When I was a seven year old boy a song on the radio caught my ear. It had a weird sounding guitar that I just loved. Back then I had no idea this riff was played on a Fender VI bass. The artist was Hank the Knife & The Jets. And Hank played guitar on the Fender VI.
Years later when I moved to Arnhem to study at the Arts academy I frequently saw Hank (Henk in real life) in the city. He still played with his band and he was also a comic book artist.
Today Henk passed away.
Rest in Peace Hank the Knife / Henk Bruysten.
Thank you for the music of my youth and for the funny comic strips you made.
Ooh shit. I'll make a post on my page.
In the old vid the low E string is out of its saddle groove and it drives me nuts >:(
Haha, relax Ilan. They were only miming. ;D
And if they're miming my OCD suddenly shuts off? :mrgreen:
haha, not likely :mrgreen:
I hadn't heard of him but he sure got his own sound from the Bass VI. Very nice.
Quote from: ilan on December 30, 2024, 11:23:20 PMAnd if they're miming my OCD suddenly shuts off? :mrgreen:
Don't be so friggin' German about it, Ilan. It is part of the lovable Dutch national psyche to execute any action with a certain amount of sloppiness, yet at the same time feisty aplomb and a sprinkling of grandeur.
We're really jealous of that.
You've just described the Frank Farian acts Boney M and Milli Vanilli, right?
:mrgreen:
What was sloopy about either Boney M or Milli Vanilli? They were perfectly engineered for the chosen markets.
But Frank Farian's approach was very deutsches Ingenieurwesen, I'll give you that. Dutch producer-manufactured music sounded always a bit more playful to me.
Quote from: uwe on January 02, 2025, 09:46:16 AMDon't be so friggin' German about it, Ilan
Mine is the Polish variant of OCD and it's unshakeable.
I was thinking mainly about the performance of the 'artists' on stage miming along to the meticulously crafted music of Herr Farian.
And to be fair; Bobby Farell was half Dutch. So I guess Uwe has a point after all😂
Quote from: ilan on January 03, 2025, 10:15:51 AMMine is the Polish variant of OCD and it's unshakeable.
Weighty words, phew, I'll ask again in 123 years, ok? 8)
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I think it's time to enter Austrian singer Falco and Dutch producers Bolland & Bolland.
Better than Quo's cover:
All threads end in Deep Purple:
Quote from: uwe on January 03, 2025, 03:24:28 PM
I still have the lighter I stole seven years ago from Polish president Andrzej Duda, seen in this vid.
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