B.J. Hegen & Band
B.J. Hegen & Band
Genres: blues, guitar, harmonica, blues rock
Brian Kramer & The Bluesmasters Featuring Junior Wells
About B.J. Hegen & Band
Below was translated from Dutch to English using the 'Google Translator' application. The original text can be read here: Vanpan.nl - B.J. Hegen Blues Band Chicago Blues The Drentse Bluesband BJ Hegen (Assen 1942) is one of the few musicians who still dares to make blues music in a time of blues rock and all sorts of blues music as originally intended and according to tradition. BJ Hegen blues guitarist, singer, painter and cartoonist knows a changing musical career over a period of more than 50 years. BJ Hegen's musical journey dates back to the 1960s. Influenced by the then current musical norms he initially surrendered to pop music. In the meantime, he also came into contact with the blues and he was particularly attracted by the chicago style interpreters, including favorite exponents such as Johnny Young and John Little John. BJ studied the Chicago style and eventually went back to the archetypal primal forms of the blues. It was these influences that made him decide to definitively move to a formable blues band under his own name in the seventies. His band accompanied American artists such as Eddy Burns and Eddie C. Campbell during tours throughout Europe. In the 80s he and his Band provided the support act for BB King in The Hague. Hegen is an excellent documented expert on the blues, and Chicagoblues in particular to which he brings his own interpretation on stage. In Jan Warntjes (Drieborg, 1942) he has found his regular pianist for years. Warntjes learned the basics of the ragtime in New Orleans in the 1960s. In exchange for liquor, Sweet Emma Barret brought him the chord schemes and the syncopian playing, which later grew into ragtime solo work. The next phase was the Dixieland style. Jan played in several Dixieland bands, but the love for solo work kept him interested. Only in 1976 the Blues came forward again and later the Boogie Woogie, his memories of the meetings with Blues pianists from the States come up again and again. In 1977 the second prize was won at the National Blues and Woogie festival in Bergen (North Holland) and he became a guest at Bluesfestivals and in Jazz cafés. Non-commercialism has always had a positive influence on his game, so that very authentic work emerges. Together these men form an authentic Blues duo, which is regularly expanded with a rhythm section consisting of bassist Frans Többen and percussionist Hank van der Veen. Not so long ago, the band released their studio CD All-round Men, which is now being followed by a live registration released in-house. The four songs on this disc, which were recorded live during a performance in cultural stage Vanslag in Borger, Drenthe, is a nice addition to the CD All-round Men. Warntjes kicks off with a piano intro on the calm shuffle Lightnin 'Struck Poorhouse and continues with room-wide chords, which Hegen can use with his recognizable vocals. Steady Rollin 'Man is also put down in a medium tempo shuffle and tastefully provided with effective guitar work by Hegen. The pace is going up a lot in My Heart's Cryin ', in which BJ Hegen with his pointed guitar riffs puts the matter pretty tight. Rooster Blues, a signature song by Hegen that is full of breaks, nicely swings out the speakers. Alternately, on the professional foundation of a walking bass by Frans Többen and the extremely swinging drumming of Hank van der Veen, Hegen and Warntjes enthusiastically listened to harmonica and piano respectively. Authentic blues from Drenthe soil, which you can hear little more nowadays. Facebook: B.J. Hegen Blues Band
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