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BOYD SMALL |
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Neue CD Biographie Discographie Pressearchiv Fotoarchiv Video Line up Termine Coolbuzz DoubleBassProductions Booking und Info Double Click auf alle Fotos für großere Versions |
| NEW RECORDING - BOYD SMALL'S "DIAMOND BOY" |
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| BIOGRAPHY |
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Frontman Boyd Small war als Sänger und Drummer der Band "The Terraplanes" 11 Jahre der lokale Held in Portland - Oregon/USA und Umgebung. Er bearbeitete das Schlagzeug für Größen wie Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Jimmy Rogers, Hubert Sumlin, Guitar Shorty und Pinetop Perkins. 1997 nach einer Tour in Europa mit Monti Amundson zog Boyd von Portland nach Amsterdam, wo er das alternative Roots und Blueslabel "Cool Buzz" gründete. Bei "Cool Buzz" erschienen mehere CDs von amerikanischen und niederländischen Künstler wie Monti Amundson, Jim Wallace, Drippin'Honey und The Cuban Heels. Nebenbei arbeitete Boyd ständig am Aufbau seiner Karriere und errang zwischenzeitlich einen hervorragenden Ruf als Sänger, Drummer und Producer in der europäischen Bluesszene. Ausserdem spielte er mit Künstlern des "Black and Tan" - Labels wie Byther Smith (Chicago, Ill.), Big George Jackson (Chicago, Ill.) and Billy Jones (Arks.) mehrere Cd's ein. Einer der Höhepunkte ist denn auch die Zusammenarbeit mit dem ebenfalls aus Portland - Oregon/USA stammenden Künstler "Monti Amundson", mit dem er die von ihm und Monti produzierte CD "Somebody's happened to our love" für das "Rounder Europe"-Label einspielte. Wobei Boyd die Hälfte der Titel selbst schrieb und sang. Mit seiner neunköpfigen "Boyd Small Band" brachte er auch 2 Cds auf den Markt die ebenfalls sehr gut bewertet wurden. Ebenso wie die mit der "Boyd Small Four + One" Band produzierte CD. Die in den USA aufgenomme und kürzlich erschienene CD "Diamond Boy", ist denn auch zwangsläufig der Start als Kopf und Mastermind der neuen Formation mit Roelof Meijering als Gitarrist und Ronald de Jong am Bass. Auch diese CD erhielt bereits überwiegend hervorragende Kritiken; u.a. beim Online Magazin "Rocktimes" Boyd Small, ein Drummer und Sänger der dem Blues neue Impulse gibt und den man live erlebt haben muß. |
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![]() Glad Rags. Diamond Boy. Lemon Squeezer. Whipping Boy. Look Don't Touch. |
Diamond Boy (Me and my Blues/Rounder Europe, 2007) While doing a promotional tour in the northwest USA for this cd Boyd arranged a session featuring the best blues musicians the great northwest has to offer. All long time friends and colleagues from this rich local blues scene the credits read like a who's who of Portland. The guitarists are Peter Damman (Paul Delay Band), Josh Fulero (Curtis Salgado Band), Lloyd Jones (Lloyd Jones Struggle) , Monti Amundson (Blubinos) and on the bass Boyd's long time groove partner Willy Barber who has played and still plays with them all. This recording is Boyd Small at his best. Singing lead and playing drums on all the songs while directing the band through a live session of freshly penned originals and covering a few of his favourites never before captured so brilliantly. Recorded in Portland , Oregon, August 2006 and mixed in Amsterdam , Holland just 2 weeks later this is a fresh disc you don't want to wait to spin. |
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![]() Here come the tears. I want you. Daddy Rolling Stone. |
Four + One (Coolbuzz, 2003) Boyd Small Four plus One is the latest project of American born Amsterdam based singer/drummer/songwriter Boyd Small. Put great singers who are also songwriters together in a room and you'd expect to get something where the whole is greater than the sum of it's parts: Boyd Small "Four Plus One" ! This beautiful blues album to spin on a sultry summernight contains all American roots music. The combination of superb orginals and covers that the band made their own leads to an inimitable mix. From J. J. Mallone's "Daddy Rollin' Stone" through Marc Thijs' "Easy Bait" to Boyd's "The Big Man's Eyes" the underlying message is the same - Blues - or what it ought to be these days. His new blues album would be perfect for a sultry summer night. It features four great singers and musicians who team up to make the whole of the band greater than the sum of it's parts: Four Plus One! On "Four plus One" CD three other great musicians join Boyd. Guitarplayer/singer Marc Thijs hails from Belgium where he is known as frontman of the Electric Kings and TEE. He is a living legend in the Belgian blues scene and recently toured with James Harman and Johnny Dyer. Dutchman Jasper Mortier layed down the bottom end for such blues greats as Philip Walker, Eddy Clearwater, Boo Boo Davis and Monti Amundson and was a bandmember of the Boyd Small band and Sugarcane. The New York harp virtuoso and natural born singer G.V. Reit can only be described as "Mr. Right." |
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![]() Jungle Law. Too Down For The Fight. |
So Easy (coolbuzz/Munich, 2001) |
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![]() This Time No Lies. 110lbs. Good News. |
This Time No Lies (coolbuzz/Munich, 1998) |
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| LINE UP |
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| The Boyd Small Band plays in the following line-up: |
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Boyd Small Drums, Vocals |
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Roelof Meijering. Brilliant blues guitarist from the undiscovered parts of Holland. Playing the blues since his early teens. Catching the right wave when he was discovered in his hometown music joint ‘The Witte Bal’ by Boyd himself. Shared the stage with likes like Michael Burks, Monti Amundson, and Dutch best known blues singer Harrie Muskee, to name a few. Was also part-time member of Dutch blues band Cuban Heels. |
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Ronald de Jong An all-round double-bass and bass guitar player, who played with famous Dutch musicians as Peter SchÖn, Leon Klaasse (Powerplay,Pilgrims), Martijn Bosman (Kane)and shared the stage with the infamous Shane McGowan on his "Crock of Gold" CD launch in Germany. Ronald toured all over Europe and lays down a solid bottom for Boyd's music. |
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