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THE FOO FOO BAND

2000

Tracks:

01. Three Score and Ten - 4:50
02. Yellow Gals - 1:29
03. Wild Goose - 3:09
04. Essequibo River - 3:11
05. Ranzo Ray - 1:34
06. We're All Bound to Go - 2:38
07. Dari Dari - 4:37
08. John Come Tell Us - 2:22
09. Lowlands - 3:44
10. Leaving of Liverpool - 4:48
11. Blood Red Roses - 2:37
12. Row Bullies Row - 4:04

Crew

Producer     Hans Visser
Gastmuzikant     Theo Schuurmans   
Gastmuzikant     Hendrik-Jan Teerink   
Gastmuzikant     Jos Koning   
Engineer     Hans Visser

Members

Bert Aalbers   accordeon, concertina, zang
Peter Koene   gitaar, mandoline, zang
Christel Van Noort   viool, zang
Baukje Asma   percussie, tin whistle, zang
Peter Van Rijsbergen   basgitaar, zang

Former members

Paul Rullmann   gitaar, mandoloncello
Christos Chaldoupis   darbuka, zang
Gilles Rullmann   viool, zang
Ineke Rullmann   bodhran, zang
Anja Nieuwkoop   percussie, zang

  

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 Foo Foo Band vertolkt zeeliederen en is daarom regelmatig te zien tijdens maritieme manifestaties, onder meer in het Zuiderzeemuseum in Enkhuizen en het Scheepvaartmuseum te Amsterdam. De band wordt opgericht door Bert Aalbers (1943-2007) uit Crackerhash. 

  

 
The Foo Foo Band performs sailors' songs and dances. A Foo Foo Band used to be an impromptu band, consisting of the ship's crew on the late 19th century sailing boats, and likewise this Foo Foo Band consists of members from bands of the Dutch folkrevival.

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foo-foo band

English

Noun

foo-foo band (plural foo-foo bands)

1. (nautical) An impromptu musical band on late 19th C sailing vessels, made up from members of the ship's crew.^[1]
    

   We sighted the Jennie Harkness, obviously American, at daylight right ahead in the S.E. trades; at noon we were alongside her, and our Foo-Foo band played "Yankee-Doodle" as we passed her.^[2]

wiki

 A photograph shows a Foo-Foo band on a British sailing ship in 1900 with members dressed in funny hats and playing an assortment of instruments including mouth organs and a squeeze box. 

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