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ALICE IN WONDERLANDAVRO'S RADIO AND TV TIP- ARTIST Lucille mc Donald. 1977 |
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| LEO EN NATHALIE IN ACTIE TIJDENS DE OPNAME VAN ALICE IN WONDERLAND |
Beste Leo, ( Maart 2010 )
ik luisterde vanavond in de auto naar Radio 2 en
hoorde "Alice in Wonderland". Wat een bijzonder nummer, dacht ik.
Ik ben gek van Burt Bacharach en dacht dat het een
onbekend van nummer van hem was, omdat het me ook deed denken aan
zijn 3/4 nummer "The world is a circle".
Ik wilde thuis direct opzoeken wat het was. Wat
leuk dat ik jouw naam als componist tegen kwam. Bij mijn korte interview met je voor de presentatie
van het boek "En dan nu de polonaise" was ik bij de voorbereiding
daarvan al een keer verrast door de enorme
hoeveelheid en verscheidenheid die je hebt gecomponeerd, maar dit
verraste me wederom. Complimenten, al is het na dik
30 jaar.
Groeten,J. v M.
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UIT HET MUZIEKBLAD :VRIENDEN VAN HET METROPOLE ORKEST(oktober 2001) Leo Bennink ook gitarist/zanger en schrijver van liedjes bij The Motions vertelt :Ik schreef en 1977 speciaal voor Jody Pijper het nummer ''Alice in Wonderland ''.De originele tape had Jody al ingezongen,maar helaas moest zij wegens een lopend contract in Duitsland haar plaats afstaan aan Lucille mac Donald. Van Pim Jacobs die de muziek van Alice in Wonderland hoorde kreeg ik een compliment,hij analyseerde het en vond de akkoordewisselingen zeer verassend met een prachtige melodie (een top compositie dus). JODY PIJPER
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In 1978 gingen de ex- groepsleden Leo Bennink en Leo Kappé in de studio van Leo samen weer aan de slag met het opnemen van een aantal oude instrumentals van o.a. The Ventures. De bedoeling was om dit uit te brengen onder de naam THE BLACK ALBINO'S, het project werd echter niet afgemaakt en alleen het nummer 'Silly Silly' werd door DSR records in 1982 uitgebracht. In november 1996 speelden Leo Bennink en Leo Kappé samen in een gelegenheidsformatie onder de naam THE REBELS. De inspirator van deze band was bassist Hoss van Hardeveld (o.a. ex- Unit Gloria) en ook gitarist Dihl Bennink (o.a. ex- Tee Set en de broer van Leo) was hierbij betrokken. De reacties waren dusdanig, dat Rarity records aan Leo Bennink verzocht om met deze bezetting zelf een CD voor het label te produceren. Onder de naam THE BLACK ALBINO'S werd in 1997 op het Rarity label de CD "The Warrior" uitgebracht. De CD bestond voor 50% uit eigen composities van Leo Bennink, aangevuld met het materiaal uit 1978. De reacties op deze volledig instrumentale CD was wereldwijd zeer positief. Een vervolg kon niet uitblijven en in 1999 verscheen de CD "Night Shift" op Rarity met 80% eigen werk van Leo Bennink. Daarna volgden de CD's "The Bogeyman" ( 2000); "Rockin' Rabbit (2001) en "El Cholico" in 2002
THE BLACK ALBINO'S The original members of THE BLACK ALBINO'S were Joop van Heusden (lead), Paul van de Voort (rhythm), Simon Lardenoy (bass), Martin de Roo (drums) and Joop Jonkers aka Dean Holley (vocal). It was 1960 when they formed the group in The Hague. Joop was fair-haired and the other boys had black forelocks, so they became THE BLACK ALBINO'S! They played mostly instrumental rock with a lot of echo (Watkins Copicat). The year 1962 was very important for the group. They made their radio and TV debut and got a record contract from DELTA. The four exiting recordings they did in the studio were Shish Kebab, St.Louis Blues, Ghost Party and On The Sunny Side Of The Street and were drenched in thrilling echo. In 1964 a complete 'new' BLACK ALBINO'S group was formed and the musicians were Leo Bennink (lead), Jan de Jong (rhythm), Dick Hoppe (bass), Jan Konijnenburg (sax), Leo Kappé (drums) and Udo de Jong (vocal). This formation played again a lot of instrumental rock on stage and their big idols were THE VENTURES. The group made one vocal single in 1964: Shakin'All Over c/w High Heel Sneakers (HAVOC label). The record did it very well in many countries of Europe and was even released in the USA, but the group was renamed in THE KINGBEATS for that occasion. The last recordings they did were instrumental versions of Spanish Gipsy Dance and Hernando's Hideaway (HAVOC 1965) After a very succesful period the group split up in 1966. In 1996 two ex-members of the band, Leo Bennink and Leo Kappé, met each other and decided to go back to the sixties and to reform THE BLACK ALBINO'S. Hoss van Hardeveld (bass) and Leo's brother Dihl Bennink (lead/rhythm) joined the band. Next to the four old rockers a very young rocker Ritch van Gessel came in the band. Hoss became the inspirator of the group, it has always been his dream to found a VENTURES band. The repertoire of the BLACK ALBINO'S was build up with mostly material from THE VENTURES and new numbers from Leo Bennink. The new compositions expire the sphere of the sixties. LEO BENNINK Leo began as a guitar-player in 1959 with the Indo-Rock groups THE REAL RHYTHM TEENS and THE ROCKING SENSATION BOYS. In 1962 (17 years old) he started a professional career as a member of THE TWANGIES and he played for several years in Western Germany. His last contract in Germany was with THE REBELS, in which he met drummer Leo Kappé. Back in Holland he played guitar in such guitar-groups as RENE & ALLIGATORS, THE SPECIALS, THE SPECIAL FIVE and THE BLACK ALBINO'S. With THE SPECIAL FIVE he recorded Silly Silly and it's his most remembered instrumental. At that time Leo also was the first guitarist in Holland, who could play all the Mosrite stuff from Nokie Edwards. In 1966 his career got a lift when he was a member of Dutch beat groups as THE JAY JAYS and THE MOTIONS. For THE JAY JAYS LP he also recorded Cruncher (from Ventures LP Surfing). With THE MOTIONS he toured all over Europe and even did concerts is the USA together with ERIC BURDON, FRANK ZAPPA, ALICE COOPER and THE MONKEES. In 1991 he was a member of the 'new' JUMPING JEWELS and a single was recorded for CNR with Hot Samba (written by Leo together with Joop Oonk) and Dakota. Also released in Japan on CD (Sound Of Euro Instro/ CENTURY) together with a third track Africa. Leo is a real Strat-man, but in the mid-sixties he used his own build guitar 'Maserati' with 6 pick-ups and silver scratchplate. Since 6 years has Bennink a musicschool at home and he's teaching guitar, bass and keyboard and he's also producing modern r&b with new talents. HOSS VAN HARDEVELD Hoss started as bass-guitarist with the local group THE SIOUX in 1960. In 1963 he became a member of JOHN RUSSELL & HIS CLAN and in 1964 the group played as supporting act for THE BEATLES concert in Blokker Holland. In the period 1963-1966 he played often with JOHN RUSSELL in Western Germany and it was a very nice time in a steamy atmosphere. In 1966 Hoss founded the group GLORIA and when vocalist ROBERT LONG joined, they renamed the group in ROBERT LONG & UNIT GLORIA. The group scored many TOP 40 hits and toured all over Europe even Eastern Germany. In Dresden Germany they were the backing group of EMILE FORD and in 1971 they stood on stage in the famous Hollywood Palladium. When ROBERT LONG left, they had again a very big success with their female vocalist BONNIE ST.CLAIRE. Hoss did session work for EMI Holland together with guitarist Jan Akkerman and drummer Pierre van der Linden in those days too. In 1980 Hoss was a member of the big band from the Dutch railroad company and in 1982 he founded the well-known Shadow-group FBI. Their lead guitarist Roy Soerioroseno was the choice of BRUCE WELCH when he had plans to tour with his formation THE MOONLIGHT SHADOWS in 1993. The guitar-group FBI is still going strong and Hoss is dividing his bass playing in F.B..I., THE DAKOTAS and THE BLACK ALBINO'S. LEO KAPPÉ Drummer Leo Kappé was in the years 1955-1958 a fanatic jazz musician. His favourite drummer was JOE MORELLO. In 1958 he discovered the rock & roll and he joined the rockband THE BLUE COMETS. In 1960 he was a member of THE SILHOUETTES and the first rock instrumental he recorded in his career was Silhouette Walk (Tivoli - 1961). In 1962 he started as a profesional drummer in Western Germany with THE ROCKING SENSATION BOYS. Via the Indo-Rock group THE FENDER ROLLERS he played together with Leo Bennink in THE REBELS. Back in The Hague he was the drummer of THE SPECIALS, THE SPECIAL FIVE and THE BLACK ALBINO'S. Since 1966 Leo is only active in the club circuit. From 1993-1996 he played with the reformed Indo-Rock group THE VALIANTS and nowadays he is also the stickman of THE BLUE COMETS. DIHL BENNINK Dihl learned to play guitar when he was 10 years old and founded his first band DON'T together with Barry Hay (now a well-known member from GOLDEN EARRING) when he was 16. His next band was MACK and with the group he recorded his first record in 1966 (All My Hope Is Gone /HAVOC). Dihl joined THE TEE-SET as lead-guitarist and scored with the group many hits. Their world-hit Ma Belle Amie even got high in the American charts. Dihl is also playing in HUMAN BANG besides THE BLACK ALBINO'S and is working on a solo project. RITCH VAN GESSEL Started as a rock guitarist/vocalist is rock-a-billy acts as THREE ALLYCATS and BLACK SLACKS. Nowadays he is also frontman with the rock 'n roll / jump 'n jive act BLUE MOON SPECIAL. He's full time musician, plays a lot in foreign countries and on television and radio. The BLACK ALBINO'S debut CD (released in June 1997) was well received and here are some reviews: THE BLACK ALBINO’S – "PLAY THE WARRIOR" (Rarity Records C192547) Tracks: Cruel Train, Screen Wiper, Dayan’s Eyepatch, Way Down Yonder In New Orleans, Room Rocker, The Warrior, Okefenokee, Mango, Road Runner, Schwarze Augen, Memphis, Night Train, Needles & Pins, Gandy Dancer, I’ll Never Stop Loving You, Spanish Gypsy Dance, Foot Tapper, Lovesick Blues, Silly Silly, Pipeline (live 1996) PIPELINE (issue 37 – Autumn 1997) 12 Thorkhill Gardens Thames Ditton, Surrey KT7 0UP, U.K. Thanks to Piet Muys’ notes I can reliably inform you that, on these mostly new recordings, The Black Albino’s consist of two members of the mid-sixties version of the band plus three newcomers. The CD really splits into two segments. the first ten tracks were recorded this year, whilst the other nine were cut during the late seventies and early eighties with the final bonus track being a live 1996 recording of Pipeline. The big surprise for me was that The Black Albino’s reckon themselves to be a Ventures based band. This is obviously quite true listening to the earlier recordings on the latter part of this CD, because The Ventures’ arrangements of the tunes are all slavishy followed – with the exception of Gandy Dancer which, dare I suggest, may have been too difficult to replicate. However, it is the new recordings of the band which really interest me, because they sound uncannily as I would have imagined The Shadows to have sounded in the late sixties if they had not become so emasculated, or, indeed, as I wished they sounded today. The drummer here, Leo Kappé, is as solid as Brian Bennett has alway been, while the three guitarists hold a rhythm so tight that I can’t help but think of The Shads of the early sixties. The originals here, mainly from the pen of lead guitarist Leo Bennink, are startlingly good and he seems to me to sound as Hank might have done if he had not become so utterly captured (and ultimately limited) by his own style. This is a tight, hard, instrumental rock band with old crafts and modern stylings – what could be better? Surprisingly, two of Freddy Cannon’s old tunes – Way Down Yonder In New Orleans and Okefenokee – come off expecially well, mainly thanks to Kappes’ gutsy drumming. Mango has an irresistible rhythm, a sweet, duetted middle-eight, and a catchy refrain, even if it is based on the similarly constructed I’ll Never Stop Loving You – it’s easily the best of their seventies recordings anyway. Schwarze Augen is better known to us as Dark Eyes and is a good excuse for Bennink to show off his considerable speed and dexterity on lead guitar. Do not be put off by a little lack of flair in the titling department (I mean, Dayan’s Eyepatch?!!), the first segment of this CD will reward you for months to come and they had the good taste to round things off with Pipeline too! (Dave Burke) NEW GANDY DANCER (issue 51 - December 1997) Dama Publishing 10 Camberwell Close Festival Park , Gateshead NE11 9TZ, U.K. The Black Albino's go back to 1960 and today's reincarnation is Leo and Dihl Bennink, Leo Kappé, Hoss van Hardeveld and Rich van Gessel. The sound is a cross between Indo rock and The Ventures with emphasis on the latter but there's not just covers - nine originals appear here plus a live version of Pipeline. Screen Wiper is a delightful romper stomper with a contagious beat whereas Dyan's Eyepatch is a tuneful melodic ballad which appeals. Room Rocker is a bouncy toe tapper which will appeal to all guitar fans especially those of The Shads and The Warrior is a cross between Wishbone Ash and the melodic stylings of the imaginative Paul Johnson of The Belairs. So much to choose from and the group haven't really copied anyone. They've adsorbed styles - Ventures especially - but turned their influences into a sound of their own. An exilarating CD and unlike anytihing Rarity have issued. (Davy Peckett) THE VENTURES RESURGENCE (#49 – September 1997) 13 Limetree Close Grove, Wantage, Oxon OX12 0RJ, U.K. Hoss van Hardeveld, the bass player always had a dream to form a Ventures band, and this new release has lots of Ventures-type music. Also the songs composed by the lead guitarist Leo Bennink are cleverly done. You think they are about to play a familiar tune, but it’s completely different. You need to listen then you will know what I mean! I especially liked The Warrior and Gandy Dancer. My thanks to Hoss for the review copy. (Gerry Woodage) GUITARS & DRUMS (Numéro 62 - October 1997) 45, Boulevard Garibaldi F-75015 PARIS Groupe fondé en 1960 et dissout en 1966. Se reforme en 1996 sous la direction de deux fondateurs: Leo Bennink, le soliste et Leo Kappé, le batteur. Ils nous offrent ce très bon cédé, harmonieux, avec un répertoire varié truffé de créations comme Cruel Train, Road Runner, Screen Wiper, Dyan's Eyepatch, The Warrior, Mango, etc……et de reprises toniques comme Memphis, Night Train, Pipeline, Foot Tapper. Vous pouvez acheter les yeux fermés….et les oreilles grandes ouvertes! (Jean Bachèlerie) Piet Muys, June 1999. The Black Albinos - Rockin’ Rabbit Our attention was drawn to the Bennink brothers – Leo and Dihl - in 1997, even though the roots of the band went back to 1960. Their first CD, for Rarity, The Warrior (C192547), landed on our desk and immediately on playing the disc, we realised that the group were something very special. Although they can clearly play any form of instrumental guitar music - Shadows, Spotnicks Euro-rock or Scandinavian - they had chosen an unusual style; a cross between the very popular Indo Rock ‘60s music and the big brash guitar feel of America’s Ventures. The album set a format for the band too of great, great cover versions of rock instrumental classics but interspersed with really excellent original compositions notably by Leo Bennink and his brother Dihl. We described this as “an exhilarating album” and see no reason to change our mind today. Two years later, Holland’s prolific Rarity label came up with their second set (C192579) Night Shift, another step forward for the band with a sharp-edged modern guitar sound but on the vintage sounds we all love. This we thought was “one of the best albums ever to come out of central Europe”. Last year, in 2000, they completed their hat trick of great albums with their third Rarity outing The Bogey Man (C192620) and yes, it was scary how good these guys were getting, – so much so, that we voted them one of New Gandy Dancer’s favourite bands. The album was entirely original material. Which brings us nicely to the latest effort with the slightly oddly titled (it must be an in-joke somewhere) Rockin’ Rabbits set. (As an aside they are, as we speak, working on album number five!) New Orleans is a whacking, rocking, thumping version of the Gary US Bonds US hit but more The Ventures’ 1963 version, from their Let’s Go album. The Black Albinos come up with great embellishments to that version by raucous fuzz guitars and much more excitement. We then move to Jazzbuster which is a slow and slinky, jazz-like guitar instrumental with brush percussion and very sweet guitars and will remind many of The Shadows’ favourite Nivram in feel, but it’s a fine original by Leo Bennink. Carrots & Onions is a very danceable “Lucille” beat with lots happening and it’s a number guaranteed to get the feet tapping while Hazuki has that dramatic Japanese feel, almost like a typical Davie Allan & The Arrows (another big US band) track but with that edginess that The Black Albinos have specialised in. Fireside is back to the melodic, extending out over some tasty chords and guitar playing. It’s a gentle typical early ‘60s jog-a-long melodic twang. Jukebox contains the famed Duane Eddy reverb sound on another well thought-out original from Leo with lots happening and some tricky guitar riffs. Big Noise From The Jungle is a nice treatment of the great Sandy Nelson number and a very brave choice of material to do - without a drum solo or without the equivalent of a Plas Johnson sax solo. But The Albinos do – and it works! Stretching Out is once more a great Ventures 1964 sound with fine rhythm guitar behind a pulsating lead guitar and very decent drums and bass. Bandenera has lots of catchy licks and tricks and is a joint composition by Bennink brothers Leo and Dihl with a wink to Johan Sebastian Bach. Splish Splash could have been straight of Going To The Ventures Dance Party album and it’s a novel idea for an instrumental that turns out beautifully in the hands (or should we say fingers), of The Black Albinos - truly infectious. The group show their versatility by switching to the Moon Of Shailalima, carrying a gently guitar-picked introduction on a slow, deliberate number, which has a lovely tone to it and is ideal for romantic dancing. Tango Django – of course has a tango feel but not a tango tempo, in fact there’s a bit of Brian May’s Queen in there somewhere! Supportive drumming and bass lines with the sensitive guitar playing, make this a winner. Sunday (Freedom) is a busy little number with some fine guitars all the way. Strattin’ is back to the rocking uptempo Albinos with maximum guitars all twanging merrily! Shadow Catcher is a little slower, tuneful and all happening before we move into Shango, where fast Mexican style chords introduce an original in the vein of “Geronimo” or even Canada’s Falcons but gutsier. Siciliano – for a total change of pace - is a very slow, dramatic guitar ballad, full of meaning and emotion with some gorgeous guitar, delicate drumming and delicious bass playing. The title track - Rockin’ Rabbit – has a fun guitar sound, which bops along energetically – the rockin’ rabbit I suppose! Frenesi is a Latin sound with guitars sitting neatly on percussion and written by the guy who of course, wrote Perfidia. The Black Albinos give it a reverential treatment. Tonkodop is back to a funky jazz guitar arrangement, nice cymbals and drums, rolling bass, added jazz piano but the guitars are still the main feature on a welcome track. The album closes with Shanice a big western sound twang with a twisted, engaging guitar line. Summing up, great original songs; great guitars, bass and drums with much energy and enthusiasm for the music they (and we) obviously love. The Black Albinos just get better with every recording they make, this is their best so far … until the next one. Davy Peckett Editor – NEW GANDY DANCER (NEW GANDY DANCER, the world’s longest running rock instrumental magazine celebrates its 25th Anniversary year in 2001 and features all the big instrumental heroes from over 40 years of rock instrumental music. NGD also reviews all the big Rarity releases! It is available from Dama Publishing, 10 Camberwell Close, Festival Park, Gateshead NE11 9TZ ENGLAND) *************************************************************************** REVIEWS CD THE BLACK ALBINOS “VOL.3 - The Bogey Man” (Rarity Records C192620; Holland 2000; 74mins) Guitar Mania / The Dancing Torero / Inner City / Bronzy Brown / Princess And The Monkey / The Bogey Man / Tropical Samba / Nyoman Sunadi / Space Shuffle Boogie / Tico Tico / The Hug / Rin Tin Tin / Nitty Gritty / Journey To The Sixties / Summer Breeze / Rambo / Flamingo Wings / Pina Colada / 124 Spider / A Creep In The Deep NEW GANDY DANCER (Issue 60 – September 2000) Dama Publishing 10 Camberwell Close Festival Park, Gateshead NE11 9TZ ENGLAND Another excellent guitar album from the Albinos with their Ventures inspired modern compositions. Lots of gutsy playing on top of melodic refrains which will hold in memory. Bassman is the genial giant Hoss van Hardeveld who’s not only a fine bassist but a nice chap as those who met him at the recent Tyneside Guitar’club’s sessions will know. The brothers Bennink remind me of the Bogle / Wilson tightness on their recordings but there’s lots of modern techniques almost bordering on the Satriani level and drummer Leo Kappé has a long pedigree in drumming for many instrumental bands. Lots of Mosrite-styled twanging but for us The Black Albinos are in a league of their own – they sound like no other European band and have rapidly shot into NGD’s top ten of favourite bands! They are clearly making progress with each CD that they do (this is their third) and the contents are all band songs! (Davy Peckett) PIPELINE (#49 – Autumn 2000) 12 Thorkhill Gardens Thames Ditton, Surrey KT7 0UP, ENGLAND This is The Black Albinos’ third CD and the band has earned a solid reputation as a lean, high quality unit. The standard musicianship is very high, as you might expect with guys who have been toiling at their craft since the late fifties and the early sixties. The band have worked hard at creating their own sound, perhaps originally indebted to The Ventures but now their style is very much their own – modern yet at the same time faithful to the past too. For me the CD really comes alive with Bronzy Brown, a dirty, let’s get down and funk it up boogie, which even owes just a little something to The Rolling Stones in spirit. Even dirtier in tone and style is the grungy sounding Rambo which uses fuzzed up guitar and could almost be Jimy Hendrix! Cooling things down a little, tracks like Flamingo wings, Princess And The Monkey, The Dancing Torero and Summer Breeze illustrate the band’s impressive knack for combining a plaintive melody with a sensitive performance. Much of the credit must go to lead guitarist Leo Bennink who has written nearly all of the material here. There really is so much to savour: the title track with its chilling feel and affectionate nod to The Ventures’ The Fugitive; a splash of South American rhumba with Tropical Samba and Tico Tico; Rin Tin Tin with its dexterous fingerpicked touches; Nitty Gritty for its compelling rhythm guitar and crisp, precise drums from Leo Kappé; Journey To The Sixties for its twin lead and multi-guitared climax; A Creep In The Deep for its aggressive, fuzzy lead and Hoss van Hardeveld’s ever-busy bass –in fact Hoss plays a vital role throughout the entire CD. Credit too to Leo’s brother and fellow guitarist Dihl Bennink who takes the lead role in Tico Tico and 124 Spider. Together they have created a first class CD with a wealth of original material which grows in stature with every play (Dave Burke) THE VENTURES RESURGENCE (Issue 62 – November/December 2000) 13 Limetree Close Grove, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 0BJ, ENGLAND This is a first class third CD from The Black Albinos. The songs are all original material which are played in a Ventures inspired style, whilst still maintaining their own style and identity. This CD is a mixture of fairly slow melodic numbers, Flamingo Wings is particularly a pleasant song well played, as well as some real driving dynamic songs like Guitar Mania, Bronzy Brown, Journey To The Sixties and the title song The Bogeyman, which does sound very Venturish. Leo Bennink plays lead on all songs except tracks 10 (Tico Tico) and 19 (124 Spider) on which plays his brother Dihl. They both play rhythm on various songs. Leo Kappé is on drums and Hoss van Hardeveld is on bass. Thanks to Hoss for the review copy. (Gerald Woodage) GUITARS & DRUMS (Numéro 91 – Septembre 2000) Rock & Roll Instrumental Society 45, Boulevard Garibaldi F-75015 PARIS, FRANCE Leo Bennink and Dihl Bennink bien soutenus par Leo Kappé à la batterie et Hoss van Hardeveld à la basse nous offre un album composé par leus soins. Ce troisième album nous emble un cran au dessous de Night Shift, le précédent (G&D 82) (Jean Bachèlerie) ************************************************************************************************* ROCKIN’ RABBITS The title track is special dedicated to an uncle (he passed away too young) of Leo and Dihl Bennink. When Leo was a member of The Black Albinos in the 60’s he was always supporting the band and he even made two life-sized rabbits as mascots for the group. One was black and the other was white (with red eyes – albino!) and both big rabbits you could always see on stage together with the band (one on the left side and the other on the right). Frenesi from Alberto Dominguez is a foretaste of more old Latin compositions that The Black Albinos will present on Vol.5…….and also a very Venturish Caravan will be presented by the Albinos on album number five. There’s a special story behind the instrumental Sunday. The song was already composed in 1969 by Leo Bennink (with lycrics from Sieb Warner) as Freedom for his band The Motions. The single (Decca AT10382) reached at no.22 in the Dutch charts and was also released in the USA. The band toured that year in the States to promote their records. Freedom entered the Top 40 in Boston and The Motions played also in The Scene Club in New York (see picture with Paul van Melzen, Leo Bennink, Han Cooper aka Copperfield, Rudy Bennett and Bobby Green). It was a great surprise for Leo Bennink when he discovered that his song Freedom was covered in Japan by TOKYO No.1 SOUL SET in 2000 and was a hit record in Japan! THE MOTIONS from The Hague were one of the bigger Dutch beat hitmakers in the 60’s. From 1964 till 1967 was Robbie van Leeuwen their frontman on lead guitar. In 1967, Robbie left to from Shocking Blue and was replaced by Leo Bennink (ex- Mack). The Motions breakup in 1971. TEE SET from Delft was formed in 1965 by singer Peter Tetteroo. Multi-instrumentalist Hans van Eijck joined the ranks of the Tee Set in 1966. Hans was fast becoming a succesful songwriter, but in 1967 he and all other bandmembers suddenly left the band to form After Tea. Early 1968, Dihl Bennink became the new lead-guitarist and also Hans van Eijck is the keyboard man in Tee Set once again. Van Eijck and Tetteroo established a songwriter partnership that was to cultivate some of Tee Set’s most succesful work. Their first collaboration, Ma Belle Amie was a worldwide smash and sold more than six million copies. In the Summer of 1969, it stood high in the Dutch charts and was released in the US on Colossus. Ma Belle Amie made it to number 2 in the famous Billboard Top 100. Together with Venus from Shocking Blue “Nederpop” had arrived in the US! Photo from the band is taken at Bellevue Studio’s in Amsterdam, June 1969. From left to right: Dihl Bennink (lead gt.), Joop Blom (drums), Peter Tetteroo (vocals), Franklin Madjid (bass gt.) and Hans van Eijck (keyb., composer). UNIT GLORIA was formed in Utrecht, and was originally called The Yelping Yackals, changing their name to Gloria in 1966. (Unit) Gloria was in fact the backing group for vocalist Robert Leverlang aka Robert Long. The band scored hits in the late 60’s with The Last Seven Days, The Storm and Our Father. In the 70’s Robert started a very successful solo career and together with Bonnie St. Claire the new combination became one of the best-selling items for the Dutch Philips label. Peter Koelewijn wrote / produced for them Clap Your Hands And Stamp Your Feet, Waikiki Man and Voulez-Vous (Yes I Do, I Love You). All songs climbed high in the charts in Holland, Belgium, Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Germany. The band toured in nearly every country in Europe with great success. The line-up of Unit Gloria stayed unchanged through the years and they were: Albert Hol (guitar), Hoss van Hardeveld (bass gt.) and Gerrit Hol (drums). THE ROCKIN’ SENSATION BOYS started in The Hague in 1958 with Rein Rozenberg on drums and René Nodelijk on guitar. Many musicans played in this band through the years. In November 1961 the band got an offer to play in Germany. The photo is taken in Duisburg, Germany 1961 with the following line-up: Leo Kappé (drums), Hugo van der Jagt (guitar), Jaques Eckhard (guitar), Aad van Zadel (piano) and Henk Schram (bass gt.)
Piet Muys July 2001 EL CHOLICO The Ventures Songs The Black Albinos go back to their roots on their 5th. CD with 5 outstanding cover versions of Ventures songs. Driving Guitars kicks off the set with an aggressive urgency and the famous opening number from the Ventures’album “Twist With The Ventures” is upgraded here with added sound effects. Their guitars are dripped blood! Rap City (adapted from Johannes Brahms, Hungarian Rhapsody) is a fascinating piece in the hands of The Albinos and is featuring fast relatively complex arrangements and its intoxicating bass run and multi-layered guitar parts mixed with the sounds of the city never sounded better. The melody also was recorded before as Night Run by The Marksmen (Nokie Edwards; Blue Horizon 1960) and as Gipsy Rock by René & his Alligators (Dutch Fontana 1961) Panhandle Rag the well-known c&w composition from steel-guitarist Leon McAuliffe, was recorded by him with The Cimarron Boys in 1949. Nokie’s version from “The Ventures Play The Country Classics” album was and is still very popular in Holland. It’s also one of Leo Bennink’s all time favourites and taken at a furious pace Panhandle Rag comes again to live, enough to match the cool chill of those Seatle cowboys. Caravan was written by Duke Ellington and Juan Tizol in 1937. Everybody covered Caravan, there are enough recordings around that a radio station once was playing different versions of Caravan for 24 hours straight. The Ventures’ is probably the most rockin’ and the late Mel Taylor will always be remembered for his great drum work on stage. And of course there is now Caravan by The Black Albinos, they clean up Nokie Edwards & Mel Taylor’s tour de force without losing any of the fire and exitement of the original. Walk Don’t Run (live Locomotion, Zoetermeer 1992). Original composition from jazz guitarist Johnny Smith and first released in 1956 on his album “Moods With Johnny Smith” (Roost 2215). Chet Atkins made the very first cover of the song in 1957 for his LP “Hi-Fi In Focus” (RCA LPM 1577). This album was a study object for Bob Bogle and Don Wilson, but the music was to difficult, so they made their own clever arrangement of Walk Don’t Run. By the way other songs on Chet’s album were – Lullaby Of The Leaves (yes, a second big hit they found on this LP), Tara’s Theme and El Cumbanchero – all were covered by The Ventures in their own style. The Black Albinos recreate the original 1960 sound on stage, complete with rimshots by Leo Kappé. The Latin Songs The title track El Cholico was already written by Leo Bennink in 1982 and has a strong Latin soul beat. Obsession and Adios found Leo in a music-book with Latin songs, that a young girl (guitar-student of Leo) gave him. He once talked with her about unknown Latin compositions. Adios is from Enric Madriguera, he was born in Barcelona, but moved to South-America and later New York. He became a big band leader and composer and Adios is from 1931. Some well-known interpretations are from the orchestras of Stan Kenton, Perez Prado and Percy Faith. Julio Iglesias has also recorded Adios. The version of The Black Albinos has a great flowing rhythm part not unlike Perfidia. Rincon was adapted by Leo from a gypsy song he discovered on a obscure vocal LP. The Classic Songs The Sting (The Entertainer) from Marvin Hamlisch was the Oscar winning soundtrack in 1973 from the film The Sting (with Paul Newman and Robert Redford) and was based on the original piano ragtime composition from Scott Joplin. The accoustic version is a good example of the versatility of The Albinos. We all know the classic million seller My Prayer from The Platters (1956), but in the hands of The Black Albinos the strong melody is turned into a rockin’and surfin’ Ventures number. My Prayer was adapted by Jimmy Kennedy from George Boulanger’s classic composition Avant De Mourir, opus 17 (1926) and with the new lyrics originally recorded by Perry Como in 1939. Anitra’s Dance was discovered by Dihl Bennink and it’s another piece from the immortal Peer Gynt Suite (1876) from Norway’s greatest composer Edvard Grieg. In The Hall Of The Mountain King from the Peer Gynt Suite became a RI classic by Nero & The Gladiators. Dihl plays the lead in ‘three-four time’ with a twist beat. The New Songs First of all we have Rarity Break from Hans Jansen (Rarity’s boss). This is real fifties rock & roll with a touch of Chuck Berry and Electric Johnny’s Indo-Rock and has exciting guitar licks from Leo Bennink. Rio Bravo is not the original film theme from Dimitri Tiomkin, but a new penned tune from Leo. The excellent western movie Rio Bravo (1959) with John Wayne, Dean Martin and a young pop star Ricky Nelson was his inspiration. Red Cloud with Bo Diddley riffs was already written in 1982, but now for the first time recorded for this album. Great fun we have on the dance floor with The Wick Wicker Cha Cha and It’s Party Time and also discover and enjoy Ghetto Blaster, Ebony, Innovation, Bolero Gonzales, Spanish Fly and Pin Up Girl the other new compositions from Mr. L. Bennink. Piet Muys, April 2002 REVIEWS CD THE BLACK ALBINOS “VOL.4” – Rockin’ Rabbit (Rarity Records C192662; Holland 2001; 70mins) New Orleans / Jazz Buster / Carrots And Onions / Hazuki / Fireside / Juke Box / Big Noise From The Jungle / Stretching Out / Bandenera / Splish Splash / The Moon Of Shailalima / Tango Django / Sunday (Freedom) / Strattin’ / Shadow Catcher / Shango / Siciliano / Rockin’ Rabbit / Frenesi / Tonkodop / Shanice PIPELINE (#53 Autumn 2001) 12 Thorkhill Gardens Thames Ditton, Surrey KT7 0UP, ENGLAND Wow, what a opener! The Ventures’ blast through U.S. Bonds’ legendary New Orleans has always been a personal favourite and here The Black Albinos tear through the number like a hot Harley through clogged traffic! Set against Leo Kappe’s pounding drums we have an arsenal of guitars, fuzzed and unfuzzed, distorted and undistorted, while Hoss Hardeveld’s bass powers the cut along with ruthless determination. Phew! In absolute contrast the following track, Jazz Buster, is a low-key, cool delight. All shades, fluid jazz runs, relaxed persussion and a late-night groove that chills. Next out of the box is Carrots And Onions, a spirited down-home romp through what is Little Richard’s Lucille in all but name. Hazuki is an excellent original from the pen of guitarist Leo Bennink, a deep, dark theme twanged in the lower register, moodily joined by a second higher-pitched guitar later, the two combine to suggest at first a subtle sadness but, then, a growing strength that builds up to a powerful climax between the two surging guitars, finally joined by a third soloing wildly. An exceptional performance and composition. Fireside owes something of a debt to Back Home by The Shadows, as does Stretching Out which is closely modeled on Driftin' - but neither are exact copies - it's more like seeing a signpost and going in that direction but then ending up somewhere else which is slightly new and just as good! Talking of managing difficult feats, there's also a version of Sandy Nelson's Big Noise From The Jungle which dispenses with both the original's sax and drum solos yet still retains the feel and character of Nelson's classic jungle epic. Bandenera - from the pens of the brothers Bennink, Leo and Dihl - is an intriguing little number that seems to circle around its own melody, forever spiraling off this way and that while spinning an hypnotic web around the listener. A great rockin' version of Bobby Darin's Splish Splash returns us to simple dancing mode and it's difficult not to join in on air guitar or jump around the room a little! Dancing - aah, there's also the wittily titled Tango Django which is, in fact, a real tango so here's another good reason to take up those dancing lessons you've been thinking about - although I doubt you'll have tangoed to anything quite as good as this before. In a similarly exotic mood is Frenesi, another Latin-ish number from the writer of Perfidia which displays much of the appeal and charm of its better known cousin. Strattin' is based on the early Rolling Stones sound and is a dead ringer for their It's All Over Now, it's dirty, and very definitely very groovy. The CD ends with another terrific original from Leo Bennink titled Shanice. Leo Kappe delivers a crisply executed march on the snare while the band pounds out a solid stomping beat filled out with piano and a restrained fuzztone guitar which provides a counterpoint to the main melody which is memorably powerful and melodic. A knockout track! It all adds up to another cracking CD from The Black Albinos - a great sound, expertly performed, and crammed full with excellent tracks - it's their best yet! (Dave Burke) NEW GANDY DANCER (Issue 63 – December 2001) Dama Publishing 10 Camberwell Close Festival Park, Gateshead NE11 9TZ, ENGLAND We’re not shy about saying that the Black Albinos are one of our favourite groups. The Bennink Brothers – Leo and dihl had their first CD, for Rarity, The Warrior. They had chosen an unusual style; a cross between Indo Rock and The Ventures. Two years later, we got their second set Night Shift, another step forward for the band with a sharp-edged modern guitar sound but on the vintage sounds we all love. Last year, they completed their hat trick of great albums with The Bogey Man. Which brings us to the latest. New Orleans is a thumping version of the US Bonds US hit but more The Ventures ’63 version, from Let’s Go album. The Albinos come up with great embellishments by raucous fuzz guitars and more exitement. Jazz Buster is a slow and slinky, jazz-like guitar instrumental with brush percussion and sweet guitars like The Shadows’ favourite Nivram in feel, but it’s a fine original by Leo Bennink. Carrots & Onions is a danceable “Lucille” beat with lots happening and it’s a number to get feet tapping while Hazuki has a dramatic feel, like Davie Allan & The Arrows but with an edge that The Black Albinos have specialised in. Fireside is back to the melodic, extending over tasty playing. It’s a gentle jog-a-long melodic twang. Juke Box contains the Duane reverb on a well thought-out original from Leo with some tricky guitar riffs. Big Noise From The Jungle is a treatment of the great Sandy Nelson number and a brave choice of material without a drum solo or a Plas Johnson sax solo. But The Albinos do their thing and it works! Stretching Out is a great Ventures’ 64 sound with fine rhythm guitar behind a pulsating lead and decent drusm and bass. Bandenera has lots of licks and tricks and is a composition by Leo and Dihl. Splish Splash could have been straight of Going To The Ventrures Dance Party album and it’s a novel idea for an instrumental that turns out beautifully in the fingers of The Black Albinos – infectious. The group show their versatility in Moon Of Shailalima, carrying a gentle guitar-picked introduction on a slow, deliberate number and is ideal for romantic dancing. Tango Django – of course has a tango feel but not a tango tempo, there’s a bit of Brian May in there! Supportive drumming and bass lines with the sensitive guitar playing, make this a winner. Sunday is a busy number with good guitars all the way. Strattin’ is back to the rocking uptempo Albinos with maximum guitars all twanging! Shadow Catcher is a little slower, tuneful and happening before Shango, where fast Mexican style chords introduce an original in the vein of Geronimo but gutsier. Siciliano – for a change of pace – is a slow, dramatic guitar ballad, full of emotion with georgeous guitar, delicate drumming and delicious bass. The title track – Rockin’ Rabbit – has fun guitar, which bops along. Frenesi is a Latin sound with guitars sitting on percussion. The Black Albinos give it a reverential treatment. Tonkodop is funky jazz guitar, nice cymbals and drums, rolling bass, added piano but guitars are the main feature. The album closes with Shanice a western twang with a twisted, engaging guitar line. Great orriginals; great guitars, bass and drums. The Black Albinos will have a job topping this one. (Davy Peckett) THE VENTURES RESURGENCE (Issue 66 November/December 2001) 13 Limetree Close Grove, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 0BJ, ENGLAND This is the fourth CD from the Black Albinos and their best to date, although not detracting anything from their first three which were excellent, but this has a heavier feel to it. The opening song is a pounding version of New Orleans, which is followed by Jazz Buster, a pleasant jazzy number composed by Leo Bennink. In fact there are thirteen more compositions by Leo and a further three joint compositions with Dihl Bennink. Another well known cover version of Sandy Nelson’s hit, Big Noise From The Jungle is covered here without a drum or sax solo and it worked well, a fine arrangement. Frenesi has a delightful jazzy Latin sound. It’s difficult to choose a favourite from the original compositions here, as they are all so strong! Rapidly becoming favourites for me are, Stretching Out, Tango Django and Shango. A great CD, a solid performance from everyone concerned. Would like to hear a CD of cover versions of the lesser-known Ventures songs. (Gerry Woodage) GUITARS & DRUMS (No. 101 - Septembre 2001) Rock & Roll Instrumental Society 45, Boulevard Garibaldi F-75045 PARIS, FRANCE La quatrième album des Black Albinos de Leo & Dihl Bennink. Beaucoup de compositions dont l’excellent Jazz Buster, des reprises comme le très bon New Orleans et le non moins convainquant Splish Splash de Bobby Darin. Parmi les compositions Rockin’ Rabbit mérite la mention. Un bon album. (Jean Bachèlerie) COUNTRY GAZETTE (NO. 310 , 29e Jaargang, Winter 2001/2002) Zwanenwater 25 2771 KL BOSKOOP Holland This is already the 4th. CD of the band for the Rarity Records label and again the group succeeded in presenting a very varied album. In English instrumental magazines The Black Albinos are compared with The Venrtures. I think that The Black Albinos could not be ashamed ot that, especially if you look to the 17 own compsitions on a total of 21 tracks. It’s fun to hear Bobby Darin’s fifties hit Splish Splash. The music various from rock & roll, easy listening, jazz and Latino sounds. The brothers Leo and Dihl Bennink play all the guitar parts, however Leo is the lead-guitarist on most numbers and he’s also the keyboard player. The drums catch it from time to time from drummer Leo Kappé. Hoss van Hardeveld takes the Fender bass for his account. All tracks were recorded in the LB Studio from Leo Bennink, the whole technique of mastering is done by Leo himself. The Black Albinos have a more modern sound than The Ventures, so that you can say that the pupils are further than the masters. For lovers of guitar-music is this CD recommended. (Gerard Zuman) INTERVIEW MEI 2002 HIT STORY. We hebben onlangs een (prettig) gesprek gehad met Leo Bennink, dat in de toekomst terug te vinden zal zijn in ons blad, Hij heeft in meer dan 40 bands gespeeld (o,a,Motions en JayJays), maar een reünieconcert van de Black Albinos in de Haagse Houtrusthallen in 1996 gaf hem zo'n kick, dat hij (net als vele popmuzikanten) weer terug keerde naar zijn eerste liefde: puur instrumentale gitaarmuziek, Van het één kwam het ander: bij RARITY RECORDS, het label dat altijd zo trouw achter in ons blad adverteert,verscheen ""The warrior"", Nu, 5 jaar later, is Leo druk bezig aan een vijfde CD, De vier hierboven genoemde CD's draaien de laatste weken overuren in mijn CD-speler, Leo Bennink is de drijvende kracht achter dit projekt, De opnames vinden in zijn eigen studio plaats, hij schrijft het leeuwendeel van het materiaal (daarom hebben we hierboven niet de tracklists CD's afgedrukt, want op een enkele cover na zouden de titels U toch niets zeggen) en is verantwoordelijk voor de gitaarsound, De ene keer een gladde Shadowssound, dan weer een zwaar vervormde gitaar à la Link Wray; een stevige rocker wordt afgewisseld met een slow; een mooie, scherpe melodielijn wordt afgewisseld met een nummer dat zo de tune van een cowboyfilm zou kunnen wezen met knallende pistolen en andere geluidseffecten, Juist door die grote verscheidenheid aan melodieën en stijlen, blijft elke CD tot het einde boeien, Houd je van(instrumentale) gitaarmuziek, dan moet je beslist eens een CD van deze Black Albinos proberen en misschien gebeurt met jou hetzelfde als met mij? Ik ontdekte namelijk (weer) hoe heerlijk instrumentale muziek kan zijn en begrijp nu die klant in onze plaatselijke CD-winkel,die steeds ongezien elke niet.Me uitgave van RARITY RECORDS aanschaft, dat veel soort-gelijkmateriaal uitgeeft, (Frank Timmermans.) |
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""Back to the sixties""
Het was najaar 1960 toen sologitarist Joop van Heusden zijn gitaarcombo THE BLACK ALBINO'S aan de Haagse Wenckebachstraat formeerde met Martin de Roo (drums),Paulvan de Voort Maarschalk (slaggitaar), Simon Lardenoy (basgitaar) en zanger Joop Jonkers (artiestennaam Dean Holley). Omdat Joop opvallend blond haar had en zijn viercollega musici zwart gekuifd rondliepen kwam men tot de allesdekkende, maar tevens zeer curieuze klinkende naam BLACK ALBINOS, Hun sterke samenspel gedurende anderhalfjaar werd in 1962 beloond met een optreden voor de AVRO radio in het soldatenprogramma 'Tot Uw Orders' van Roel Balten, de muzikale prestatie in de legerplaatsWittenberg,waarin ze ook het Scheveningse zangeresje lIonka Biluska begeleidden, zorgde tevens voor hun TV debuut in AVRO's jongerenrubriek ""Rooster"", waarin DEAN HOLLEY & THE BLACK ALBINOS het nummer 'Dat Ben Ik"" een Cliff Richard cover van it'il Be Me"" brachten, De landelijke doorbraak volgde door een platencontract dat de groep eveneens in 1962 in de wacht wist te slepen op het DELTA label van platenbaas Hans Kellerman, Op DELTA (DSI046) verscheen de eerste single met op de A-kant 'Shish Kebab"" een eigen variatie gebaseerd op middle east melodie~en als ""Turkish Salad"", 'Istanbul' en 'On A Persian Market. De B-kant bleek echter door de tijd hun meest gewaarde bijdrage aan de popgeschiedenis, De vondsten in het arrangement van ""St. Louis Blues', tezamen met de opvallende echo-Installatie zorgde voor een zeer origineel en pittige uitvoering. Eind 1962 verscheen nog een 2e single op DELTA (OS 1055) en evenals hun eerste waren zowel de A als B-kant uitschieters onder de gitaar rockers. 'On The Sunny Side Of The Street' was weer zo'n ijzersterk arrangement, boordevol opwindende echo en een volle sound van het soort dat je heden ten dage nooit meer hoort. De mogelijkheden om met de echo-box (Watkins copycat) om te gaan werden door Joop van Heusden perfect ontwikkeld. Op de B-kant kregen we ""Ghost Party"" een eigen compositie van de groep en hier kwam het volledige scala van effectenmogeiijkheden uit die dagen op de plaat. Het werd dan ook een juweeltje van begin tot eind en alle effecten werden door de groep gespeeld zonder enige technische ingreep in de opnamestudio. De Engelse cult pruducer Joe Meek wist met zijn instrumentaie acts als Tornadoes, Outlaws, Moontrekkers etc. slechts door gebruikmaking van zeer technische hoogstandjes allerlei ongehoorde geluiden te bereiken. THE BLACK ALBINO'S deden het eind 1962 even recht voor zijn raap zonder problemen in de studio. Opnemen in 2-sporen en wegwezen! De DELTA opnamen van de groep verschenen in Belgie op het NEWTONE label. In 1964 stelde Joop van Heusden een volledig vemieuwde groep samen met zanger Udo de Jong (udo Young, later naar Magic Strangers), Lodi Wachtel (drs), Dick Hoppe (bas, ex-Defenders) , Jan de Jong (slaggitaar, ex-Defenders) en Jan Konijnenburg (sax). Joop van Heusden moest dat jaar om studieredenen zijn muzikale loopbaan vaarwel zeggen en werd vervangen door Leo Bennink, die zijn drummaatje Leo Kappé uit zijn oude groep THE SPECIAL FIVE meebracht. Op
het nieuwe HAVOC label van producers Cees de Man en Frans Mijts verscheen in 1964 hun beat single 'Shakin'All Over"" c/w ""High Heel Sneakers"" (SH 102). De plaat sloeg goed aan en werd in diverse Europese landen en zelfs in Amerika uitgebracht. De BLACK ALBINOS werden daar echter (vanwege de ongebruikelijke naam) omgedoopt tot THE KINGBEATS. Begin 1965 kwam de groep nog eenmaal instrumentaal in beeld (HAVOC SH 106), met ""Spanish Gipsy Dance"", een fraaie bewerking van de Spaanse traditional 'Espana Cani"" en ""Hernando's Hideaway"". De arrangementen van THE VENTURES werden in het laatste nummer gevolgd en de opvallend sterke baspartij werd evenals de sologitaar door Leo Bennink voor zijn rekening genomen. Na een zeer succesvolle periode ging de groep in 1966 uiteen
LEO BENNINK
Sologitarist Leo Bennink (geb. 21-03-1945) begon eind 1959 als gitarist in de Haagse Indo groep THE REAL RHYTHM TEENS met Billy de Koning (v) - Franky Westerkamp (g) -0tto Cramer (g) - Danny Hartman (b) - Tijdens de Rock & Roll Revival in de Houtrusthallen 30 mei 1981 kwam de groep nog bijeen met Leo Kappé als drummer.Op de gelijknamige LP op CNR speelde Leo met de revival band ""Gandy Dancer""; een nummer van zijn all-time favorieten THEVENTURES.Leo kwam daarna in THE ROCKING SENSATION BOYS terecht,waarbij hij nog gitaarlessen van Hugo van der Jagt kreeg.
Met THE TWANGIES, de Indo groep van zanger/gitarist Ritchy Toorop en drummer Jan Patty vertrok hij in 1962 als 17-jarige naar Duitsland. Hij trad daar o.a. op in de Star-Club in Hamburg en zag Little Richard aan het werk. Na zijn contract met THE TWANGIES speelde hij nog zo'n 3 maanden voor Amerikaanse militairen met o.a. Leo Kappé, Jack Eckhard (later bekend van' The Boots) en een zekere Rotterdamse Danny op saxofoon in de groep DANNY & THE REBELS. Terug in Nederland komt Léo als gitarist samen met bassist Andrei Serban de gelederen van RENÉ & ALLIGATORS versterken. In 1963 maakt hij zijn studio debuut tijdens een platensessie voor MMP met de groep THE SPECIALS. De nummers 'Kootanda"" c/w 'Martined' werden uitgebracht op MMP 1031 en de bezetting van THE SPECIALS, die nogal eenswijzigde, was naast Leo toen als volgt:Wim Koekoek (z,g) - Henk Schram (b) -Paul v.d. Voort (g, ex-Black Albino's) Kees de Bruin (piano) - Leo Kappé (drs). In 1964 werd de groep omgedoopt tot THE SPECIAL FIVE en de bezetting bestond uit louter topmuzikanten met Wim Koekoek (zanger/gnarist), Leo Bennink(sologitaar),Andrei Serban (bas, ex-Eddy & Crazy Jets), Eddy Becking (slaggitaar, later naar René & Alligators) en Leo Kappé op drums. De band maakte jammer genoeg maar één singel (NEGRAM NG 504 'Silly Silly' / 'New Orleans'). Vooral 'Silly Silly' geniet een zekere faam onder verzamelaars van instrumentale rock muziek en het werd door Leo opgepikt tijdens zijn Duitse periode. Er bestaat een Amerikaanse single uit 1962 op DUAL 502 van de groep CRAZY PETER & THE TWISTERS, het nummer heet hier ""Silly Chili' en de singel was ook in Duitsland op de markt. Als THE SPECIAL FIVE van het toneel verdwijnen is Leo terug te vinden bij o.a. DANNY & HlS FAVOURITES en de door zijn broer Dihl opgerichte groep MACK, ""Mack' was overigens de bijnaam voor Leo In die tijd. Andere bekende muzikanten die in MACK meespeelden waren o.a. drummer Bart Terlaak (naar Haigs),gitarist Paul van Melzen (naar Haigs), Ton v.d. Meer (naar Moody Sec, later O.a, Smyle). Het Is begin 1966 als Leo gevraagd werd de plaats van Hans van Eijk bij THE JAY JAYS in te nemen. Samen met de 3-ex JUMPING JEWELS muzikanten bassist Joop Oonk, gitarist Tjlbbe Veelo en drummer Kees Kranenburg jr. komt de carrière van Leo nu echt in een stroomversnelling. Onder leiding van producer Tony Vos werkt Leo
voor het eerst mee aan een LP sessie en dat hij zijn oude liefde voor de THE VENTURES nog niet helemaal kan loslaten,bewees hij met zijn uitvoering van het nummer ""Cruncher"". In 1967 verliet Robbie van Leeuwen zijn groep THE MOTIONS om verder te gaan met zijn nieuwe uitdaging SHOCKING BLUE. Leo nam de plaats van Robbie in bij THE MOTIONS en kon nu echt van het grote succes proeven. Er volgden diverse TOP 40 hits en toemee's naar landen als Duitsland, Frankrijk, Zweden,Engeland en zèlfs de USA. Leo speelde daar tezamen met wereldsterren als THE MONKEES, FRANK ZAPPA, ERIC BURDON en ALICE COOPER. In de hectische periode 1970-1975 is Leo actief in een hele reeks groepen waaronder GROUP 1850, JOHNNY KENDALL & THE HERALOS en maakte hij ook plaatopnamen met groepen als CROSSROAD, FIS HER & FRIENDS en GREENHORN. In deze formaties speelde hij vaak
met ex-MOTIONS muzikanten, zoals Rudy Bennett, Bobby Green en Han Cooper.Ook Jan Visser (ex-George Baker) was vaak van de partij. Na de groep BEEHIVE, met Jan Visser, Chiel Pos, Paul van Wageningen(ex-Group 1850), Huub Verstrate(ex-Mack)en Nippy Noya en de Amerikaan Eric Tagg(naar Lee Rittenour) volgde de periode dat Leo zich ging toeleggen op het produceren! componeren en het geven van gitaarlessen. Basgitaarlessen van hem verschijnen in het vakblad ""Musicmaker"". Opvallende produkties maakte hij met de zangeres MARIAN NOBLE (Secret Love) en in maart 1977 werd het nummer ""Alice In Wonderland"", gezongen door zijn ontdekking LUCILLE MACDONALD uitgeroepen tot AVRO'S Radio & TV Tip. De muziek hiervoor werd door Leo geschreven en zijn vrouw (Caroline de Rijk)zorgde voor de tekst. Eind 1978 komen de instrumentale roots weer naar boven als hij op verzoek van Peter RIethof een nieuwe LP, met de nadruk op THE VENTURES, als THE BLACK ALBINO'S in zijn eigen studio gaat opnemen. Leo speelde alle gitaarpartijen zelf in en deed verder een beroep op drummer Leo Kappé. Het project werd niet afgemaakt en alleen de nieuwe versie van 'Silly Silly' werd door Gerard van Dijk op zijn OSR label in 1982 uit gebracht. Op deze CD zijn de tracks nr. 11 t/m 19 van de produktie uit 1978 afkomstig, behalve I'LL Never Stop Loving You', dat door Leo in 1982 werd opgenomen.
We noemden reeds het geslaagde optreden op de Rock & Roll Revival Show op 30 mei 1981 en de fraaie studio-opname van ""Gandy Dancer"". Dan springen we in de tijd naar 1991 als Leo plotseling
opduikt als gitarist bij de nieuwe JUMPING JEWELS. Ze verschijnen enkele malen op TV en er werd een single op CNR uitgebracht, met de Leo Bennink compositie 'Hot Samba' en een nieuwe versie van 'Dakota"", Deze nieuwe opnamen inclusief 'Africa"" werden in 1994 in Japan uitgebracht op de CD ""Sound Of Euro Instro"" CENTURY CECC-00704. Nu in 1997 is het eindelijk zover, dat Leo zijn eerste volledig instrumentale CD in zijn lange loopbaan kan presenteren.
LEO KAPPÉ De in Amsterdam geboren drummer Leo Kappé is inde jaren 1955-1958 begonnen in diverse jazz en swing groepen. Hij kreeg les van de bekende jazz drummer John Engels jr. en zijn favoriete drummer was Joe Morello. In 1959 ontdekte hij de rock & roll en kwam achter het drumstel bij THE BLUE COMETS te zitten. In 1961 maakt hij deel uit van de Haagse 7-mans formatie THE SILHOUETTES, die 2 voortreffelijke singles opnamen voor het TIVOLI label, waaronder de fraaie instrumental ""Silhouette Walk', een compositie van groepsiid Paul de Ridder, Zanger Peter de W~, vierde later als PEE WHITE successen met THE MAGIC STRANGERS, Met THE ROCKING SENSATION BOYS vertrok Leo als beroepsmusicus naar Duitland. De bezetting wisselde nogal eens, maar hij speelde er samen met o.a. Hugo van der Jagt en Aad van Zadel. Via de Indo groep THE FENDER ROLLERS kwam hij voor het eerst samen met Leo Bennink in DANNY & THE REBELS terecht. In 1964 was hij weer terug in Nedertand en zat hij als drummer samen met Leo Bennink in een aantal bands. THE SPECIALS,THE SPECIAL FIVE en THE BLACK ALBINOS, Daama volgde een periode met combo's in het circutt van bruiloften en partijen. Van 1993 tot 1996 was Leo drummer bij de Indorock formatie THE VALIANTS.
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HOSS AND NOKIE EDWARDS(THE VENTURES USA) NOKIE LIKES THE ALBINOS TOO |
HOSS VAN HARDEVELD Hoss begon in de beginjaren zestig in plaatseiijke groepen te spelen. Hij maakte enkele jaren deel uit van de gitaargroep THE SIOUX, maar zijn eerste hoogtepunt bereikte Hoss in 1964 als bassist van de groep JOHN RUSSELL & HlS CLAN (o.a.Erik Hartung en Guus Hartung), toen die in het voorprogramma van THE BEATLES bij hun optreden in de veilinghallen te Blokker zaten. Met de uit Suriname afkomstige zanger John RusselI, was hij ook betrokken bij de in 1964 verschenen single op FONTANA YF 278075 ""Thank You For Calling"" / 'Maybelline"". Tevens maakte hij met deze band zijn TV debuut in het bekende programma ""Nieuwe Oogst. Hoss speelde in de periode 1963-1965 veel In Duitsland met John RusselI en vind zelf dat hij daar een te gekke tijd gehad heeft in o.a. Star-Club te Hamburg, Bochom, Freiburg, Krefeld, Essen enz. In 1966 speelde Hoss (bas/keyb/zanger) met Albert Hol (g) en Gerrit Hol (drs) in de groep GLORIA en eind 1967 kwam Bob Leverman (ex-Yelping Jackals, ex-Rob Revvel & A-One), beter bekend als Robert Long in de groep als zanger.In 1969 werd de groep omgedoopt tot ROBERT LONG & UNIT GLORIA. Er werden vele hits gescoord en tournee's brachten de groep in landen als ltaliä, W-Duitsland (begeleidden o.a. de bekende Engelse zanger EMILE FORD in Dresden), DDR, Engeland, Noorwegen, Zweden (Leo Fender zag de groep daar aan het werk) en in 1971 stond Hoss zes met ROBERT LONG & UNIT GLORIA in het Hollywood Palladium op de bühne. Hoss werkte in 1970 ook mee aan de gelegenheidscombinatie PACKAGE, die bestond uit Patricia Paay en bandleden van THE BUFFOONS en UNIT GLORIA. In 1972 verlaat Robert Long de groep en startte zijn solocarière. UNIT GLORIA ging tot 1974 verder met BONNIE ST. CLAIRE. Ze scoorden 3 gigantische hits, waaronder ""Clap Your Hands And Stamp Your Feet' en tourden weer door diverse Europese landen. Hoss was in die succesvolle periode ook een veelgevraagde sessie muzikant voor EMI-BOVEMA, waarbij hij vooral samen met Jan Akkerman en Pierre van de Linden actief was. Veronica's Adje Bouwman maakte met UNIT GLORIA diverse jingles en er werden ook allerlei opnamen onder fake namen als DE SNELBINDERS en FERRARI'S gemaakt. Van 1980-1982 zat hij in het ORKEST NEDERLANDSE SPOORWEGEN (Big Band) en hij was ook stage sound managerbij de TROS-TV. In 1982 richtte hij de Shadow-groep FBI op, die pas echt goed op dreef kwam toen sologitarist Ror Soerioroseno (ex-Yelping Jackals, ex-Rob Revvel & A-One) in de band kwam. In 1993 stond Hoss samen met Bruce Welch en LOCAL HERO op de planken in Parijs tijdens een jam session,terwijl FBI in 1989 en 1990 al eerder concerten met Jet Harris in Nederland deed. Ook heden ten dage is Hoss naast de BLACK ALBINO'S nog steeds actief bij FB I.
TEE- SET PERIODE: Ma Belle Amie( met DIHL BENNINK )
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DlHL BENNINK
Dihl Bennink, de broer van Leo, leerde op zijn 10e gitaarspelen, wat hem thuis met de paplepel werd ingegoten. Hij formeerde zijn eerste band DON'T toen hij 16 was samen met Barry Hay. De successtory die daarna voor Barry volgde mag genoegzaam bekend zijn. Dihl richtte daarna MACK op en maakte voor NEGRAM-DELTA zijn eerste platenproduktie. Op HAVOC SH126 verscheen in 1966 'AII MY Hope Is Gone"" (geschreven door Hans van Eijck/ Tee-Set) met ""ITs Gonna Work Out Fine"". Op TEESET Records 1265 (1967) volgde nog de single ""Di It /""Little lovely Honey"". Dihl kwam daarna als sologitarist bij de TEE-SET terecht en maakte de grootste succesperiode van de groep mee, waaonder de wereldhit ""Ma Belle Amie"". Naast THE BLACK ALBINOS maakt hij momenteel deel uit van de groep HUMAN BANG en werkt tevens aan een soloproject. De sologitaar in het nummer ""Schwarze Augen"" (Black Eyes) op deze CD, wordt door Dihl voor zijn rekening genomen.
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Dihl Bennink in actie met Barry Hay (GOLDEN EARING) (Met de band DON'T)
RITCH VAN GESSEL
Startte als zanger/gitarist/songwriter in de rock-a-billy / rock 'n' roll groepen THREE ALLEY CATS en BLACK SLACKS. Is al sinds enige tijd Full time muzikant en is frontman van de rock 'n' roll / jump 'n' jive formatie BLUE MOON SPECIAL. Hij treed regelmatig in het buitenland op, heeft optredens op radio en TV en doet mee aan speciale projecten. Piet Muys, mei 1997.
Leo Bennink ziet het na ruim 30 jaar weer helemaal zitten met zijn oude formatie THE BLACK ALBINO'S. In 1996 kregen twee ex-leden van de band gitarist Leo Bennink en drummer Leo Kappé het oude instrumentale virus weer te pakken en vooral door de inspirerende invloed van de gerenommeerde bassist Hoss van Hardeveld (FBI) was een nieuwe formatie spoedig een feit. Gitarist Dihl Bennink, de broer van Leo, en de jeugdige gitarisVzanger Ritch van Gessel maakten de band compleet. Deze 'new' BLACK ALBINO'S bestaat dus uit een combinatie van een viertal oude rotten uit de rock muziek en een jonge fanaat. Het repertoire is weer grotendeels opgebouwd uit instrumentale rock muziek uit de 60-er jaren, met als grote voorbeeld THE VENTURES. Verder klassiek materiaal van helden als THE TIELMAN BROTHERS, THE SHADOWS e.d. en wat heel belangrijk is een nog steeds stijgend aantal eigen nummers van Leo Bennink. Daarnaast is er een zang repertoire opgebouwd met materiaal van Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry,Buddy Holly, Eddie Cochran etc. De formatie maakte op 30 november 1996 haar debuut in de Haagse Houtrust Rotonde tijdens een Indo Rock Evening georganiseerd door Leon Donnars van de Stichting Indo Rock. Ze traden daar onder de naam THE REBELS met enorme bijval voor het voetlicht en zanger-gitarist Eric van Ginkel (ex-The Allycats) was daar naast de 4 oudjes uit de rock scene de benjamin van het stel. Leo Bennink werd na dit grandioze optreden volledig geïnspireerd om op deze weg door te gaan en sloeg aan het componeren. Binnen de kortst mogelijke tijd werden in zijn eigen studio met de herboren BLACK ALBINOS een aantal nieuwe instrumentals van zijn hand
opgenomen.Leo zocht ook contact met Hans van Haarlem van RARITY Records, nadat hij ontdekte dat op het label een aantal oude nummers, waarop hij als sologitarist had meegespeeld waren uitgebracht. De zaak was snel beklonken toen het nieuwe materiaal werd gepresenteerd en het resultaat kunt u nu zeil beluisteren!
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Leo Bennink recorded in 1977 some new recording in his own studio, together with his friend Leo Kapé on drums. Only Silly Silly was released in 1984 by DSR. In 1996 they decided to go 'back to the 60s' and reformed THE BLACK ALBINO'S. Hoss van Hardeveld (FBI's bass guitarist) and Leo's brother Dihl Bennink (rhythm/lead gt.) joined the band. Next to the four old rockers a young rocker Ritch van Gessel came as singer/guitarist in the band. Hoss became the inspirator of the band, it has always been his dream to found a VENTURES band. The BLACK ALBINO'S made their debut at The Houtrust Rotonde in The Hague on November 30, 1996 during an Indo Rock Evening. In 1997 they got a contract from Rarity Records and their first CD a mix of new recordings and unreleased material from 1978 was released in the Summer of 1997.
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