Hans Van Lier - Just the Two of Us (2018)

Hans van Lier (born in Groningen, Netherlands 1961) is a versatile guitar player. His solo's are often lyrical, but he can also really storm. This always happens with great melodic sense. He masters various styles, and he is not afraid of rock 'n roll. Hans is self-taught as a guitar player. At the age of fourteen he began playing the electric guitar. He soon learnt a lot of chords. On a given day he discovered a nice 'run', which he soon began to use as a basis for his playing. It turned out that he discovered the blues scale on his own. In this same year he did his first gig in Appelscha. (Friesland, the Netherlands)

Hans got a lot of inspiration from his direct environment where a lot of music was made. He studied the records of Blues players like Albert Collins, Buddy Guy, Elmore James, Luther 'guitar' Johnson and Stevie Ray Vaughan. After a few years as a rhythm guitar player Hans went solo at the age of eighteen. During the following years he worked with various blues bands. In 1978 he entered the Dutch Guitar Championship in Paradiso. He finished third!

Hans has done a lot of work with female singers. He toured with Lia Ona in Denmark, and Gina de Boer (the Dutch Janis Joplin) has been in his band too. He worked with a.o. Hanneke Kappen (recorded a CD with her), Inki de Jonghe (King Lier), Rosa King from Amsterdam and Tineke Schoemaker (well known from 'Barrelhouse', one of the most successful blues bands in the Netherlands). Together with Tineke, Hans was the best during a jazz- and blues festival in Friesland. He has also done some work with male singers: B.J. Hegen, Lourens Leeuw, Hans Dulfer, Marcel Kapteijn (Ten Sharp), Eddie C. Campbell from Chicago and guitar player Mick Taylor, old member of The Rolling Stones. Chris Layton and Tommy Shannon, better familiar as Double Trouble of Stevie Ray Vaughan. And also guitar player Jan Akkerman.

Some facts:
From 1988 until 1993 Hans had a successful band 'Plat', which only sung in Gronings dialect. 'Plat' has been the main act in Paradiso (Amsterdam) at a blues festival. Hans recorded 3 CD's and 5 singles with this band. In 1992 Hans has recorded a CD with various blues musicians, this CD was called 'Blues-United'. He also took care of the production.

Hans has crossed the Atlantic Ocean in 1985, 1986, 1988 and two times in 1999 to play the blues. He sat in with sessions in Chicago. After such a session in Canada he immediately was offered a contract with a blues band. He also recorded a CD in Minneapolis with the American band GB Leighton and toured two times with the same band in the USA.
And for whoever is interested: Hans can be a reliable and flexible session-musician.



Track List:
01. I’m Gonna Lay My Body Down
02. Deep Down In My Soul
03. She’s Gone And I’m Crying
4. Jouw Ogen Zijn De Spiegel Van De Ziel
05. The Rose
06. Blue Angel
07. This Was My Life
08. Swamp
09. Vincent The End
10. Corrina Corrina
11. Down Home Blues
12. Fever

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