Dutch blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
Hans Theessink has been carving a niche for himself
in the U.S. market through the late 1980s and
early 1990s. It's no easy task growing up in the
Netherlands and teaching oneself the blues, but
perhaps that's the reason Theesink's guitar stylings
are so unique. Theesink became hooked on blues
as a teenager listening to the radio, playing
mandolin and guitar. His favorites became Big
Bill Broonzy, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee,
but later on he was exposed to a wider variety
of influences. Theesink was 12 or 13 when he began
playing guitar in earnest, and by his late teens
he was playing in clubs and coffeehouses around
Germany and the Netherlands.
Theesink began his recording career in 1970 for
a variety of small labels in Netherlands and Germany,
and continued perfecting his craft and honing
his skills at clubs and festivals across Europe.
Through the 1970s, his eventual goal was to come
to America to learn firsthand from the masters
in the Mississippi Delta. It would be 1979 before
Theesink would make it to America, and not surprisingly,
his first stop was the Mississippi Delta. The
trip proved fruitful, as he met and jammed with
many Delta musicians, absorbing all he could from
them and eventually incorporating their knowledge
into his own style.
Theesink's U.S. albums include two albums for
Flying Fish/Rounder Records, Baby Wants to Boogie
(1987) and Johnny and the Devil (1989). More recently,
his other domestically available albums for a
variety of labels include Call Me (1992), Hans
Theesink and Blue Groove: Live (1993), Hard Road
Blues (1995), and Crazy Moon (1997).
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 1970 Next Morning at Sunrise — Autogram
1976 Klasselotteriet — Rillerod
1978 Slow and Easy — Blue Bird
 1980 Late Last Night — Kettle
 1981 Antoon Met 'N Bok — Jama
1982 Cushioned for a Soft Ride Inside — Autogram
1983 Titanic — Extraplatte
1986 All Night Long — Extraplatte
 1987 Baby Wants to Boogie — Blue Groove
1989 Johnny and the Devil [Blue Groove] — Blue Groove
1989 Johnny and the Devil [Flying Fish] — Flying Fish
1992 Call Me — Deluge
1993 Live — Minor Music
1994 Groove: Live — Minor
1995 Hard Road Blues — Minor Music
1997 Journey On — Minor Music
1997 Crazy Moon — RFR
1998 Blue Grooves from Vienna — Minor Music
1998 Lifeline — Minor Music
 1998 RTL 3 — Blue Groove
2000 Father & Son — BMG
2004 Bridges — Minor
2004 Songs from the Southland — Minor Music
2004 Goin' Down Slow Vol. 1 — Marsk Musik
2006 Goin' Down Slow Vol. 2 — Marsk Musik
2007 Slow Train — Blue Groove
2008 Visions — Blue Groove
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