Herman Brock Jr. (born September 18, 1970) is a Dutch left-handed bluegrass,

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musician, multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter. He is also author of the series 'Secrets of the guitar'.

Biography

Herman was born in

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, and grew up in

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in the Netherlands. He played guitar with his father Herman Brock Sr's FFFF-band as a teenager. His main instruments are vocals and guitar, but also plays

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Bands

In 1999, Brock formed the Eurocasters band with bassist Lizz Sprangers. In 2003, the album ''Straight Up!'' was recorded in

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, with contributions from Mike Morgan, Hash Brown and Holland K. Smith. Brock's last Eurocasters' album ''Coco Loco'' was recorded in 2005 in

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. Produced by

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, with Erik Hokkanen and

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. Dayton in turn recorded two songs by Herman on his album ''South Austin Sessions''. In 2006, Brock formed his bluegrass and old-time trio Brock & The Brockettes with Lizz Sprangers and Geertje van den Berg. Since 2009 he also plays with his Bluegrass band Brock's Blue Grass Bunch.

Discography

Own bands

*2022: Herman Brock Jr. – ''Devianto'' *2019: Herman Brock Jr. – "Freedom" – single *2016: Herman Brock Jr. – "Lust for life" / "Live your life to the limit" – single *2015: Herman Brock Jr. – ''The Old World'' *2009: Brock's Blue Grass Bunch – ''Brock's Blue Grass Bunch'' *2007: Brock & The Brockettes – ''Gather around the mic'' – ASIN: B0011V9R7E *2005: Herman Brock Jr. & The Eurocasters – ''Coco Loco'' *2003: Herman Brock Jr. & The Eurocasters – ''Straight Up!'' – ASIN: B000FTKRDG *2002: Herman Brock Jr. & The Eurocasters – ''The Devil's Got A Hold On Me'' *1999: Herman Brock Jr. & The Eurocasters – ''Demo 1999''

As guest musician

*2005:

– ''South Austin Sessions'' *1993: Brock Family – ''Land of Jubilee'' *1991: Herman Brock & The FFFF – ''State 51''

Bibliography

Secrets of the guitar – series: *How to use the CAGED guitar chords system – ASIN: B00A7L7D8O *How to read tabs and tablature – ASIN: B00796EYRI *How to play basic open guitar chords for beginners – ASIN: B00BKQR920 *How to play the blues guitar scale in E

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– ASIN: B007JWPT26 *How to play the E minor pentatonic scale – ASIN: B007BBYKOI *How to play the G major pentatonic scale – ASIN: B007ZVGSOO *How to play the aeolian or natural minor scale in A – ASIN: B007S94IEA *How to play Do-Re-Mi, the Ionian or major Scale in C – ASIN: B009YK1MIQ *How to play mixolydian or southern rock scale in G – ASIN: B00AY79J6U

References

External links

Official websiteBrock & The BrockettesBrock's Blue Grass Bunch
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