Real Roots Cafe

www.myspace.com/realrootscafe

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  • Jan Janssen

  • 51 / Male
  • Millingen aan de Rijn, Gelderland, NL
  • Last Login: 7/16/2009

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  • Music

    Sumner Brother, Untitled (Independent)

    De onverbloemde openhartigheid waarmee de Canadese Sumner Brothers, Bob en Brian, in hun songs persoonlijke emoties en frustraties de vrije loop laten, is even ontroerend als schokkend. Dit in duisternis gehulde album is een combinatie van diepgaande teksten en treurige melodieën, die de luisteraar vrije toegang biedt tot elke spelonk van hun ziel. Wat dat betreft spant het door Brian geschreven liedje ‘Pain’ de kroon. Ter illustratie daarom enkele tekstregels:

    “I better look over what I got cause it won’t last long I better look over what I got Long live pain, long live pain The price we pay tot live is fair But it holds us down and takes our strength”.

    Maar in elk van de elf composities, inclusief twee covers van The Carter Family en de traditional ‘Yeah Blue’(een bizar aflopende story over een hond), zoekt verdriet, woede, wanhoop, machteloosheid, wraakzucht, eenzaamheid en berusting een (uit)weg naar buiten, middels de stripdown songstructuren en de venijnige, geëxalteerde, dan wel gelaten zangpartijen van beide broers. Het is een unieke versmelting van flarden rock, blues, folk, country, die hoogstens iets refereert aan het ongepolijste geluid van The Felice Brothers, Ramsay Midwood en soms The Band. Medeverantwoordelijk voor deze emotioneel doorweekte sound, zijn de vaste bandleden, bassist James Meger en drummer Mike Ardagh en de soms assistentieverlenende steelgitarist Jake Cataford, toetsenist Brandon Smith en mandolinespeler Sam Parton.

    Dit naamloze album zal, hoop ik, toch geen anoniem bestaan hoeven lijden?
  • Heroes

    John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Jimi Hendrix, Eddie Hinton, Antonio Gaudi, Geronimo, Crazy Horse and Buffalo Bill.

Details

  • Status: Married
  • Here for: Networking
  • Hometown: Millingen aan de Rijn
  • Zodiac Sign: Leo
  • Smoke / Drink: No / No

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About me:

I grew up with music of Otis Redding, Grand Funk Railroad, Wishbone Ash, Black Sabbath, The Free, Buffalo Springfield, Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple. When I was fourteen I worked as a DJ in a local discotheque called Walhalla. It was the winter of 1972 as this house of “Real People, Real Instruments and Real Music” burned down to the ground. This musical nightmare happened in place called Millingen aan de Rijn in the Netherlands. That's why I like to dedicate the Real Roots Café website in memory to the most futuristic roots-rock temple of the late sixties begin seventies called Walhalla.

After that I did learn more about more popular music of bands like Stealers Wheel, Steely Dan, The Doobie Brothers, Crosby Stills Nash & Young and The Eagles. But the roots of the best American Roots Music came in those days from The Ozark Mountain Daredevils. I always stayed true to the music of the band. In those days, I entertained the youth movement in our area and myself with some real music. I enjoyed all true believers, mostly in the weekends, about the latest discoveries and developments in music. I always stayed true to the music that I did loved then and that I love now.

In 1994 I did get my first Internet connection. With my super fast 14 K4 modem, connection music world was on my feet, new opportunities to discover music and to broaden my music knowledge. At that time in our country, the Roots Music scene was doing fine. It didn’t matter if it was country, blues, world, reggae or singer songwriter music, in general the interest in Roots music was growing fast.

Via a live performance that Jimmy LaFave gave in O42 in Nijmegen back in 1995, I landed at the Munich Records Anniversary Festival, in 1996. It where LaFave and his friends Wyckham Porteous, Michael Fracasso, Abra Moore en Mark Shumate who introduced me in world that they call now Americana. I noticed, with a lot of pleasure that I was not standing alone with my love for "Real People, Real Instruments and Real Music". The slightly stolen slogan, after visiting the Munich Records Festival, was for me the moment to start the a Roots music website. I in fact picked up where I stopped in those nostalgic days. I started the website “JJ’s Alternative Music Corner”. I still remember my first interview with Neal Casal, in catacomb of Paradiso, Amsterdam, meeting my independent hero’s like Michael "Supe'Granda, David Munyon, Joseph Parsons, Shane Alexander, Reto Burrell, Joe Purdy and many more.

After I finished my study, in 1997, I started to work, as a volunteer, at the local radio station WFM 107.1 located in our hometown. I actually started the Real Roots Café radio show and website in 1998. In 2000 we started to experiment with interactive radio on the Internet. I started broadcasting the Real Roots Café radio show via Live365.com.

2006 it was al about the TEN YEARS Real Roots Café anniversary party on the world wide web. June 4th 2006 at Cultureel Podium Roepaen in Ottersum, Holland we had two live stages. One acoustic indoor stage in the beautiful just renovated Chapel and one big outdoor stage. We had only 400 tickets, because we wanted to guarantee that all our visitors and artists really could enjoy the festival. With a small budget we created something very special.

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10 years Real Roots Café Party 2006

It’s actualy a never-ending story. Systematically The Real Roots Café is walking the long road, knowing we are rumble in margins. Nevertheless, wel ove the challenge to support all those fabulous musicians. who almost never get the chance to promote their music on settled national radio stations and magazines. We cherish the sound that average listeners never get the chance to explore or hear.

Please surf to www.realrootscafe.com to find out more.

Contact:
Real Roots Café
Lincolnstraat 2
6566 CT Millingen aan de Rijn
The Netherlands
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Who I'd like to meet:

Real People who love real instruments and like Real Music.

Comments

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  • FaberFaber Optimé Online Now!

    Jul 8 2009 4:52 PM

    Hey there,
    Here's one from left field...
    Ever wondered what to do in the event of a nuclear threat?
    A while back I came across some very disturbing information, which inspired me to make this video:
    Living Under the Shadow of the Nuclear Umbrella
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaIim3Rj7L4
    Both artistic (ensure you've good enough sound to enjoy the background music!) and educational, it primarily comprises official British government civil defence advice.
    Though the source materials are somewhat aged, the fundamentals remain relevant today.
    I encourage all to visit the YouTube web page above to learn more (Show your support! Rate! Comment!) and responsibly re-post and circulate as widely as possible.
    Help to raise awareness.
    Say have you checked out my web site (http://www.faberoptime.com) recently?
    Take care and keep in touch.
    Best,
    Faber.
    "Just a guy trying to make the world a better place."
  • Jul 8 2009 4:52 PM

    It's great to meet you JJ!
  • Jun 28 2009 10:39 AM

    Thanks for the Friendship!
    Wish a Great weekend!!
    greets from Germany
  • Jun 13 2009 9:16 PM

    hOIIO,

    Bedankt voor de vriendschap!

    -OIIO
  • FaberFaber Optimé Online Now!

    Jun 13 2009 9:16 PM

    Thanks for the add!
    Good to have you as a friend!
    So great to see the internet in action this way, shortening distances between people. :)
    I hope all's well with you and that you enjoy checking out my web site at www.faberoptime.com some time.
    For occasional, new, refreshing, insightful and (possibly?!) valuable content, I encourage you to sign up for my free newsfeed/email newsletter (using the form on site at page right - high quality, low quantity, no spam!).
    Oh and you might like to take a look at some of my vids on my YouTube channel too! www.youtube.com/faberoptime
    Take care and keep in touch.
    Best,
    Faber.
    "Just a guy trying to make the world a better place."
  • Jun 13 2009 9:15 PM

    Just stopping by to say hi. LOVE your page here! Peace, love and new guitar strings-Jefferson Ross
  • Jun 13 2009 9:15 PM

    Nu te bestellen: in 192 pagina's bijna een eeuw Berlijnse muziekhistorie

    MUZIEKREIS DOOR HET BERLIJN VAN TOEN EN NU
    Van jazzhel tot technohemel

    Kijk op http://www.musikinberlin.com voor meer info!
  • GBM

    Jun 10 2009 4:16 PM

    Hi Jan, thank u much for your friendship, for the add.I appreciate it very much.Its great to have you and the club along the ride.All the best to you, good luck, succes n health.Out of the neighboorhood,GBM
  • Jun 10 2009 4:16 PM

    Há, ik heb een nieuw album uit en veel (10!) nieuwe songs in m'n MySpace-player...
    Kijk ook naar de "Road to Rapture sessions" video op m'n pagina!

    Laterssss!
  • Jun 1 2009 11:18 AM

    Have A Great Week

    Thank You! For supporting our music and for your friendship,
    We greatly appreciate. Please add yourself to our mailing list.
    May all your dreams come true! Your new friends, Jerry / Joe

    http://www.reverbnation.com/theshadows
  • Jun 1 2009 11:18 AM

    Just wanted to drop in to say Hi and thanks for the add! We hope you get a chance to listen to more of our music at http://www.JustBlueMusic.com and let us know what you think.
  • Rhythm & Roots Online Now!

    Jun 1 2009 11:18 AM

    Thanks for being our friend! Looking forward to some great gigs here in London. Fabulous Thunderbirds on Friday June 5 Chas & Dave on Friday June 12 Gandalf Murphy & The Slambovian Circus of Dreams in Fri 19 June Jefferson Starship in August... Details from: http://www.rhythmgigs.com
  • Jun 1 2009 11:18 AM

    Thanks
  • May 29 2009 5:15 PM

    Rosa Sky 06-06-09 op Roots On The Road Festival
    http://www.rootsontheroad.nl
  • May 26 2009 5:36 AM

    Thanks for your friendship! Currently, we're playing locally here in the greater Houston area BUT if you or someone you know would like to book the band or our acoustic duo show we'll travel just about anywhere!! Drop me a line at mike@parrish-hundley.com!!!! Wishing you all the very best!!! - Mike
  • May 25 2009 5:24 PM

    thanks for the add!!!
    http://www.bluefamily.rs
  • May 20 2009 6:48 AM

    Hey thanks for the add and all. Glad you cared for rock n roll!

    Cheers,
    Danny Echo
  • May 6 2009 3:58 PM

    Hey, it's Dave Clupper. If I haven't told you thank you for your support yet, thank you! Check out my profile to view a video of a live clip shot from Downtown Tulsa with my daughter Ellen. Also, you can listen to a majority of my new record "Letting Go" released earlier this month until June 1st. If you want to own a copy, look for the Buy Now Button on my profile or to just own a track it's available on iTunes and many other digital retailers. Talk soon!
  • May 2 2009 8:43 AM

    Welcome to Miss Boon's Blues Infirmary ;-)
  • Apr 26 2009 11:46 AM

    Hello from Finland! It's a name-dropping FRENZY!!! I just released my new cd featuring Alejandro Escovedo, Mark Lanegan, Steve Berlin (los lobos), Chris and Carla from the Walkabouts, Peter Case, Scott McCaughey (YFF, REM)and Jim Roth (built to spill). CD has liner notes by Biographer Charles R. Cross (BackStreets-Springsteen...Heavier than Heaven-Cobain...Roomful of Mirrors-Hendrix...etc. Also I have finally put "Passing Thru" on my site as well for you to hear...this is the one with Eddie Vedder, Victoria Williams, and Carla Torgerson trading verses with me...it has not been availablé for a long time, and I also have it on i-tunes, etunes, amazon and rhapsody. Okay...I hope you are doing well!

    Gary Heffern
  • Apr 21 2009 3:45 PM

    Thank you so much for the add.
    Daddy Rocks
  • Apr 14 2009 7:01 AM

    Hello from Texas. Theanks for the add!
  • Apr 14 2009 7:01 AM

    Thanks!
  • Apr 2 2009 11:46 AM

    Thanks for the add.
    I hope someday you'll join us and the Johnson will live as one.
  • Mar 27 2009 5:08 PM

    Goed cafe'ke :-)<br />Dankjewel JJ, <br /><br />*Kaat