Schotje's Audio Archives

Just once in a while there is such a special moment. Driving to, or from work, and listening to the radio… A song grabs your attention, might even get goosebumbs on your arm. Now look around for a piece of paper and a pencil so you can write down the title of the song or the performer. And damn those DJ’s who never mention the songtitle just when you need it so hard.

This week it happened two times. With the first song I did’n get any specifics. With the second song I managed to write down the title: “I could even grow a moustache for you” Very original and powerful song. First thought was that this was music from an original black american bluesman. Once at home immediately got the laptop and looked for the song on Amazon and Google. Couldn’t find it but ended up with this link … <!– WriteFlash('’); //–>

During the search for the Daniel Norgren song I stumbled upon Villa VPRO and found the lost first song! Cover of the record and the lyrics look a bit depressive but the music of “I don’t Feel it anymore” is so beautiful in its simplicity!

Let’s go to the attick, or to the cellar, maybe even to the barn. Just walk to the place where that old record collection of yours is tucked away… Now look around, there just might be a album cover that is perfect for a “Sleeveface” picture! Offcourse we tried it ourselves. Janneke has used the cover of a “Mott the Hoople” album and me, myself and I used the cover of Mick Farren’s solo album: “Vampires stole my lunch money”

Link to: Sleeveface

OK, not even one Grateful Dead song, no “In memory of Elizabeth Reed”, but what a concert! Warren Haynes and his gang came all the way to my hometown for this concert. Two sets, a drum solo and two encores did make this a special concert.

The volume was sometimes a little bit too high for a small club like De Lantaarn, especially on the heavy songs like I’m A Ram and Thorazine Shuffle but a solid base of driven bass/drum gave guitarist Warren Haynes and the Hohner keyboard player the chance for some beautiful improvisations….

Compliments for “De Lantaarn”. It’s just three weeks ago that guitar legend Peter Green visited this club, and now we’ve seen this powerhouse band Gov’t Mule! SOULSHINE!!!

Five YouTube video-clips were made with Janneke’s Kodak photocamera and the audio was recorded with a Zoom H2 Audio recorder.

1.) Rocking Horse 2.) Bus Stop 3.) Since I’ve been loving you 4.) Drum Solo 5.) Gonna send you back to Georgia.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=videoseries%3Flist%3DPL324A2662EC3A55BC%26hl%3Dnl_NL

Tim Hardin – If I Knew

Tim Hardin is well known for gems like “If I were a carpenter” and “Hang on to a dream” but now it’s time to relax, get comfortable on the sofa, turn up the volume and listen to this song. What a voice and what an emotion! “I believe, I believe I could hold back my crying” but that’s hard to do with this music…

I don’t wanna know (John Martyn)

From the VHS archives of schotje himself. A beautiful song of the late great John Martyn performed by Richie Havens & Band. Amazing, how this man can make songs of other artists his own. This live video-clip is from the “Ohne Filter” german TV broadcast, 1987.

On a rainy night in October 2009 on the bicycle to the concert of Mr. Peter Green and his band in the local club De Lantaarn in Hellendoorn, NL. At 20.15 hours there was already a large group of older young people waiting for the entrance. The doors opened at 20.30 and first thing to do was to buy some coins for that tasty Hertog Jan beer. In the mean time the roady was preparing mr. green’s guitars.

It was a fine concert! It’s a good thing to see Peter Green back in concert after such a long period of up’s and down’s. Lyrics were read from the paper but the guitar playing was very good. This man still shoot arrows right at the heart. The rhythm guitarist tried to get some stories from the old days but Mr. Green was focused on the music and not in the mood for small talk…

The band came back for one encore: ‘Black Magic Woman’ and then the party was over. The roadies had to pack the equipment in the black van for a next concert at the ‘Bosuil’. And schotje has already bought a ticket for the next concert in de Lantaarn: Govn’t Mule!

You Tube movies of this concert were filmed with my daughter’s Kodak 10 Megapixel camera and a Zoom H2 Microphone was used for the audio.

1.) Albatross 2.) Dark end of the street 3.) Black Magic Woman.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=videoseries%3Flist%3DPLF3D7FFA8BAAA40AB%26hl%3Dnl_NL

After nearly 40 years of collecting vinyl albums, rock books and magazines, it’s about time Schotje get’s his own music blog. The music and articles posted here won’t be for everyone’s taste. in fact, it’s quite possible that only few people will appreciate the strange sounds that will be posted here… That’s okay. Music is love!