Hans Theessink - Johnny and the Devil - 1988

After the success of Baby Wants To Boogie we recorded Johnny & The Devil - another record with the unusual blend of guitar and tuba at the core. By now I had started my own Label Blue Groove - so fortunately I never was in the situation that somebody else was telling me what to play and how to play it. The music is too important for me and I've always done and will always do what I enjoy myself. Once again the title track got a lot of airplay; it was banned in South Africa though - they didn't allow the word Devil in a song. The song "Johnny & The Devil" was my first videoclip - you can see it on my DVD "Live in concert" - "A Blues & Roots Revue". As a songwriter I'm also quite happy with the song "Mississippi" - my impression of the feel and images of the place where the blues was born, written after my first trip to Mississippi. (Hans Theessink).

Personnel:
Hans Theessink: vocals, guitars, dobro, mandolin, steelbody guitar, mandocello, fiddle, harmonica, jew's harp, backing vocals
Jon Sass: tuba, backing vocals
Alex Munkas: drums, percussioon
Chris Haig: fiddle
Carl Kaye: pedal-steel
Geraint Watkins: accordion
Bummi Fian: trumpet
Christian Radovan: trombone
Wolfgang Puschnig: alto sax
Christian Dozzler: harmonica
Jatinder Takur: tablas, sitar
Pippa Armstrong, Alee Thelfa, Dorretta Carter, Bobby Hammer, STS:backing vocals

Tracks:
01. Johnny & The Devil
02. Travelling Man
03. Sitting in Limbo
04. Living in the Fast Lane
05. Mississippi
06. Flying Shoes
07. Shake Hands With the Sun
08. Dough Roller Blues
09. Grinning in Your Face
10. False Accusations

http://rapidshare.com/files/163109255/HTJAD.part1.rar

http://rapidshare.com/files/163109262/HTJAD.part2.rar

http://rapidshare.com/files/163110641/HTJAD.part3.rar

http://rapidshare.com/files/193270797/HTJAD_2.rar

Have a nice day.