slide, rhythm gitaar
Tom Huissen – zang, bas
Frans ten Kleij – lead & rhythm gitaar, harmonica
John the Revelator, one of the oldest blues bands in the Netherlands, is celebrating its 55th anniversary this year. It all started in 1968 when a bunch of blues freaks joined forces and founded the band John the Revelator, named after an a cappella blues traditional from Son House. John the Revelator wins the Loosdrecht Jazz Award in 1970 during a live TV broadcast. On May 1 of the same year, Phonogram released their debut LP 'Wild Blues', produced by Tony Vos. John the Revelator is becoming increasingly famous and tours through the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium and Switzerland. The band split up in 1973, but immediately rose from the ashes with a new line-up.
A short period of individual adventures and reconsideration resulted in the rebirth of John the Revelator in 1978 and the album 'Empty Road' was released in 1981. John the Revelator celebrated its 25th anniversary in 1994 with a new studio album, 'Cahow', and in the following years several more albums and DVDs were released. In 2002 the band members met their role model Peter Green, but unfortunately a jam session was canceled because members of Green's band Splinter prevented this. In 2008 another wish came true, a performance with the British blues and soul singer Chris Farlowe. The band's 50th anniversary will be celebrated in 2018 with the release of a 4-CD box with a 60-page illustrated book.
John the Revelator is still 'on the road' and very much alive. At the beginning of this year, after a number of years of silence, the album 'A Dark For Sleeping' was released. On December 28, John the Revelator will celebrate their 55th anniversary with a special concert at the Haarlem Patronaat. The album 'Where Are you?', a compilation album of 15 songs from the band's repertoire, will also be released on CD that day. These 15 songs have been selected by the band for an appealing mix of successful recordings and a variation from slow to deep, to nice rock songs, slide and solo guitar, good lyrics and old and new. The album can also be listened to via Spotify from January 2, 2024.
The album opens, of course, I would almost say, with an intense version of the traditional John the Revelator, the song that started it all for the Haarlemmers. Then the beautiful blues ballad A Woman Knows was chosen, the opening song of the album 'The Blue Skin Album' from 2015. The album 'Underway' was released in 2012. The pounding rocker Diego's Drive comes from this album. This song is a memory of their performances at Spanish festivals, where there was always a certain Diego at the front who was crazy about blues and who drove them around in an open Cadillac.
The oldest song on the album is One Track Mind, a slow blues from 1971 and produced by Hans van Hemert. The intention was for this song to be released as a single, but that ultimately did not happen. In addition to Tom Huissen (vocals, bass) and Frans ten Kleij (rhythm guitar), Fred Huissen plays drums here, co-author Jos de Wilde slide, Charles van der Steeg tenor saxophone and Hans van Hemert mellotron.
Little Snake Drive comes from the album 'Seven Blue Seas' from 1999. Beautiful lyrical guitar work, a 'walking' bass and subdued vocals. A song with a high Fleetwood Mac content, the Fleetwood Mac with Peter Green that is. Dreamtime dates from 2012. An uptempo boogie with a cool slide and Henk Suurling on bass. The song, about the giant rock formation Uluru (Ayer's Rock) in the central Australian desert, was written during one of the many long bus rides of their 2009 Australian tour.
Cahow (Blues For A Gadfly Petrel) comes from the 1994 album of the same name. A dreamy lyrical instrumental with fantastic guitar work and Sjoerd Bosma on organ. On the traditional Kokomo (album Cahow 1994), an exciting version with slide and jew's harp, Sjoerd Bosma also plays the organ and the backing vocals are provided by Janet van der Woude and Georgia van der Leeden. Too Many To Bail comes from '50 & Beyond' from 2018. The influences of Fleetwood Mac can again be clearly heard in the lyrical guitar work of Frans ten Kleij. In addition to ten Kleij, Tom Huissen (vocals, bass) and Henk Suurling (drums, piano and acoustic guitar) can be heard.
Darkened Room was written at night during jet lag. This 'dark' song with Sjoerd Bosma on piano, Frans ten Kleij on guitar and vocals by Tom Huissen comes from the album 'Down In The Mud' from 2005. Mama Don't Move is the most recent song. It appeared in 2018 on the album 'Not Now John'. An uptempo rocking blues with Tom Huissen (vocals, bass), Frans ten Kleij (guitar and howling mouth harp) and Henk Suurling (drums).
Wandering Eye also comes from 'The Blue Skin Album' (2016). Here too it is clear that the old Fleetwood Mac was/is a great source of inspiration for John the Revelator. Beautiful lyrical guitar solos and Tom Huissen's voice also shows some similarities with that of Peter Gree/
A short period of individual adventures and reconsideration resulted in the rebirth of John the Revelator in 1978 and the album 'Empty Road' was released in 1981. John the Revelator celebrated its 25th anniversary in 1994 with a new studio album, 'Cahow', and in the following years several more albums and DVDs were released. In 2002 the band members met their role model Peter Green, but unfortunately a jam session was canceled because members of Green's band Splinter prevented this. In 2008 another wish came true, a performance with the British blues and soul singer Chris Farlowe. The band's 50th anniversary will be celebrated in 2018 with the release of a 4-CD box with a 60-page illustrated book.
John the Revelator is still 'on the road' and very much alive. At the beginning of this year, after a number of years of silence, the album 'A Dark For Sleeping' was released. On December 28, John the Revelator will celebrate their 55th anniversary with a special concert at the Haarlem Patronaat. The album 'Where Are you?', a compilation album of 15 songs from the band's repertoire, will also be released on CD that day. These 15 songs have been selected by the band for an appealing mix of successful recordings and a variation from slow to deep, to nice rock songs, slide and solo guitar, good lyrics and old and new. The album can also be listened to via Spotify from January 2, 2024.
The album opens, of course, I would almost say, with an intense version of the traditional John the Revelator, the song that started it all for the Haarlemmers. Then the beautiful blues ballad A Woman Knows was chosen, the opening song of the album 'The Blue Skin Album' from 2015. The album 'Underway' was released in 2012. The pounding rocker Diego's Drive comes from this album. This song is a memory of their performances at Spanish festivals, where there was always a certain Diego at the front who was crazy about blues and who drove them around in an open Cadillac.
The oldest song on the album is One Track Mind, a slow blues from 1971 and produced by Hans van Hemert. The intention was for this song to be released as a single, but that ultimately did not happen. In addition to Tom Huissen (vocals, bass) and Frans ten Kleij (rhythm guitar), Fred Huissen plays drums here, co-author Jos de Wilde slide, Charles van der Steeg tenor saxophone and Hans van Hemert mellotron.
Little Snake Drive comes from the album 'Seven Blue Seas' from 1999. Beautiful lyrical guitar work, a 'walking' bass and subdued vocals. A song with a high Fleetwood Mac content, the Fleetwood Mac with Peter Green that is. Dreamtime dates from 2012. An uptempo boogie with a cool slide and Henk Suurling on bass. The song, about the giant rock formation Uluru (Ayer's Rock) in the central Australian desert, was written during one of the many long bus rides of their 2009 Australian tour.
Cahow (Blues For A Gadfly Petrel) comes from the 1994 album of the same name. A dreamy lyrical instrumental with fantastic guitar work and Sjoerd Bosma on organ. On the traditional Kokomo (album Cahow 1994), an exciting version with slide and jew's harp, Sjoerd Bosma also plays the organ and the backing vocals are provided by Janet van der Woude and Georgia van der Leeden. Too Many To Bail comes from '50 & Beyond' from 2018. The influences of Fleetwood Mac can again be clearly heard in the lyrical guitar work of Frans ten Kleij. In addition to ten Kleij, Tom Huissen (vocals, bass) and Henk Suurling (drums, piano and acoustic guitar) can be heard.
Darkened Room was written at night during jet lag. This 'dark' song with Sjoerd Bosma on piano, Frans ten Kleij on guitar and vocals by Tom Huissen comes from the album 'Down In The Mud' from 2005. Mama Don't Move is the most recent song. It appeared in 2018 on the album 'Not Now John'. An uptempo rocking blues with Tom Huissen (vocals, bass), Frans ten Kleij (guitar and howling mouth harp) and Henk Suurling (drums).
Wandering Eye also comes from 'The Blue Skin Album' (2016). Here too it is clear that the old Fleetwood Mac was/is a great source of inspiration for John the Revelator. Beautiful lyrical guitar solos and Tom Huissen's voice also shows some similarities with that of Peter Gree/
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