HANS THEESSINK & BIG DADDY WILSON PAY DAY lyric video
Details
| Title | HANS THEESSINK & BIG DADDY WILSON PAY DAY lyric video |
| Author | Hans Theessink |
| Duration | 3:16 |
| File Format | MP3 / MP4 |
| Original URL | https://youtube.com/watch?v=b2qFhRwtSFM |
Description
PAY DAY is the title track of Hans Theessink & Big Daddy Wilson's first collaboration. The album PAY DAY will be released on December 3rd 2021. (Video by Shaye Smith).
Theessink and Wilson discovered the blues in completely different ways.
On the one hand there is the Dutch boy, who’s love and fascination for blues and roots-music got ignited when he heard Big Bill Broonzy on late night radio in his native Holland - a “white boy lost in the blues” who’s been on the blues trail for more than 50 years.
On the other hand, the North Carolina born African American who first got exposed to the music of his ancestors as a US soldier, stationed in Germany - a "stranger far from home" who has come full circle.
These two charismatic entertainers and soulful performers have made a name for themselves as musicians and songwriters. Both admired each other’s art and made a plan to record an album together. They got to work as soon as the corona regulations slackened a little.
Hans Theessink is known as a sensitive virtuoso on almost anything with strings on it and Wilson can be relied on as a rock steady percussionist; but the icing on the cake is the vocal interplay of Theessink and Wilson that really makes “PAY DAY” a terrific album.
“PAY DAY” is a twist of fate. These two guys had to meet and get together. Their vocal dialogues - be it blues, roots, folk or gospel - merge as if they had never done anything else.
For many, many years I’ve been wanting to work with Hans. So I am very happy and proud to record this Duo Album with him. It was one of the most beautiful experiences that I ever had as an artist.
(Big Daddy Wilson).
I really enjoyed singing and playing with Wilson - we had a ball. Wilson and I had picked songs for the session – some old, some new, some borrowed. We had lots of fun cooking up our special musical stew with all the natural ingredients, spices and flavors - enjoy! (Hans Theessink).
Hans Theessink & Big Daddy Wilson have found a beautiful groove together. Their music reaches deep into one's soul. (Mark Stenzler, Blues Zeppelin Radio, CH)
Payday hits pay dirt; it’s a blues album you definitely want to hear. The collaboration of Hans Theessink and Big Daddy Wilson is pure gold. (Gary Burnett, Down At The Crossroads, UK, Dec.2021)
My choices for the Top 10 folk-rooted and folk-branched albums of 2021: Hans Theessink has long been one of my favorite blues artists. On Pay Day, he offers a wonderful and subtle collaboration with Big Daddy Wilson, a fine North Carolina blues singer. The album includes fine original songs from both and exceptional interpretations of classics drawn from Blind Willie Johnson, Mississippi John Hurt, Skip James and Washington Phillips. (Mike Regenstreif Folk Roots/Folk Branches, CAN, Dec.2021)
A wonderful collaboration and a beautiful blues album. Great stuff! (BarnOwlBlues, NL, Jan. 2022)
Hans Theessink and Big Daddy Wilson join voices and blues spirit for sixteen songs of exceptional acoustic blues. (Celtic Music Radio, UK, January 2022)
Cracking album, absolutely top-dollar blues! (Iain Patience, Blues Matters Mag., UK)
“Pay Day” is unique - a very strong and impressive piece of music. Get this album, you won't regret it! (Mladen Loncar, Soundguardian, HR, January 2022)
Pay Day is a truly great album and the beginning of a hopefully long-lasting friendship. You can't tell from the joint album by Hans Theessink and Big Daddy Wilson that this is the first time the two of them have played together, so much do their vocals blend into an exciting, mutually rubbing, expressive whole, be it blues, roots, folk or gospel from their own pens and from great blues singers of the past. (Highresaudio.com, D, January 2022)
Blues, roots music, folk and gospel interpreted with feeling and great rapport by these two fantastic artists. VERY GOOD. (La Hora Del Blues, ES, February 2022)
The popularity of Dutch guitarist Hans Theessink is a testament to the quality of Theessink’s musical output. It’s also a testament to the global reach of American blues. Pay Day is a mix of original compositions and blues chestnuts. The warm, intimate feel of the album’s 16 tracks is one of its unifying elements. Some soothing, hypnotic, and gentle guitar picking and the approach of trading verses - and the joining for vocal harmony in key places - works wonderfully. (LIVING BLUES, USA, January 2022)
