It is Sunday morning and I have just returned from a nice party on the beach in Scheveningen (read… broke), I walk to my grandfather’s wooden fruit auction box to pick out an LP as I normally do every Sunday morning with a cup of coffee. Yet this time is different, I now want to pick an LP to write an ode to for the website of Blues in Wijk. Doubt, doubt, doubt… Which one shall I choose? Ries already has “the London Sessions”, Wim has Elmore James and Bo chooses Muddy… Shit!
Let’s see, how do you determine your favorite LP? Oh well, I’ll have to choose anyway. I go for a real modern classic “Blues Singer” by Buddy Guy from 2003. Back to basics! Jos du Floo once gave me this wonderful record as an audio file “you really should listen to this”. I think it’s a wonderful record, beautiful acoustic blues with a wonderful relaxed atmosphere that makes me feel very relaxed and where my thoughts wander away to a world of 100 years ago, a world without hurry. Somehow I find it a very exciting record, when you hear the song “Crawlin’ Kingsnake” together with BBKing and Eric Clapton. What a groove you say! The song “Moanin’ and Groanin'” gives me the feeling of a couple of guys along the Mississipie River making music with each other. Maybe it is my feeling of being broke. But what a fine record to listen to with an espresso!