Big Pete, the Dutch harp player and singer, has the blues under control. No matter if on the studio CD Choice Cuts or the present album "Live At BluesNow!".
He also presented some songs of the tracklist at the Blues Moose concert in Café Bar De Comm (Groesbeek). With the guests Kid Ramos, Monster Mike Welch, both their guitarist and Anthony Geraci on the black and white piano and Hammond B3 keys, the disc is refined. Over an hour of blues, spread over eleven songs, waiting for the listener.
Big Pete is not just Harper and singer. As the first two numbers of the CD show, the man can also write really good songs. "Mean" and "Born To Die" are from his pen. Later there is his composition "Ball And Chain".
Worth mentioning at this point was also that "6:45" was written by Big Pete's guitarist Sander Kooiman. He left a clear fragrance market at the gig in Groesbeek.
The album recorded at the first BluesNow Festival is full of great twelve-stroke numbers, all with a comfortable playing time of four to almost seven minutes.
The original compositions line up without problems in the phalanx of cover songs. With his songwriting, Big Pete has ever housed a pretty hot iron in the blues glow. The Dutchman is one of the big names in business on his little instrument. Also on "Live At BluesNow!" Evidently, Harper, with the aforementioned Sander Kooiman, has a special guitarist at his side.
The blues presented here is multi-layered and -full. The songs paint a nice circle around the genre and show that Big Pete is also an exquisite singer. After a tidy "Mean" and the wonderfully shuffle-grooving "Born To Die", the protagonist bows to one of his idols. The Junior Wells song "Come On In This House" is a musical invitation to enter the blues house. The tension between respect for tradition and autonomy does not only make this song so fascinating, and when Matt Schofield writes in the booklet text that Big Pete is "[...] the real thing [...]," the British musician is in the right place , This slow blues with a Sander Kooiman business card on six strings creates goose bumps.
"This Time No Lies" by Boyd Small is the successful transition to the guest monster Mike Welch and another guitar happening, in which Big Pete leans on the vocals. As the American string wizard is by no means behind, because his sharply intoned solo brings the Blues Brummkreisel in "6:45" properly in motion.
Immediately afterwards is key time, because Anthony Geraci brings in profitably into the scene. In "I've Got Eyes On You" grooved the entire combo, led by veteran drummer Willie 'Wuff' Maes. This highlight lasts almost six and a half minutes, and those who have not had enough do not have to wait long for another five blues skills.
"Live At BluesNow!" shows how intensively Big Pete lives the blues on stage. Recommendation!
Credits:
Peter 'Big Pete' van der Pluijm - Vocals, Harmonicas
Sander Kooiman - Guitar
Erkan Özdemir - Bass
Willie 'Wuff' Maes - Drums
Special Guests:
David 'Kid' Ramos - Guitar
Mike 'Monster' Welch - Guitar
Anthony Geraci - Piano, Hammond B3
Tracklist:
1.Mean
2.Born To Die
3.Come On In This House
4.This Time No Lies
5.6:45
6.I’ve Got My Eyes On You
7.Ball And Chain
8.Just To Be With You
9.Only Time Will Tell
10.Rockin' Daddy
11.My Backscratcher (Bonustrack)
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