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Running around the country for years and years to see all our blues hero's
and discover new bands everywhere we could burned us down. In our hometown
(Enschede) wasn't anything for the blues. We always had to travel a lot
and did it with a lot of fun but it seemed about time that some one put Enschede on the map as far as blues/roots/jazz/soul is concerned. So we had a couple of
drinks, maybe a few to many And so these three crazy guys founded the NiX BBBlues Club in
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Enrico Crivellaro one of worlds greatest swing guitarist (he won the
SwingAward 2002) said about our club: 'The best bluesclub in the galaxy and I mean that!'. He's not the only one that felt right at home in our humble club. It was a great place to play despite the shaggy looks of the outside. The warmth, the atmosphere inside and the fans made from most gigs a never to forget show. The club is for fans by fans so to speak. We don't do it for money.......if so we would be better of to organize other events 
NO WAY !!Its just to let others enjoy and discover all those wonderful things that good music can bring. |
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Just to give you a impression how musicians think about our club: "In the mean time - just know that you have a wonderful club, that exists for all the RIGHT reasons, which is very rare in these days. We need more places like yours for the blues, and for live music in general for that matter. It's always a pleasure to play there, and I'd be very upset if anything happened to the club." Matt Schofield (very talented guitar player from the UK) |
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"As far as the club is concerned, I can't say enough good things about
everyone involved.
We were all amazed at your kindness towards us in putting us up for the
night, feeding us, picking us up at the train and taking us back
in the wee hours of the morning, as well as your passion and enthusiasm
for the blues.
As a foreigner in your country, I feel like Nix BBBlues Club is a great
Ambassador for the Blues! We feel honored to have performed for you
and my band could not stop talking about what a great time we had in
Enschede. Just the effort you all made to make sure my show happened was phenomenal." Nelson Norwood (Austin, USA) |
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The 'thank you's to our club in about 15 booklets of CDs at this moment are the best compliments for that what we're trying to achieve and shows us that we're on the right track. And there's a lot more but I think you get the idea. |
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We are very fortunate that most musicians and not only local or national
bands but also international highly respected musicians/bands
understand our situation and the why............we're trying to boost the
blues sky-high. That's important in this 'plastic-music' period.
Check out all the
musicians that played our stage or for whom we arranged some gigs.
We were kind of wandering because we lost our
beloved club (they demolished it to create another parking lot) in that old factory till we met Theo from cafe De Doedelzak.
At this time we make use of a room he only used for weddings and stuff
like that. He gave us the chance to furnish it so it has the right
vibes. We don't cry
about loosing that old unique place beyond our control just remember all
those wonderful and mostly magic appearances of great bluescats from all
over the world. We've found a lot of 'blues brothers from other mothers'
over here and across the oceans and that's our reward for all our
efforts to boost the blues sky high. So next to promoting on
different stages we also organize two festivals this year Drijf
In Giethoorn and the NiX BBBlues Festival Enschede But there's also a price
to pay and we didn't see that coming.............. Well that's it in a
nutshell. You know a little more about us, how it started and who we are.
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Once there
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