Erwin Raymond Java (

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, 1956) is a Dutch guitarist, active since the 1970s, and a music teacher.

Biography

Java got his first guitar, a

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, from his father when he was a teenager. After attending the gymnasium in Assen, he studied Dutch language and literature at the

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. Later he attained a degree in music, majoring in guitar, from the

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. One of his first bands was White Honey, from 1978 to 1981, where he played with

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. He left that band to join

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's Wild Romance (1980–1981), and in 1986 joined

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, a band headed by singer

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, for whom Java was a chauffeur for a quarter of a century. Java also plays as a session musician and produces music, and has recorded with and done production for Marjol Flore, Splitsing,

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, Bertus Borgers,

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, and Tineke Schoemaker. In 1996 he co-founded the Noorder Muziek Instituut in Groningen, a professional private music school, where he also taught guitar.

Discography

Source: ''Encyclopedie van Drenthe''.

With White Honey

*''Some Kinda Woman'' (1979)

With Cuby and the Blizzards/Harry Muskee

*''Rimshots in the Dark (1986) *''Cut de Luxe'' (1990) *''Muskee Live'' (1991) *''Skysongs on the Spot'' (1994) *''Cuby is Back – Live'' (1997) *''Dancin' Bear'' (1998) *''Hotel Grolloo'' (2000)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Java, Erwin Living people 1956 births Dutch guitarists Musicians from Drenthe Musicians from Groningen (province) People from Assen People from Groningen (city)