Hans Theessink Official Website https://www.theessink.com/ Hans Theessink is one of the fiercest acoustic players in Europe and one of the top acoustic blues stars worldwide. Sun, 23 Mar 2025 17:22:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 New release “75 Birthday Bash” https://www.theessink.com/en/new-release-birthday-bash-75/ Fri, 21 Mar 2025 18:39:25 +0000 https://www.theessink.com/?p=6885 Double CD & 180 g Vinyl ★★★★★

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New release “75 Birthday Bash”

Available from April 4th, 25 on double CD and 180 g Vinyl


A UNIQUE LIVE RECORDING
We recorded Hans Theessink’s legendary Birthday Bash concerts at the
Metropol in Vienna 2023 and 2024. Fans and musical lovers came from
all over Europe and North America to celebrate Hans’ birthday (5 April).
The atmosphere was splendid – Hans and his musical colleagues took
us on a marvelous musical journey – handmade music at its best. This
unique Birthday Bash document full of great moments and unusual
sessions is available on 180g Vinyl and double CD

180 g vinyl tracklist

Side A
1. Bridges
2. What Will The Children Play
3. Vintage Red Wine
4. Soul On Fire

Side B
1. My Girl
2. Needed Time
3. Slidin’ Delta
4. People Get Ready – One Love

Personnel:
Hans Theessink * Eric Bibb * Ulrika Bibb * Eleanor Shanley *
Christian Dozzler * Douglas Linton & The Plan Bs * Insingizi *
Roland Guggenbichler




Hans Theessink on video about „75 Birthday Bash“


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]]> Re-release Hard Road Blues – 180 g Vinyl https://www.theessink.com/en/6570-2/ Mon, 20 Feb 2023 21:20:20 +0000 https://www.theessink.com/?p=6570 All analog recording - AAA remastered by Christoph Stickl ★★★★★

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Re-Release of HARD ROAD BLUES

Now available on 180 g vinyl


Hans Theessink SOLO – Hard Road Blues on 180 gr.vinyl
AAA remastered – all analog recording

“This recording deserves a spot in the stores next to the work of the men who inspired it”.
(Acoustic Guitar, CD hitlist, USA, 1997)

Release date: April 14th 2023

I recorded HARD ROAD BLUES in 2 nights (October 6th-7th, 1994) in the OPUS Recorder Music Studio in Austria in one go and all analog. It was quite a meditative affair, recorded
very well by sound engineer Andreas Fabianek. We used a vocal mic, a guitar mic, and a few other mics to capture the natural sound of the room. The recording sounds very organic; you can feel every movement and breathing and you can literally hear the fingers dancing on the fretboard.

The record was first released in 1994 on vinyl, CD and cassette. HARD ROAD BLUES has been highly acclaimed by fans and press alike and has sold very well. If a copy of this
pressing ever turns up in good condition, it would cost quite a bit of money. Unfortunately, the fire devil struck at the German pressing plant – many masters and matrices
were destroyed; including those of HARD ROAD BLUES. A subsequent pressing was therefore impossible. But during Corona 2020 I had a lot of time to look through my stock of recordings and I also found the HARD ROAD BLUES master tapes. That’s when the idea came up to re-release this record.

I contacted Christoph Stickl from CSMastering. Christoph had already done an excellent remastering of my 1987 “Baby Wants To Boogie” LP and he was therefore predestined to carry out this rather delicate work for HARD ROAD BLUES as well. He reviewed the tapes, which after all, were already 27 years old, and said he’d have to “bake” them in the oven to play them and start remastering. Luckily the tapes were still in good shape and so Christoph was able to do the remastering without interrupting the AAA chain.

HARD ROAD BLUES – Vinyl Tracklist
A
1.BIG BILL’S GUITAR: Hans Theessink manus (AKM)
2.YOU MAKE ME FEEL SO GOOD: Hans Theessink manus (AKM)
3.PRISON BLUES: trad/arr.and new words Hans Theessink
4.BLIND WILLIE: Hans Theessink manus (AKM)
5.ONE KIND FAVOUR: Blind Lemon Jefferson / arr. Hans Theessink
6.VICKSBURG IS MY HOME: Hans Theessink manus (AKM)
B
1.HARD ROAD BLUES: Hans Theessink manus (AKM)
2.TWO TRAINS: trad/arr. Hans Theessink
3.SUGAR BABE: Mance Lipscomb (Tradition Music Co)
4.MINNIBELLE: Hans Theessink manus (AKM)
5.SHOTGUN BLUES: Sam Hopkins (Rockland Music)
6.CYPRESS GROVE: Skip James (Blind-Basement-Music)


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]]> Hans Theessink Birthday Bash 2023 https://www.theessink.com/en/hans-theessink-birthday-bash-2023-2/ Mon, 20 Feb 2023 20:28:16 +0000 https://www.theessink.com/?p=6564 Friday, 14th and Saturday, 15th April 2023 @ Metropol, Wien ★★★★★

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Hans Theessink Birthday Bash 2023

Yes Folks – it’s the big 75
Friday, 14th and Saturday, April 15th, 2023 / 08:00 pm @ Metropol, Vienna


HANS THEESSINK & MUSICAL FRIENDS:
GUY DAVIS *** DANA GILLESPIE *** CHRISTIAN DOZZLER *** MICHAEL KÖHLMEIER *** INSINGIZI *** ROLAND GUGGENBICHLER *** ALEE THELFA *** CHRIS FILLMORE *** ANGUS THOMAS *** ERNST MOLDEN *** DOUGLAS LINTON + Anja Klipic & Ina Eckhard ***
Wir freuen uns Gäste aus der ganzen Welt zu begrüssen.
For this fantastic event, we welcome folks from around the world. It will be a big Bash !
Restkarten nur mehr telefonisch buchbar  +43 1- 407 77 407

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]]> Hans Theessink Birthday Bash 2022 https://www.theessink.com/en/hans-theessink-birthday-bash-2022-2/ Wed, 12 Jan 2022 09:29:16 +0000 https://www.theessink.com/?p=6427 Friday, 8th, and Saturday, April 9th, 2022 @ Metropol, Vienna ★★★★★

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Hans Theessink Birthday Bash 2022

Friday, 8th and Saturday, April 9th, 2022 @ Metropol, Vienna


Hans Theessink + friends:
Sassy Holzinger, Meena Cryle, Chris Fillmore, Angus Thomas, Roland Guggenbichler, Insingizi, Alee Thelfa

Surprise guests????

Fr. 08.04.2022 A-1170 Vienna, Metropol (Birthday Bash)
20:00
www.wiener-metropol.at

Sa. 09.04.2022 A-1170 Vienna, Metropol (Birthday Bash)
20:00
www.wiener-metropol.at

The tickets for 2022 can already be booked on the Metropol website.
The tickets from the 2020 and 2021 editions are still valid.

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]]> New album “Pay Day” https://www.theessink.com/en/new-album-pay-d/ Sun, 31 Oct 2021 19:06:00 +0000 https://www.theessink.com/?p=6143 We are looking forward to the release on Dec 3rd, 2021
★★★★★

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Pay Day // Hans Theessink & Big Daddy Wilson

Release date: Dec 3rd, 2021


B.B.King said “The blues are a mystery“, and Willie Dixon stated: „The Blues are the true facts of life.“ When Hans Theessink and Big Daddy Wilson sing Blind Willie Johnson‘s classic “Everybody Ought To Treat A Stranger Right” – first recorded in 1930, the song has lost none of its relevance in the present day. Theessink’s own “Virus Blues”, is a haunting reflection of our own time and age right now: “Makes no difference if you’re rich or poor, if you’re yellow, black or white.” And remember, “You gonna reap what you sow” – one day “PAY DAY” is gonna come.

Theessink and Wilson discovered the blues in completely different ways. On the one hand there is the Dutch boy, whose 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.

CD Cover Payday

Downloads


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]]> Concerts in June & July https://www.theessink.com/en/concerts-in-june-july/ Fri, 19 Jun 2020 19:54:41 +0000 https://www.theessink.com/?p=5937 A light at the end of the tunnel
★★★★★

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Concerts in June & July


We’re glad that the lockdown is opening up – a light at the end of the tunnel. We’re ready to play some concerts in Austria again in the near future. Looking forward to sing and play for you and see you at a concert.

https://www.theessink.com/en/tour-dates

Martin Lifka

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★★★★★

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HANS THEESSINK BIRTHDAY BASH 2021

Friday, April 9th and Saturday, April 10th, 2021



We have set the dates for 2021. You can already make your ticket reservations. Tickets for the cancelled 2020 shows are valid for 2021!
We’re working on the program – also in 2021 we will have two wonderful nights of handmade blues & roots music. Brooks Williams and Christian Dozzler have already confirmed – The Valentinos and Insingizi are also on the poster and there may be more surprises in the pipeline.



HT & Brooks Williams



HT & Eric Bibb



HT & Christian Dozzler



HT & Meena Cryle & Chris Fillmore



HT Band

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]]> Here’s a song from headquarters https://www.theessink.com/en/heres-a-song-from-headquarters/ Mon, 20 Apr 2020 20:05:22 +0000 https://www.theessink.com/?p=5896 „Jesus Coming Soon“, by Texan gospel blues singer Blind Willie Johnson, deals with the Spanish Flue
★★★★★

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Here’s a song from headquarters

Week four in isolation


„Jesus Coming Soon“, by Texan gospel blues singer Blind Willie Johnson, deals with the Spanish Flue, a gigantic pandemic that shook the world about hundred years ago. The Spanish Flue virus killed millions of people but it was beaten in the end. Hopefully we soon can do the same and get to the other side of this Corona madness too. Stay healthy!

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]]> Nomination for Amadeus Austria Music Award 2020 https://www.theessink.com/en/nomination-for-amadeus-austria-music-award-2020/ Sun, 22 Mar 2020 12:04:28 +0000 https://www.theessink.com/?p=5822 Hans Theessink was nominated for an Amadeus Austrian Music Award 2020 in the category Jazz/World/Blues!★★★★★

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Nomination for Amadeus Austrian Music Award 2020

The Amadeus Show was cancelled due to Corona but there will a TV show on ORF 1 on 10.9.2020 in ORF 1 where the winners will be presented.


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]]> Hans Theessink & Knud Møller – Blues Fretboard Wizardry https://www.theessink.com/en/hans-theessink-knud-moller-blues-fretboard-wizardry/ Fri, 20 Mar 2020 10:45:03 +0000 https://www.theessink.com/?p=5795 Dutch Bluesmaster Theessink and Danish Guitarstar Møller on tour in DK, A and CH. ★★★★★

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Hans Theessink & Knud Møller – Blues Fretboard Wizardry

Dutch Bluesmaster Theessink and Danish Guitarstar Møller are informing that their annual Denmark tour had to be postponed to March 2021.

The duo is also booked for the Tønder Festival (DK) in August and will be touring in Austria and Switzerland November 2020.

Find all the dates on www.theessink.com/en/tour-dates/

Booking:  milica@theessink.com

Lasse Jørgensen

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