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The Juke Joints - 35 Years Of Rock Rollin Blues - Info.txt
The Juke Joints - 35 Years Of Rock Rollin Blues (2018)
01. Hold On (2:43)
02. Mercy Mercy (5:13)
03. Born In Chicago (5:00)
04. Bullfrog Blues (4:42)
05. I Will Follow (5:26)
06. Don't Give It Up (4:14)
07. Let It Roll (6:40)
08. Nataly (9:10)
09. Stax Sound (3:33)
10. Addicted To The Blues (6:47)
11. Out On The Western Plain (4:49)
12. Back Stabbing Woman (8:42)
13. My Baby (3:44)
A Juke Joint is an Afro-Americans, often clandestine, organized establishment where, until the first half of the twentieth century, black bluesmen entertain a drink and dance audience with boogie and blues. Besides Barrelhouse, the Zeeland combo The Juke Joints took their name from these often infamous tents.
I once saw them play in a dismantled radiators factory, a youth club, a brown pub. In addition to a permanent place at the festival in their home port Kwadendamme, The Juke Joints visited the stages of almost all Dutch and Belgian blues festivals as well as the large and medium-sized events in Europe and even in the US. In the musical cradle they searched their roots in Memphis and Chicago.
The Juke Joints have been 'on the road' for 35 years and that was celebrated at the end of last year in a packed De Piek in Vlissingen with a steaming concert. Meanwhile, the Zeeland blues rockers form a tightly operating team. From behind his drum kit singer Peter Kempe sends his hard-working companions through a solid rocking on boogie and blues grafted repertoire. Kempe is not exactly the most talented singer, the combination with energetic drumming is not evident, but the unbridled effort in combination with contributions from guitarist Michel State and the solid bass beat by Derk Kopershoek make up for it.
The performances of harmonicaman Sonnyboy vd Broeck form a decisive part of the Juke Jointssound from the beginning. A solid intro with his own work forms a run-up to the Born In Chicago, known by Paul Butterfield. Those rhythmic harp shoots on a tightly rocked underground strongly remind of those other 'bad boys of the blues', The Nighthawks. Incidentally, they are conceived with a flashy interpretation of Backstabbin 'Woman.
The great musical hero of Kempe remains Rory Gallagher, during the interpretation of Bullfrog Blues Peter strums on the mandolin. For Out On The Western Plain a traditional of Ledbetter that the Irish guitarist adopted at the time, the drum kit is pushed aside again and in the haunting marshy areas of Louisiana Do not Give It Up girded Sonnyboy the pouch and we stay on the side shores of the Mississippi with scorched slides on a soggy boogiebeat in Let It Roll.
The guitarist goes extensively in the long drawn-out instrumental squeezer Nataly The steamy bass used Stax Sound refers to an inspiring visit by The Juke Joints to Memphis with soulfully colored string slicks and unison debut harmonica shoots. Then effortlessly switched to sultry Chicago blues with pointed strings.
This live registration, which has been awarded for 35 years of hard work, forms an excellent overview of The Juke Joints, the energetic outsider in Dutch blues rock. (Google translation)
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