Vienna 2012-06-22 Neudeggergassenfest 291 Hans Theessink

Hans Theessink (born 5 April 1948,

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) is a

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, singer and songwriter, living in

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. He performs

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and roots music, particularly in a

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style. He is a bass-baritone. Theessink has released 20 albums, a songbook, a blues-guitar instruction video and a DVD. In 2012, he released ''Delta Time'' (2012), performed with Terry Evans and featuring

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. In 2013, he released ''Wishing Well,'' which he described as a retrospective album looking back at many of his favorite moments in his music career. The album also features several originals, including "House Up On The Hill," which he described as a song about flooding in Mississippi. Hans has said he was partly inspired by observing floods in his home country of The Netherlands during his childhood.

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Hans Theessink
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Hans Theessink

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London gig review October 2007
1948 births Living people Dutch blues guitarists People from Enschede Dutch blues singers Dutch male guitarists Dutch blues mandolinists Blues mandolinists Vienna Art Orchestra members Ruf Records artists {{guitarist-stub