Roland Van Campenhout

A Flanders-born blues musician, Roland Truck Campenhout was more popular in Belgium as Roland, among the masters from the genre, and a versatile performer who was simply in a position to explore various other styles such as for example folk, nation, and such with amazing ease for a lot more than 35 years. Originally area of the William & Roland Skiffle Group in the first ’60s, Truck Campenhout shifted to folk, burning the duo of Miek & Roel prior to going off by himself in 1969. Authorized to CBS, Roland released his 1st full-length recording, A Tune for you personally, in 1971. While three even more albums would adhere to that 10 years (One Step at the same time in 1972, 1974’s Live, and Movin’ On in 1975), it might be his stint as an associate of Rory Gallagher’s music group that would consider him all around the globe, furthermore to supplying a system for the bluesman to hone his abilities. He came back to his personal profession in 1981, liberating the recording Snowblind, and in 1985 experienced his first proper commercial hit using the recording 76 Centimeters Per Second. He explored rock and roll music inside a cooperation with Arno known as Charles et les Lulus in the first ’90s. An anthology entitled Daily, Blow by Blow premiered in 1994, and in 1998 Vehicle Campenhout was granted a Lifetime Accomplishment Honor at that year’s ZAMU Honours ceremony. Furthermore to dealing with the aforementioned rings and musicians, Vehicle Campenhout also done collaborations with performers such as for example Marie Leure Béraud, Pieter-Jan de Smet, as well as the tribute take action Spelers & Drinkers. In 2008 Vehicle Campenhout released recording number 20, By no means Enough, and continuing to play displays to extremely receptive audiences.