9129 - HANS THEESSINK & TERRY EVANS - TRUE & BLUE LIVE (2015)

HANS THEESSINK & TERRY EVANS
''TRUE & BLUE LIVE''
APRIL 21 2015
69:59

1 Demons (Hans Theessink) 03:01
2 Mother Earth (Peter Chatman, Lewis Simpkins) 05:15
3 Glory Of Love (William J. Hill) 03:37
4 Gotta Keep Moving (Ry Cooder, Terry Evans, Bobby King) 07:06
5 Vicksburg Is My Home (Hans Theessink) 06:17
6 Bourgeois Blus (Huddie Ledbetter, Alan Lomax) 03:54
7 Don't Let The Green Grass Fool You (Jerry Akiness, Johnny Bellmon, Victor Drayton, Reginald Turner) 07:00
8 Cross Road Blues (Robert Leroy Johnson) 04:54
9 Maybellene (Chuck Berry) 06:06
10 Delta Time (Hans Theessink) 03:00
11 Talk To Your Daughter (Alex Atkins, J.B.Lenoir) 04:26
12 Shelter From The Storm (Hans Theessink) 04:46
13 I Need Money (Hans Theessink) 04:38
14 Tears Are Rolling (Hans Theessink) 05:51

Terry Evans/Guitar, Vocals
Hans Theessink/Guitar, Harmonica, Vocals

ABOUT THE ALBUM
By terryevansmusic.com
HANS THEESSINK & TERRY EVANS may be from separate sides of the Atlantic Ocean but they work together beautifully and make sense as a natural combination. These two vastly experienced and respected musicians are committed performers who are a perfect foil to each other. Theessink's lazy baritone and Evans' extraordinarily soulful gospel tones are tailor made to blend together with spine-tingling results.

The new CD "TRUE & BLUE" was recorded live in Vienna - Terry and Hans were in great form and the crowd was ready for a steaming night of timeless blues, gospel and soul music coming to life in the capable hands of these two masters. With just two guitars and two remarkable voices (and eventual harmonica), they bring forth honest and straightforward power in a stripped-down musical situation with an unhurried vibe that's contagious and flows with the easy rhythm of buddies with mutual respect, having a blast singing and playing together.

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8406 - HANS THEESSINK & TERRY EVANS FEAT. RY COODER - DELTA TIME (2012)

HANS THEESSINK & TERRY EVANS FEAT. RY COODER
''DELTA TIME''
SEPTEMBER 18 2012
58:00

1 Delta Time (Hans Theessink) 03:25
2 Blues Stay Away From Me (A. Delmore, R. Delmore) 04:33
3 It Hurts Me Too (Whittaker) 03:26
4 How Come People Act Like That (Robert Charles Guidry) 02:55
5 The Birds and the Bees (Herbert Newman) 02:42
6 Build Myself a Home (Hans Theessink) 02:48
7 Down In Mississippi (J. B. Lenoir) 08:53
8 Shelter From the Storm (Hans Theessink) 05:41
9 I Need Money (Hans Theessink) 02:59
10 Heaven's Airplane (Traditional) 02:04
11 Pouring Water On a Drowning Man 04:38
12 Honest I Do (Jimmy Reed) 03:43
13 Mississippi (Hans Theessink) 10:05

Ry Cooder/Guitar
Terry Evans/Guitar, Vocals, Vocals (Background)
Willie Greene, Jr./Vocals (Background)
Arnold McCuller/Vocals (Background)
Hans Theessink/Arranger, Banjo, Foot Stomping, Guitar, Harmonica, Mandolin, Vocals

REVIEW
by Hal Horowitz, AMG
The follow-up to the European-American duo's 2008 release Visions is a similarly styled, stripped-down set of acoustic blues, gospel, and soul covers, with some Theessink originals. Evans' old employer Ry Cooder swings by this time to contribute his distinctive guitar to three tracks. Since Theessink's sound has typically shared a comparable sense of the organic spaciousness that characterizes much of Cooder's work, the resulting music is a terrific meeting of the minds. It's so good on Theessink's subtle "Shelter from the Storm" (not the Dylan tune), especially with a male backing trio of vocalists (also inspired by Cooder's work), that you wish the two would record an entire album together. Theessink and Evans nail a sweet spot with their voices on the classic Delmore Brothers' "Blues Stay Away from Me" where just skeletal guitar and Cooder's always tasteful slide fills are all the song needs to resonate long after the last note fades. Evans and Theessink even bring fresh life to the slight but catchy Jewel Akens mid-'60s pop hit "The Birds and the Bees," with the guitarist picking up mandolin for a frisky and classy version of what most would consider an insignificant piece of fluff in its original version. Evans turns in yet another gripping version of J.B. Lenoir's "Down in Mississippi," a song he has sung both with Cooder and solo for decades. He slides into tough Southern soul on a cover of the James Carr classic "Pouring Water on a Drowning Man," singing tenor with Theessink's deep bass voice adding harmonies. The closing ten-minute "Mississippi," another tune about Evans' birthplace, is an upbeat folk-blues with churchy overtones and a stomping R&B backbone that effectively coalesces the previous dozen slices of roots Americana as Theessink does a roll call of famous musicians who were born in the state -- and oddly some that weren't -- with Evans howling in appreciation. The session is predominantly live with just a few guitar overdubs, and the sheer joy of playing together is contagious as it electrifies a vibe that thrives on its laid-back, down-home groove.