John The Revelator - Where Are You? (55th Anniversary Compilation)

Album: Where Are You? (55th Anniversary Compilation)
Size: 150,5 MB
Time: 65:22
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2023
Styles: Blues/Rock mix
Art: Front

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)

One of the oldest bands in the Netherlands, the Haarlem-based blues band John the Revelator, remains vibrant and alive after 55 years on the road. They're celebrating this milestone with a compilation album featuring 15 original songs from their repertoire. Where Are You? kicks off with a roaring, explosive rendition of the traditional John the Revelator, which initially marked the band's career with an a cappella version on an LP.

Personnel: Erwin Aubroeck (piano, Hammond, magical sounds, vocals); Cor Dijkhuizen (drums); Paul Dammers (slide & rhythm guitar); Tom Huissen (vocals, bass); Frans ten Kleij (lead & rhythm guitar, harmonica).

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John The Revelator - The Tamalone Blues Tapes (2 CD)

Album: The Tamalone Blues Tapes
Size: 157,7 + 43,9 MB
Time: 68:18 + 18:55
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1996
Styles: Blues
Art: Full

CD 1:
1. Crossroads (4:41)
2. Fool No More (12:06)
3. Happy Home (3:51)
4. Yonder Come The Blues (5:31)
5. Black Cat Moan (7:22)
6. Pretty Woman (10:08)
7. Pack, Fair & Square (5:17)
8. Worried Dreams (10:16)
9. Talk To Me Baby (9:01)

CD 2 (Bonus):
1. Cahow (8:01)
2. Got To Move (3:48)
3. Willie & The Handjive (3:47)
4. Tamaloner (3:17)

After 27 years on the road, John the Revelator finally recorded a long overdue live album in 1996 and marvellous giant Fred Bok kindly rented his Tamalone building for the recordings. The album, which came with a bonus CD, was very succesful and sold out almost immediately after release.

(For personnel details, see artwork included.)

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John The Revelator - Seven Blue Seas

Album: Seven Blue Seas
Size: 90,7 MB
Time: 39:17
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1999
Styles: Blues
Art: Front, tray

1. Shake Your Money Maker (3:07)
2. I've Got To Be With You Tonite (5:05)
3. Little Snake Drive (3:48)
4. Goin Down (6:07)
5. It Hurts Me Too (4:55)
6. Jumpin' At Shadows (4:05)
7. Seven Blue Seas (9:43)
8. Brown Eyed Handsome Man (Bonus) (2:25)

Back in 1966 future John the Revelator singer and bassman Tom Huissen lived in London at the time that the blues scene there exploded. He became pals with Peter Green and witnessed the first rehearsals of Pete’s then new band Fleetwood Mac. Immediately after returning in Holland Tom started to form a blues band modelled after Fleetwood Mac. John the Revelator took off immediately and extensively started gigging the Dutch and European blues circuits that were thriving at the time.

After winning the prestigious Loosdrecht Jazz contest in 1970 record label Decca offered the band a recording contract resulting in the first album “Wild Blues”. Since then band has played all over the European continent and released many blues albums. In recent years John the Revelator has jammed with Peter Green, Snowy White, Chris Farlowe and a bunch of legendary Dutch blues guys. Some of them are featured on the album “Down in the Mud” and on the live DVD “Blues Train to Thalia” which was released in 2007.

After playing all over Europe the band now for the first time will be touring Western Australia in November 2009 and play at the prestigious Bridgetown Blues Festival. In September the new studio album “Underway” will be released.

Personnel: Tom Huissen (lead vocals, bass); Frans ten Kleij (lead & rhythm guitar, harmonica); Paul Dammers (slide & rhythm guitar); Cor Dijkhuizen (drums); Sjoerd Bosma (piano, organ, saxophone, acoustic guitar, vocals).

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John The Revelator - Down In The Mud

Year: 2005
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 61:41
Size: 142,6 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Scans: Front, sleeve, tray, cd

1. I'm Worried (3:09)
2. Something Inside Of Me (5:20)
3. Long Grey Mare (2:57)
4. Only Getting Second Best (4:02)
5. Let The Good Times Roll (3:03)
6. Before The Beginning (4:49)
7. Down In Virginia (3:03)
8. Worried Mind (4:09)
9. Jumpin' The Gun (3:33)
10. Palace Of The King (3:18)
11. Mean Mistreatin' Mama (3:17)
12. Down In The Mud (3:05)
13. Three Hundred Pounds Of Joy (3:18)
14. Little Red Rooster (3:55)
15. I Ain't Superstitious (4:08)
16. Darkened Room (4:00)
17. Depression (2:25)

This album marks the 35th anniversary of the band. To make the album a special event we invited a couple of friends from past and present. A horn section by Bert Baars was led in. Further musical back up was done by Barrelhouse piano man Han van Dam together with Gus Laporte on guitar. Brainbox singer Kaz Lux lended his unique voice to Freddie King's 'Let The Good Times Roll', 'Only Getting Second Best' and to Peter Green's 'Before The Beginning'. We invited Bintangs bassist/singer Frank Kraaijeveld for a couple of Howlin' Wolf songs.

Then of course there is what you might call the regular Revelator-stuff, this time ranging from rather basic acoustic songs to songs with heavily arranged horn parts by the Alabama Horns. The last two tracks of the album ('Depression'and 'Darkened Room') were written by a heavily jet lagged Tom Huissen who found himself awake in the middle of the night in some lousy hotel room in Miami. Former Revelator keyboardman Sjoerd Bosma plays piano on these tracks that were recorded in his Haarlem home because of the great acoustics.

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John The Revelator - Cahow (Blues For A Gadfly Petrel)

Year: 1994
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 55:53
Size: 129,0 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Scans: Full

1. Travellin' On (3:20)
2. Mississippi Twins (3:25)
3. Talkin' Woman Blues (4:12)
4. Memory Pain (5:57)
5. Kokomo (3:57)
6. Homework (3:22)
7. Everyday I Have The Blues (4:37)
8. Ain't Gonna Worry (3:25)
9. Trying To Paint It In The Sky (6:06)
10. Tulsa Time (3:21)
11. Willy & The Handjive (3:06)
12. Bullhorn Drifter (5:15)
13. Cahow (Blues For A Gadfly Petrel) (5:44)

This studio album, which was released in 1994, has been sold out for many years. In 1994 the 25th anniversary of the band is celebrated with the studio album "Cahow". It is pure coincidence that the album is named after a highly endangered species in Bermuda petrel. Later, the band realizes that Peter Green became famous by another petrel, the Albatross.

Cahow is a collection of "straightforward" blues songs, from their own song material to reworked covers of Elmore James and Duster Bennett, and introduces the Mississippi Twins on backing vocals.

Personnel: Cor Dijkhuizen (drums & percussion); Paul Dammers (slide & rhythm guitar); Sjoerd Bosma (keyboards & tenor saxophone, vocals); Tom Huissen (bass & vocals); Frans ten Kleij (lead & rhythm guitar, harmonica).

The Mississippi Twins: Jolanda van Bezooijen and Hetty Koopman.

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John The Revelator - Wild Blues

Year: 1970/2003
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 57:16
Size: 132,1 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Scans: Full

1. John The Revelator (0:46)
2. I Can't Stop Lovin' You (3:02)
3. Worried Dreams (5:41)
4. Charlie's Drive-In (1:39)
5. Talk To Me, Baby (5:01)
6. Personal Manager (4:35)
7. Wild Blues (1:37)
8. Bleeding Heart (4:42)
9. No Woman (3:12)
10. Homework (3:05)
11. Yeah (Prev. Unreleased Album Track) (Bonus) (3:03)
12. Rockin' Squirrel (Prev. Unreleased Track) (Bonus) (3:34)
13. One Track Mind (Prev. Unreleased Track) (Bonus) (4:44)
14. I Can't Stop Lovin' You (Prev. Unreleased Live Track) (Bonus) (3:22)
15. Little Red Rooster (Prev. Unreleased Demo Track) (Bonus) (4:17)
16. Worried Dreams (Prev. Unreleased Demo Track) (Bonus) (4:50)

Back in 1966 when Eric Clapton delivered his heavily overdriven wailing blues licks on the “Beano” album with John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, the guitar world was completely shaken up. Legend has it that Eric put his hand flat on the controls of his Marshall combo, moved his hand to the right, setting all controls full power in the process. Future Revelator singer and bassman Tom Huissen lived in London at the time that the blues scene triggered by Clapton’s trademark guitar work exploded. He became pals with Peter Green, Eric’s successor in the Bluesbreakers, and witnessed the first rehearsals of Pete’s then new band Fleetwood Mac.

Immediately after returning in Holland Tom started to form a blues band modelled after Fleetwood Mac. Finding the right guys for the job was not too hard and the band started to rehearse with cheap guitars, old tube driven radios for amplifiers and a tyre lever for playing bottleneck guitar. Early in 1969 the band adopted the name “John the Revelator” after the A Capella blues traditional by the great Son House. John the Revelator took off immediately and extensively started gigging the Dutch and European blues circuits that were thriving at the time.

After winning the prestigious Loosdrecht Jazz contest in 1970, record label Decca offered the band a recording contract resulting in the first album Wild Blues. This highly collectable record was re-released on CD in 2003.

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John The Revelator - 50 & Beyond, Vol. 1 & Vol. 2

Album: 50 & Beyond, Vol. 1
Size: 102,1 MB
Time: 41:18
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2017
Styles: Electric Blues, Rockin Blues
Art: Front

01. John The Revelator (Original Mix) (3:51)
02. Another Kinda Love (Original Mix) (5:17)
03. One Night Blow (Original Mix) (4:25)
04. Mojo Devil Nr 1 (Original Mix) (4:48)
05. One Sided Love (Original Mix) (3:47)
06. Madison Blues (Original Mix) (3:51)
07. Looking For A Free Ride (Original Mix) (3:17)
08. Boogie Man (Original Mix) (3:32)
09. Nobody's Fault But Mine (Original Mix) (5:54)
10. Hawaiian Boogie (Original Mix) (2:33)

Album: 50 & Beyond, Vol. 2
Size: 100,8 MB
Time: 38:13
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2017
Styles: Electric Blues, Rockin Blues
Art: Front

01. Slow Down (Original Mix) (3:33)
02. Hand In Hand (Original Mix) (3:23)
03. Mojo Devil Nr 2 (Original Mix) (5:36)
04. Too Many To Bail (Original Mix) (3:59)
05. Without You (Original Mix) (6:29)
06. Shake Your Moneymaker (Original Mix) (2:43)
07. Sugar Mama (Original Mix) (4:33)
08. Mojo Devil Nr 3 (Original Mix) (1:13)
09. Traveling Riverside Blues (Original Mix) (4:27)
10. She's Got The Eye (Original Mix) (2:11)

Personnel:
Tom Huissen: vocals and bass
Frans ten Kleij: electric lead guitars and blues harp
Cor Dijkhuizen: drums and percussion
Paul Dammers: slide guitar, electric and acoustic guitars
Erwin Aubroeck: Hammond organ, piano, synthesizer and vocals

Approaching our 50th anniversary we have been toying with the idea of releasing a box set to celebrate this special occasion.
For the new album we invited the original Wild Blues guys from 1970: Charles van den Heuvel (piano), Fred Huissen (drums), Charles van der Steeg (tenor saxophone) and co-founder Jos de Wilde (slide).
Great to see everyone invited was still playing and still had the blues feel from the early days. Even after all those years it felt like they never left the band.
Most of the tracks were recorded live in one take, just like the good old Wild Blues days.
The results can be heard on the new double album “50 & Beyond”.

50 & Beyond, Vol. 1
50 & Beyond, Vol. 2

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John The Revelator - The Blue Skin Album

Released: 2016
Size: 107.4 MB
Time: 46:48
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Styles: Rock / Blues Rock
Art: Front

1. A woman knows [5:21]
2. Sensitive kind [4:22]
3. Dee [3:16]
4. Under the bridge [4:28]
5. Danny's chant [3:39]
6. Congo Square [5:26]
7. Wandering eye [5:00]
8. Talk to your lawyer [4:17]
9. I don't wanna lose you right now [4:41]
10. The Green Manalishi [6:13]

2018!) Haarlem's most famous blues band coming to the patronage of their brand new "Blue Skin Album. Ten varied songs, wrapped in a beautifully illustrated album.  A sign that John the Revelator believes in the transforming power of this exceptional album with six new songs of his own making in addition include Sensitive Child of JJ Cale and the famous The Green Manalishi by Peter Green. In the prehistory of 1969 the band Haarlem Dagblad wrote: "The Stomp, it rumbles, it's pure blues; 48 years later evolved the band into a cohesive unit of smooth jams and handsome developed by studio tracks which interlock exciting variety of solos. The vocals of Tom Huissen, the unique guitar solos of French at Kleij, slides Paul Dammers, the beats Cor Dijkhuizen and the virtuosity of Erwin Aubroeck on Hammond organ Haarlem still has a band that is rock. Come and hear!

The Blue Skin Album

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VA - The Best Of Dutch Blues Vol. 1 & 2

Size: 136,5+140,0 MB
Time: 58:59+60:31
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1995
Styles: Modern Electric Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Front & Back

Vol. 1:
01 Livin' Blues - Wang Dang Doodle/L.B. Boogie (4:00)
02 Rob Hoeke - Margio (2:58)
03 Oscar Benton - Bensonhurst Blues (3:53)
04 Bintangs - Ridin' On The L & N (2:38)
05 Cuby & The Blizzards - Something Inside Me (6:26)
06 Herman Brood - Showbizz Blues (4:37)
07 Kaz Lux & John Schuursma - Sinner's Prayer (3:10)
08 Flavium - Honey Bee (3:11)
09 Artie Kraaijeveld - Sweet Louisa (4:10)
10 Shakey Sam - Little Red Rooster (4:13)
11 John The Revelator - The Journey (4:14)
12 Eelco Gelling & The Blues Connection - Distant Smile (4:43)
13 Sketch - Further Up On The Road (5:52)
14 Blue Horizon - Shoulder To Cry (4:49)

Vol. 2:
01 Livin' Blues - Hoochie Coochie Man/Mojo Workin' (10:11)
02 Rob Hoeke - Fool Side (4:18)
03 Oscar Benton - I Feel So Good (4:20)
04 Bintangs - Travelin' In The Usa (2:55)
05 Cuby & The Blizzards - Downhearted Woman (3:01)
06 Herman Brood - Heartbreak Hotel (2:02)
07 Kaz Lux & John Schuursma - Hey Joe (3:53)
08 Flavium - Back Door Man (2:57)
09 B.J. Hegen - One Way Call (2:45)
10 Shakey Sam - Big Car Blues (3:32)
11 John The Revelator - Just A Little Bit (2:16)
12 Eelco Gelling & The Blues Connection - Feel So Bad (4:59)
13 Sketch - Have You Ever Loved A Woman (7:52)
14 Blue Horizon - Black Night Is Fallin' (5:23)

The Best Of Dutch Blues Vol. 1
The Best Of Dutch Blues Vol. 2

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