Mr. Boogie Woogie

The Dutch pianist Mr. Boogie Woogie is one of the finest players in today's rhythm 'n blues scene. He began his musical career playing classical piano in church but at fourteen, after he heard Fats Domino play the Swanee River Hop he decided to become a boogie-woogie man. Albert Ammons, Meade Lux Lewis and Pete Johnson are a clear influence, just like Rob Hoeke, Dr.John, Ray Charles and, unexpectedly guitarists B.B.King and Albert Collins. Mr. Boogie Woogie has always been stunned by so much power in blues. Since 1990 he fronts his own band Mr. Boogie Woogie & the Firesweep Bluesband, a rhythm and blues band with as “specialité de la maison”: boogie-woogie! A show by Mr. Boogie Woogie is a sensational event. His remarkable sound, his energy and enthusiasm, it sets any place on fire.

Mr. Boogie Woogie has been a success at many festivals, including the Belgian Rhythm & Blues Festival, the Gaildorfer Bluesfest in the south of Germany, the Drijf-In-Bluesfestival in Giethoorn, Holland and even, as the only musician in the world six times the Amsterdam Bluesfestival at the Meervaart. Also boogie-woogie festivals in Rotterdam (NL), Paris (F), Lyon (F) and Brugge (B). On these and other occasions he shared the stage with international giants of blues like Matt “Guitar” Murphy, Johnny Copeland, Van Morrison, Koko Taylor, Magic Slim and the Teardrops, The Blues Brothers Band and the crème de la crème of boogie-woogie pianists like Axel Zwingenberger (Ger), Al Copley (USA), Little Willy Littlefield (USA), Charles Brown (USA) and many others.

An active man like Mr. Boogie Woogie should not be confined to one country. So he expanded his horizons and besides the Netherlands he now plays all over Europe and made his debut in the United States in September 2001. Just a year later Mr.Boogie Woogie played in Chicago, New York, Memphis, Clarksdale, Baton Rouge, New Orleans, Phoenix, Flagstaff and his favorite US city: Tucson. Today Mr. Boogie Woogie tours the U.S. even more frequently.

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