DESCRIPTION:
Name of venue: Blues Estafette 2000

Location of the festival: Vredenburg Utrecht, Netherlands, big stage

Date of performance: 18th of november 2000, 08.00 p.m.

Name of artist: Arthur Adams & Band

Lineup band:
Vocals & Guitar: Arthur Adams
2nd Guitar: B.B.Chong-King
Keyboards: Eric Hackett
Trumpet: James Smith
Sax: Louis Thomas
Bass guitar: Lou Castro
Drums: Greg Brown

Song:
Get You Next To Me ( recorded 1999)

short info artist (from wikipeda):
Arthur Adams (born December 25, 1943) is an American blues musician from Medon, Tennessee. Inspired by B.B. King and other 1950s artists, he played gospel music before attending college. He moved to Los Angeles, and during the 1960s and 1970s he released solo albums and worked as a session musician. In 1985 he was tapped to tour on bass guitar with Nina Simone, and he staged a comeback in the 1990s when he released "Back on Track", and became a respected Chicago blues player and bandleader in B.B. King's clubs. A prolific songwriter, with a blues style that incorporated a variety of genres, and a vocalist with a funky, soul-driven sound, Adams is known for his collaboration with many of blues' elite and continues to perform to date. In 1999, he released the album Back on Track, his first solo release in 20 years. B. B. King guested on the album on guitar, and the pair duetted on two tracks. This was his first release on the Blind Pig record label. Adams wrote eight out of the eleven tracks, combining the three styles of gospel, blues and soul. Tracks include two duets ("Got You Next To Me" and "The Long Haul"), in which Adams sang with B. B. King - both composed by Adams and Will Jennings. He played these song live in Utrecht!
In 2004, he released Soul of the Blues.

General info about venue
When I have visited one of Europe's greatest Bluesfestivals, I took happily my video-camera with me and filmed e few artists. I have been several times to the Blues Estafette in Utrecht. Every time it was great: Artists from the States you normally never could see performed here from the afternoon until deep in the night. The more known artists or bigger acts performed at the big stage, the smaller or unknown groups at the small stage. Especially the atmosphere and the sound at the small stage were fantastic! Unfortunately this festival, after more than 20 years, discontinued in 2004.


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