Week 47: November 14 - 20, 2004
Curator: Jan Turkenburg
Subject: The Stepping Stone Visit
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| The Stepping Stone Visit (14 years ago today) |
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It was november 1990 that I left The Stepping Stone Visit in Belgium. After more than two years I was fed up with everything and I came back to Holland with Wilma. Let's first listen to this band as it has never sounded: The Demo, recorded on tuesday, March 6th 1989 at the GRD-studio of Guido Desimpelaere in Kortrijk, in two sessions: 11:30-12:30 and 14:30-16:30 with electric guitar and bass added by Guido afterwards. Oh well, nice enough (if you don't listen too closely) but I prefer our primitive live-recordings. 1. Halleluia, I love her so 2. Gentle on my mind 3. San Fransisco Bay Blues 4. 42-nd Street In november 1990 verliet ik de Belgische band Stepping Stone Visit. Na meer dan 2 jaar had ik er genoeg van en ik kwam terug naar Nederland met Wilma. Laten we eerst eens luisteren naar deze band, zoals zij nooit geklonken heeft: De Demo, opgenomen op dinsdag 6 maart 1989 in de GRD studio van Guido Desimpelare in Kortrijk in twee sessies: 11:30-12:30 en 14:30-16:30, met electrische gitaar en bas door Guido later toegevoegd. Ach ja .... onze primitieve live-opnamen beluister ik eigenlijk met meer plezier. Duncan Campbell: lead vocals, guitar Jan Turkenburg: flute, (sax), backing vocals Hans Moreels: trumpet, (keyboards, bass), backing vocals Aniek (...) and Jan (...) from the band "Avanti": backing vocals on gentle on my mind |
| The Steppin(g) Stone Visit was founded by Duncan Campbell and Leo van Crombrugge round 1987 as a duo. They soon met Hans Moreels, Tambour Maitre in the Belgian navy. I ran into the three of them, when I was busking in Antwerp to earn my holiday in the summer of 1988 and joined. With Duncan as centre we played in several combinations from duo to quartet in the second half of 1988, after which Leo left the band, eh no ... in fact it was we who left Leo, when Duncan, his girl-friend Sonia and I went to live in the hills near Malmédy in the french speaking part of the country. Hans often came to visit us in the weekends as did a lot of other musicians. We played unplugged avant la lettre for the tourists in the hotels and restaurants and we did the odd "plugged" gig at festivals with hired in session musicians. The Stepping Stone Visit was door Duncan Campbell en Leo van Crombrugge als duo ergens in 1987 opgericht. Al snel ontmoetten zij Hans Moreels, Tambour-Majour bij de Belgische Marine. Ik kwam ze tegen toen ik in de zomer van 1988, een vakantie als straatmuzikant in Antwerpen hield en ik besloot om te emigreren en mij aan te sluiten. Duncan speelde vanaf toen in verschillende combinaties met ons in cafés en restaurants in Vlaanderen. In het weekeinde traden we zoveel mogelijk als kwartet op. Dit was in de laatste maanden van dat jaar, waarna Leo de band verliet, of eigenlijk verlieten wij hèm, doordat Duncan, zijn vriendin Sonia en ik naar de heuvels rond Malmédy verhuisden. Hans kwam ons vaak opzoeken, net als vele andere muzikanten. Voordat het begrip unplugged echt in kwam, speelden wij aldus voor toeristen in de hotels en restaurants en heel af en toe speelden we op grotere podia met behulp van ingehuurde sessiemuzikanten. |
 5. recorded on a saturday night in Oudenaarde and in Ronse (Renais), november 1988 Duncan Campbell: lead vocals, guitar Leo van Crombrugge: mandolin, lead and backing vocals Jan Turkenburg: flute, panpipes, backing vocals 6. recorded saturdaynight december 3rd 1988, Malmédy Duncan Campbell: lead vocals, guitar Leo van Crombrugge: mandolin, backing vocals Hans Moreels: trumpet, backing vocals Jan Turkenburg: flute, backing vocals |