The 5th of May I went to see the late Michael Burks live for what turn out to be his very last gig. This blues legend put down an excellent show and will not be forgotten.
Michael "Iron Man" Burks was a great person and musician whom passed away too soon.
A while ago, Eric Sardinas paid a visit to the Boerderij in Zoetermeer during his 2012 tour. Eric Sardinas is a brilliant slide guitarist & blues musician, whom every Blues & Rock lover should discover.
Opening for Eric Sardinas was the Jon Amor Blues Group, formed by Jon Amor whom used to play with the award-winning Brittish band The Hoax.
The boys are back in town! Thin Lizzy has been back in full force ever since Ricky Warwick joined them in 2010. They've been touring extensively since 2011. The first time I saw the current line-up was at Hellfest 2011 and I was sold!
Ricky is an amazing musician and he performs the role as front man with an infectious enthousiasm. This time they were playing in the legendary club 'De Pul' in Uden where I've seen bands such as Saxon and W.A.S.P. perform infront of audiences of only a few hunderd compared to their usual thousands which is quite amazing!
A while ago my friends at Live Reviewer asked me if I'd like to join them to cover a little festival in the Netherlands called Surrender Hrieps. Seeing as I had nothing planned that day I took them up on their offer and headed over to Grijpskerke.
Surrender Hrieps turned out to be one hell of a drunken bash! I think the whole town was there, and they were all drunk. Beer (Belgian beer even, not that Heiniken piss) was flowing generously and things got quite crazy.
