1		Shylina
2		Blue Breeze
3		Back Stage
4		That Night
5		Dizzy Busy Bluesman
6		Ram Jam Josey
7		Hobo Joe
8		I'm Coming Home
9		The Great Grandfather
10		Hoochie Coochie Man
11		L.B.Boogie

This Dutch blues band was formed in the Hague around 1967, becoming a regular outfit from 1969. The early line-up included Bjorn Toll (vocals), John Lagrand (harmonica), Ted Oberg (guitar), Ruud Fransen (bass) and Niek Dijkhuys (drums) but although the name remained wholesale changes soon took place, bringing in a new singer, Nicko Christiansen, and new bass and drums, Peter Kleinjan and Beer Klaasse, the latter pair being swiftly replaced by Gerard Strutbaum and Cesar Zuiderwijk, while keyboard player Henk Smitskamp was added. Other changes followed through the 70s, by which time the band’s repertoire was more inclined towards rock. Musicians involved included bass players Ruud van Buuren, Jan van der Voort, Jaap van Eijk and André Reynen, drummers John Lejeune, Herman van Boeyen, Cor van Beek, Michel Driessen, Kenny Lamb and Arjen Kamminga; the latter pair played in the band simultaneously for a spell. Smitskamp sometimes played bass, singer Johnny Frederiksz came in, as did organist Paul Vin and guitarist Ron Meyes.

Although best known in the Netherlands, Livin’ Blues also gained a following elsewhere in Europe, especially in Poland. At the start of the 80s, the band included Oberg, Christiansen, Evert Willemstein (bass) and Boris Wassenbergh (drums). Spin-off bands formed by ex-members of the Livin’ Blues included Nitehawk and the J&T Band, while most members also played with other Dutch blues and rock bands. The band recorded from 1968, cutting a few singles with its first album coming in 1969. The band appears to have drifted from the limelight after the early 80s but interest in its recorded work remained high into the new millennium. ---allmusic.com

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A1		Wang Dang Doodle	5:15
A2		I Came Home At Night	7:00
A3		Whiskey And Gin	2:35
A4		Go-Go-Train	5:05
B1		When The Sun Goes Down	5:15
B2		This Is The Hour	2:30
B3		Spoonful	12:10

Bass Guitar – Ruud Van Buuren
Drums – Dick Beekman
Guitar – Teddy Oberg
Harmonica, Percussion – John Lagrand
Vocals, Percussion, Saxophone, Guitar – Nicko Christiansen

Wang Dang Doodle is without doubt one of the best Dutch Blues albums of all time. Together with Cuby & The Blizards The Livin’ Blues were responsible for the fine blues albums the Dutch released by the end of the ‘60s, early ‘70s. Their blues style of the debut album was mixed with progressive rock, with some long songs as a result. The guitar riff from the title track is reminiscent of Black Night by Deep Purple. A shortened version of this song was released on single and became a modest hit. The band’s success has resulted in performances all over Europe, from England to Italy. ---thesoundofvinyl.com

This Dutch blues band was formed in the Hague around 1967, becoming a regular outfit from 1969. The early line-up included Bjorn Toll (vocals), John Lagrand (harmonica), Ted Oberg (guitar), Ruud Fransen (bass) and Niek Dijkhuys (drums) but although the name remained wholesale changes soon took place, bringing in a new singer, Nicko Christiansen, and new bass and drums, Peter Kleinjan and Beer Klaasse, the latter pair being swiftly replaced by Gerard Strutbaum and Cesar Zuiderwijk, while keyboard player Henk Smitskamp was added. Other changes followed through the 70s, by which time the band’s repertoire was more inclined towards rock. Musicians involved included bass players Ruud van Buuren, Jan van der Voort, Jaap van Eijk and André Reynen, drummers John Lejeune, Herman van Boeyen, Cor van Beek, Michel Driessen, Kenny Lamb and Arjen Kamminga; the latter pair played in the band simultaneously for a spell. Smitskamp sometimes played bass, singer Johnny Frederiksz came in, as did organist Paul Vin and guitarist Ron Meyes. Although best known in the Netherlands, Livin’ Blues also gained a following elsewhere in Europe, especially in Poland. At the start of the 80s, the band included Oberg, Christiansen, Evert Willemstein (bass) and Boris Wassenbergh (drums). Spin-off bands formed by ex-members of the Livin’ Blues included Nitehawk and the J&T Band, while most members also played with other Dutch blues and rock bands. The band recorded from 1968, cutting a few singles with its first album coming in 1969. The band appears to have drifted from the limelight after the early 80s but interest in its recorded work remained high into the new millennium. ---sputnikmusic.com

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1		One Night Boy	5:18
2		Rock Me Baby	2:58
3		Lonesome Road	4:41
4		Born In Chicago	3:03
5		Choice	2:30
6		Selection	5:18
7		I Don't Know	5:55
8		Statement	3:52
9		Polisch Blues	4:39
10		Going Down Slow	3:50
11		You Don't Know How Much I Love You	3:44

Backing Vocals – Hans Vermeulen (tracks: 10, 11)
Bass – Gerard Strotbaum (tracks: 3, 4), Peter Kleinjan (tracks: 1, 2, 10, 11), Ruud Fransen (tracks: 10, 11),
 Ruud Van Buuren (tracks: 7), Ted Oberg (tracks: 5, 6, 8)
Bass, Organ, Piano – Jan van der Voort (tracks: 5, 6)
Drums – Beer Klaassen (tracks: 3, 4), Johnny Le Jeune (tracks: 5 To 7), Nico Dijkhuizen (tracks: 1, 2)
Electric Piano, Clavinet (tracks: 9)
Harmonica – John La Grand (tracks: 1 To 7)
Lead Guitar – Ted Oberg
Vocals – Djorn Pool (tracks: 10, 11), Nicko Christiansen (tracks: 1 To 7)

Tracks 1 to 4 recorded at GTB Studios, The Hague, Netherlands, in 1968.
Tracks 5 & 6 recorded at GTB Studios, The Hague, Netherlands, in 1972.
Track 7 recorded in Hilversum, Netherlands, in 1971.
Tracks 8 & 9 recorded in The Hague, Netherlands, in 1972.
Tracks 10 & 11 recorded at GTB Studios, The Hague, Netherlands, in 1967.

Livin' Blues (The Hague, 1967 - 1995) were a Dutch blues band who played blues music, their genre of fusion catagorized as blues-jazz and blues-rock. The band were contemporaneously popular and some of its surviving members continue to play, tour and record, both in the Netherlands and abroad, latterly as Livin' Blues Xperience. ---last.fm

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1		Black Spider Woman	7:28
2		I'm A Rambler	7:37
3		Hoochie Coochie Man	6:27
4		Crazy Joe	3:17
5		I Wonder	5:47
6		L. B. Boogie	9:16
7		Boney Marony	3:08
		Bonus Tracks:	
8		Rock & Roll Hoochie Coo (previously unreleased)	5:06
9		I'm Coming Home (previously unreleased)	8:20
10		See My Baby Drive (previously unreleased)	6:42
11		Back Stage (previously unreleased)	6:17
12		Boogie Woogie Woman (original recording)	3:17
13		Richochet (original recording)	2:16

Bass – Henk Smitskamp
Drums – Cor van der Beek (tracks: 1-11), Michael Driessen (tracks: 12-13)
Guitar – Ronny Meyes (tracks: 12-13), Ted Oberg
Vocals – John Fredriksz

Livin' Blues at its very best. This dutch outfit is, in my humble opinion, under rated and over looked. The Netherlands produced some fantastic bands in the past and this is one of them. Livin' blues were always at their best when playing live. Considering the age of the recording, the quality is very good. If you like old Rock and Blues. ---Peter Ansem, amazon.com

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A1		Dizzy Busy Blues Man	4:32
A2		I'm Walkin'	2:53
A3		Ram Jam Josey	3:45
A4		Gamble On	3:15
A5		Poinsetta Petal	4:03
B1		Isabella	3:16
B2		Hobo Joe	4:42
B3		I'm Coming Home	6:42
B4		The Great Grand Father	2:48
B5		Empty Glasses	1:59

Bass Guitar – Ruud Van Buuren
Drums – Kenny Lamb
Guitar – Teddy Oberg
Harmonica – John La Grand
Keyboards [Additional] – Pete Wingfield
Vocals – Nico Christiansen

This is the last album released by the original Livin' Blues. The band was plagued by constant line-up changes behind the drum kit that damaged the morale of the band, especially the relationship between the core group of guitarist Ted Oberg, vocalist Nicko Christiansen and harmonica-player John Lagrand. This led them to begin to grow apart during the recording of the previous album, 1972's Rocking at the Tweed Mill, affecting their ability to write songs together. They would have split up after Tweed Mill if not for encouragement from the producer of that album, Mike Vernon, to keep going. (Not to mention their record contract demanded one more album). With the band lacking inspiration, Vernon offered to help with the writing as well as bringing in Kenny Lamb to take care of the drumming and help with the song-writing. They re-entered the studio in October 1973 and recorded this album, Ram Jam Josey, in 8 days. on release, It was not as successful as previous efforts and after touring for several more months, the original band decided to call it quits in 1974. They would reunite later that year to great success sans-Christiensen.

Ram Jam Josey shows the band expanding beyond straight blues rock and moving into mainstream rock and boogie rock territory while keeping a blues element intact. Elements of funk can even be found in some of Oberg's guitar playing. While still a consistently enjoyable effort for what it is, it is a small step down in quality and energy from previous albums. The songwriting is decent, despite the absence of any Oberg/Christiensen collaborations and Kenny Lamb picks up some of the slack, helping to write the opening track "Dizzy Busy Bluesman" as well as the title track. The one single from the album, "Poinsetta Petal", was written solely by Mike Vernon. The two cover songs, Fats Domino's "I'm Walking" and Bo Diddley's "The Great Grandfather" are done quite well. Ram Jam Josey is worth having and listening to despite the fractious state that the band is in because judging by the music itself, you really wouldn't know it. A respectable swan-song for the original Livin' Blues. ---yoyomama1, rateyourmusic.com

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01. Shylina
02. I Came Home At Night
03. One Night Blues
04. Sunrise
05. Jimmy
06. Hoodoo Man
07. Lonesome Road
08. Gamble On
09. Skidrow
10. Homework
11. Sweet Suzanne
12. Who are you
13. Blue Breeze
14. Go-Go-Train
15. Black Night
16. I Don't Know
17. Worried Dreams
18. Something Is Missing
19. I'm Coming Home
20. Polisch Blues
21. The Great Grandfather
22. You're A Stranger
23. Stealin'
24. Crazy
25. Going Down Slow
26. Shannon
27. You Don't Know How Much I Love You
28. Red lights
29. This Is The Hour
30. Will You Still Love Me

This Dutch blues band was formed in the Hague around 1967, becoming a regular outfit from 1969. The early line-up included Bjorn Toll (vocals), John Lagrand (harmonica), Ted Oberg (guitar), Ruud Fransen (bass) and Niek Dijkhuys (drums) but although the name remained wholesale changes soon took place, bringing in a new singer, Nicko Christiansen, and new bass and drums, Peter Kleinjan and Beer Klaasse, the latter pair being swiftly replaced by Gerard Strutbaum and Cesar Zuiderwijk, while keyboard player Henk Smitskamp was added. Other changes followed through the 70s, by which time the band’s repertoire was more inclined towards rock. Musicians involved included bass players Ruud van Buuren, Jan van der Voort, Jaap van Eijk and André Reynen, drummers John Lejeune, Herman van Boeyen, Cor van Beek, Michel Driessen, Kenny Lamb and Arjen Kamminga; the latter pair played in the band simultaneously for a spell. Smitskamp sometimes played bass, singer Johnny Frederiksz came in, as did organist Paul Vin and guitarist Ron Meyes.

Although best known in the Netherlands, Livin’ Blues also gained a following elsewhere in Europe, especially in Poland. At the start of the 80s, the band included Oberg, Christiansen, Evert Willemstein (bass) and Boris Wassenbergh (drums). Spin-off bands formed by ex-members of the Livin’ Blues included Nitehawk and the J&T Band, while most members also played with other Dutch blues and rock bands. The band recorded from 1968, cutting a few singles with its first album coming in 1969. The band appears to have drifted from the limelight after the early 80s but interest in its recorded work remained high into the new millennium. ---allmusic.com

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1 	Hoochie Coochie Man - Mojo Workin' 	
2 	Free Man 	
3 	Hoodoo Man 	
4 	The Snake 	
5 	Homework 	
6 	Midnight Cafe 	
7 	Black Night 	
8 	Border Line 	
9 	Wang Dang Doodle - Lb Boogie 	
10 	My Baby 	
11 	Parachute Jump - Jump Five 	
12 	After You've Gone 	
13 	Two Train

Nicko Christiansen – vocals, saxophone
John Lagrand - harmonica
Joop van Nimwegen - guitar
Willem van de Wall - guitar
Aad van Pijlen – bass
Art Bausch – drums

This Dutch blues band was formed in the Hague around 1967, becoming a regular outfit from 1969.

Although best known in the Netherlands, Livin’ Blues also gained a following elsewhere in Europe, especially in Poland.

The band recorded from 1968, cutting a few singles with its first album coming in 1969. The band appears to have drifted from the limelight after the early 80s but interest in its recorded work remained high into the new millennium.

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01. Shylina (John Fredriksz, Ted Oberg)	- 5:36	
02. Back Stage (John Fredriksz, R.Meyers) - 5:52	
03. Midnight Blues (John Fredriksz, Ted Oberg) - 3:16	
04. Pisces (Ted Oberg) - 1:26	
05. Bus 29 (John Fredriksz, Ted Oberg) - 3:34	
06. Blue Breeze (John Fredriksz, Ted Oberg) - 8:24		
07. Pick Up On My Mojo (Johnny Winter) - 3:14	
08. That Night (John Fredriksz, Ted Oberg, André Reijnen, Jacob van Heiningen) - 5:18
09. Black Jack Dilly (John Fredriksz, R.Meyers)	- 3:38	
Bonuses:
10. Shannon (John Fredriksz, Ted Oberg) - 4:53
11. Punk Funk (Ted Oberg, Vink) - 3:45
12. Roses (John Fredriksz, Ted Oberg) - 4:05 
13. Rock & Roll Hoochie Coo (Rick Derringer) - 5:11
14. Will You Still Love Me (King) - 4:34
15. Doomsday Night (John Fredriksz, Ted Oberg) - 4:13

- John Fredriksz - lead vocals, backing vocals 
- Ted Oberg - electric & acoustic guitars, sitar, dobro, banjo 
- André Reijnen - bass
- Jacob van Heiningen - drums
+
- Maggie McNeal, Margriet Eshuys - backing vocals (05)
- Martin Agterberg – keyboards

This Dutch blues band was formed in the Hague around 1967, becoming a regular outfit from 1969. The early line-up included Bjorn Toll (vocals), John Lagrand (harmonica), Ted Oberg (guitar), Ruud Fransen (bass) and Niek Dijkhuys (drums) but although the name remained wholesale changes soon took place, bringing in a new singer, Nicko Christiansen, and new bass and drums, Peter Kleinjan and Beer Klaasse, the latter pair being swiftly replaced by Gerard Strutbaum and Cesar Zuiderwijk, while keyboard player Henk Smitskamp was added. Other changes followed through the 70s, by which time the band’s repertoire was more inclined towards rock. Musicians involved included bass players Ruud van Buuren, Jan van der Voort, Jaap van Eijk and André Reynen, drummers John Lejeune, Herman van Boeyen, Cor van Beek, Michel Driessen, Kenny Lamb and Arjen Kamminga; the latter pair played in the band simultaneously for a spell. Smitskamp sometimes played bass, singer Johnny Frederiksz came in, as did organist Paul Vin and guitarist Ron Meyes. Although best known in the Netherlands, Livin’ Blues also gained a following elsewhere in Europe, especially in Poland. At the start of the 80s, the band included Oberg, Christiansen, Evert Willemstein (bass) and Boris Wassenbergh (drums). Spin-off bands formed by ex-members of the Livin’ Blues included Nitehawk and the J&T Band, while most members also played with other Dutch blues and rock bands. The band recorded from 1968, cutting a few singles with its first album coming in 1969. The band appears to have drifted from the limelight after the early 80s but interest in its recorded work remained high into the new millennium. ---Rovi

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01. Ain't No Use Crying (Christiansen/La Grand/Oberg/Van Buuren) - 4:04
02. Diving Duck Blues (McDowell) - 6:55
03. Eye To Eye (Christiansen/Oberg) - 3:06
04. Please Don't Leave Me (Domino) - 2:52
05. Sweet Suzanne (Oberg) - 3:30
06. Shady Girl, Shady Girl (Christiansen/La Grand/Oberg/Van Buuren/Vernon) - 2:33
07. Fool On You (Friedman) - 6:57
08. Tongue 'n' Groove (La Grand/Wingfield) - 2:21
09. You're A Stranger (Christiansen/Oberg) - 5:33

- Teddy Oberg - lead guitar
- Nicko Christiansen - vocals, saxophone, bongos
- John La Grand - harmonica
- Ruud Van Buuren - bass
- Arjan Kamminga – drums

This was the first Livin' Blues album not to be produced by ex-Golden Earring drummer Jaap Eggermont and was instead produced by Englishman Mike Vernon, who had experience producing other blues rock groups such as John John Mayall, Ten Years After and Fleetwood Mac. It was recorded at his studio in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire (The album cover shows the band in front of the Bliss Tweed Mill in Chipping Norton) from late October to early November 1972 and released before the end of the year. Unfortunately, at this point is when the band would start to grow apart due to constant line-up changes (they would have a different drummer almost every year!) and with the departure of the latest drummer, Johnny Le Jeune, before recording this album, they found it more difficult to write new original material.

"Rockin' at the Tweed Mill" is more or less a continuation from Bamboozle but you can see other elements creeping in here in some of the softer numbers but there's no lack of energy on this album. In many ways it's even more bluesy than their previous albums. It starts out slow and brooding with "Ain't No Use Crying" and then comes the stomping and driving "Diving Duck Blues", written by Mississippi Fred McDowell and absolutely owned by the band here. Following are more of the same including Fats Domino's "Please Don't Leave Me", released as a single, and a bunch of excellent blues originals ("You're a Stranger") and other minor covers. While being short of original material this time around, they didn't let it affect the quality of their work, turning out an album just as strong as any before. John Lagrand's epic harmonica work and Ted Oberg's guitar prowess are highlights of most of the songs not to mention Nicko Christiansen's powerful vocal delivery. --- rateyourmusic.com

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01. L.B.Boogie (Nicko Christiansen, Teddy Oberg, John La Grand) - 4:11 	
02. Sunrise (Oberg) - 2:36 	
03. Keep On (Christiansen, Oberg) - 3:16 	
04. Hitch-Hikin' (Uitvlugt, Oberg, Ruud van Buuren, La Grand) - 6:03 	
05. Bamboozle Song (Christiansen, Oberg, van Buuren) - 2:39 	
06. Overture (Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice) - 3:57 	
07. Black Night (Jessie Mae Robinson) - 7:23 	
08. Big City Man (Christiansen, Oberg) - 3:44 	

- Teddy Oberg - lead guitar
- Nicko Christiansen - vocals, saxophone, bongos
- John La Grand - harmonica
- Ruud Van Buuren - bass
- Jonny Le Jeune – drums

Livin Blues and Cuby + the Blizzards were the best Dutch blues bands of the late 60s and early 70s. Bamboozle is amongst Livin Blues best albums and were they have a more grown-up sound. The singer really stands out with his husky voice and the harmonica player is a real lust. L.B. Boogie is a real classic and easily stands in the shadow of John Mayall's Room to Move. It's a perfect CD to have on the road late at night and play full blast. You want an original and good blues record then this is your buy. The Russians were already loving them in the 70s. ---Albert Goedhart, amazon.com

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