bottle up and go
acoustic, folk, blues, bluegrass, banjo,dobro,T-bass,washboard,guitar, ukulele,harmonica, mandolin, kazoos...
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Some called it jugband music, others skiffle, we call it Bottle Up and Go, our acoustic circle of friends up here in Enkhuizen.Band/artist history
It's a too long story
THE HISTORY OF OUR BAND
NAME DROPPING
We all knew Jesus Christ very well.
Bob Dylan we went to school with in Mobile, Alabama, where he got stuck.
Bob ain't from Minnesota 't all, he's from the deep south, don't let them fool you.
John Prine's from Meulenberg in the Netherlands where he met Jan, our mandoline-and harmonica-player
And Guy Clark met Paul's mother, by some referred to as a whore in Dallas.
Townes Van Zandt even has a Dutch name, he was originallly called Teun van der Zand,
we all went fishing with him in the Zuiderzee, must have been way back in 1799.Lonnie Donegan used to fish in the IJselmeer too.
All he caught was a cold
In short, these influences helped us a lot in getting where we don't want to be...
So much for the true story. Now the stuff you've all been waiting for: Our band started in Enkhuizen way back in February 1997,
and consists of for instance Jan de Boer, our office-man, sending his seeds all over the world,
how country can you get...
If that ain't country, you can kiss his Westfrisian ass
By the way, he doesn't even like country
He's also our Mr. Body Builder
So try come on stage again granny,
he'll hit you with his harmonica,
spin you around on his mandoline.
wrap you in his guitar!
He's been playing those things since he "cain't remember whin"
So it might have been yesterday for all we know
Then there is this banjo-player, Paul van Gelder
He's so in love with his banjo
He took it to bed with him
Next day the banjo was broken.
He works for VARA, Dutch national radio as a d.j.
Hell knows how he manages that
His father was from Mobile, Alabama
That should explain it
Willem Breed, our carpenter, made his own instrument: The T-bass
The other carpenter, Jesus, might have made wine out of water
Willem makes music out of a clothes-line
His brother Simon Breed is our trucker
He sings his "Keep on trucking mama" like no one else
Thank God!
He bought an old washboard in Medemblik
Some call him Mr.Rhythm
Others just run away
Our dobro-player,Cor van Sliedregt, once played in the famous CCC Inc.
And yes, they survived it!
He's our most experienced player
Though some still don't believe that
He also plays kazoo(My God!), banjolele,cocaonuts and triangle
He's best on guitar, that's why he never plays it
And yes, he also works for Dutch national radio:VPRO
Last, but not least, we've got Martin Starrenburg in our band
He knows more about Dylan than Dylan himself
Martin plays ukulele and guitar
He also sings, even better than Dylan
If you think that's easy, just listen to him on "The Wrong Woman", it's on our c.d.
By the way, the history of skiffle music, the music we play, is extensively described on one of our links on this page
Go for it if you've got a spare 48 hours
Oh, yeh, we've all got great musical tastes it says here
Thank you, maHave you performed in front of an audience?We play live and love it most of the time. People dancing is always a thrill...
Your musical influences
Lonnie DoneganWhat equipment do you use?
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Excellent!
May you receive God's blessings, favor and success!
Thurane
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Thurane of New Jerusalem
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