Hans Theessink Call Me LP
2006 Blue Groove vinyl edition, pressing on 180 Gram vinyl - originally released in 1992, teams Theessink with several friends and stout musicians including Bobby King, Maceo Parker, Terry Evans, Colin Linden, Pee Wee Ellis, Garth Hudson and more. This is cookin’ modern electric blues - Presented in colour sleeve.
Tracks
01. Late Last Night
02. Call Me
03. Mabellene
04. Lonely Days & Lonely Nights
05. Soul of Song
06. Ain`t Got No Home
07. Rock the Boat
08. New Orleans
09. Planet
10. Bluesdoctor
11. Cuckoo
12. Sail On
For Call Me I invited Canadian producer Colin Linden as a co-producer. I had been playing a lot at festivals in N.America and wanted to invite some of the musicians and singers that I`d met on my travels. Most of the backing vocals were sung by the fantastic Bobby King & Terry Evans (wellknown from their work with Ry Cooder). With Maceo Parker, Pee Wee Ellis and Fred Wesley we had one of the funkiest horn sections in the universe. In addition we had Garth Hudson, Richard Bell and Rick Danko of "The Band", and South African sax-and pennywhistle wizzard Morris Goldberg on board. We worked at studios in Munich, Woodstock and Los Angeles, hauling the big old tapes around. The work on CALL ME was a beautiful experience and a few of my most requested songs are included on the album: My own "Call Me", "Rock The boat" and Chuck Berry`s "Mabellene". HT
We`ve already had an American in Paris, but a Dutchman in Vienna? And one who has dedicated himself, body and soul, to American blues and roots music? Okay, Hans Theessink (pronounced Tay-sink) did not pic* the easiest way to do this, but he has done so with a certain degree of single-mindedness.Like others of his generation, in the early 1960‘s a love of the Blues took hold of the man whom Bo Diddley described as "one helluva guitar player", and it has not let go since. Above all, the country blues with its earthy and heartfelt sound impressed Hans Theessink and played a major role in his development as a musician. His roots are unmistakenly in the blues, but has also been influenced by countless other aspects of roots music. This musical variety has become a trademark of Hans Theessink, who as a songwriter has succeeded in building bridges to the present in addressing issues which reflect the reality of the here and now. Hans is probably Europe`s bluesexport Nr.1 - one of the top blues and roots musicians worldwide who has entertained audiences around the globe during a musical career that spans over more than 35 years. The world`s leading bluespaper - US magazine Blues Revue wrote: "Hans Theessink is an international blues treasure. He is one of the world`s pre-eminent country pickers and his warm baritone expresses blues
