EXPAT BLUES
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('BOOTLEG'-singer/songwriter and guitarist Rob Dokter)
"THIS WEBSITE is not just about me as you can see on your journey through these pages. It's a musical TOUR through MUSIC and in particular the music that made me to what i am today. Scroll down and you will see what i mean. Links, links and more links to music and artists that make the difference!
It's with regret that i salute the ones who left this world and with gratitude that i -as should YOU!- embrace their musical legacies. So.. Here's to remembering too: Johnny Cash, June Carter, Waylon Jennings, Jerry Reed, Doug Sham, Rusty Wier, Stephen Bruton, Gerrit van Berkum, Eddie Cochran, Bo Diddley, Johnny Joyce, Floyd Red Crow Westerman and lots of others no longer with us!"
LATEST ADDS UPLOADED january 27th, 2010 : NEW STORY !
".... and the music they left behind ..... "
update february 3rd: upcoming concerts, link!
update february 4th: 7 new YouTube-video's, link!
MAY 2010 BRING YOU LOVE PEACE AND HOPE
music playing is 'EXPAT BLUES' (words and music by Rob Dokter) (c), taken from first solo-CD 'Just as i am'. musicians: Dick Zoeteweij: leadguitar + drum/bass-programming / Rob Dokter: electric and acoustic rythm guitar + vocals
"I would like to thank the following musical inspirations: JOHNNY CASH, WAYLON JENNINGS, WILLIE NELSON, KRIS KRISTOFFERSON, JOHN and TOM FOGERTY, CHUCK BERRY, JERRY REED, JJ CALE, GREG BROWN, The Beatfarmers (not just for 'Happy Boy') , Stephen Bruton, GUY CLARK, Lee Clayton, Albert Collins, STEVE EARLE, Fatal Flowers, JOHN HIATT, Ray Wylie Hubbard, The Jayhawks, JACK JERSEY (for everything from 'I'm calling' on) Sonny Landreth, Peter LaFarge, Los Lobos, The Mavericks, DELBERT McCLINTON (and Glen, ofcourse) , JAMES McMURTRY, ROGER MILLER, THE NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND (Jeff Hanna, Jim Ibbotson etc.), NORMAAL, David Olney, Buck Owens, Roy Orbison, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis Presley, Wilson Picket, JOHN PRINE, Otis Redding, LOU REED, The Rolling Stones, DOUG SAHM (in any setting) , BOB SEGER, BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, STATUS QUO, Rod Stewart, STRAY CATS, Chip Taylor, Stevie Ray Vaughan, JERRY JEFF WALKER, TONY JOE WHITE, Dwight Yoakam, Neil Young, TOWNES VAN ZANDT, ZZ Top, Beethoven (for the 6th 'Pastoral') , Little Feat, Rodney Crowell, Ry Cooder, SMOKIE, SHEL SILVERSTEIN, Dick Feller, Cheap Trick, CRAZY CAVAN AND THE RYTHM ROCKERS, MATCHBOX, FATS DOMINO, Dave Dudley, JIMMY RODGERS, Merle Haggard, STEVE FORBERT, George Jones, The Band, Marty Stuart, Doc Watson, TOM T. HALL, RUSTY WIER, DON WILLIAMS, HANK WILLIAMS and ofcourse SONNY TERRY and BROWNIE McGHEE."
(the above is from the booklet of my first CD 'Just as I am- Some raw gems '(2000) )
Since the real influence of a man like Billy JoeShaver became after my first CD i've honoured him under link for Johnny Cash (above and here) as well. Another that came later was Jimmy LaFave. And i forgot to mention Dave Edmunds, Bo Diddley, Eddie Cochran and lots of others, because there's so much music i've be soakin' up since i was just a kid. Ready to be taken away?
original sheet of lyrics to 'Expat Blues' (c)
