Motel Kingz is the youngest addition within the Dutch blues-scene.
The band with it’s home base in Leerdam belongs to the new generation bluesbands with a strong growing live-reputation.
The band with 4 members headed by the singer/harmonica player Daniël "Double D" Derksen who has gained their inspiration and musical maturity in bands such as Hardtime and Captain Heartbeat.In a period in which many new bands aim at popular styles such as bluesrock, the men of Motel Kingz like to walk down on older paths.
They let them selves inspire mainly by American artists who were predominant in the last decades such as James Harman, Junior Watson
and contemporary artists such as The Red Devils.Examples which are inspiered especially by the American Westcoast scene.. Motel Kingz combines Westcoast Jump & Swing with Chicagoblues and transforms this in modern music.At Motel Kingz there is no place for arrogance . An inquisitive band, there where it concerns the ‘’ old masters’’.Motel Kingz know how to put up a show. Music is combined with an inexhaustible enthousiasm as a result of which in many jamming sessions people get totally into the groove.The Kingz were on various bluesfestivals as guest, among which the Take a Walk Rhythm & Blues festival Sittard, Jazz & Blues festival Maastricht, Blues aan Zee in Monster and Blues festival Leerdam.
In the summer of 2006 the bluesquartet presented their first demo-cd ‘’ An Evening With’’ with five tracks. With this the proof of tangible potential of this sympathetic band is provided.Discografie : ‘’An Evening With’’ = Private label cd-demo (5 tracks) 2006Booking/Info : Nico de Stigter 0345-599433 / 06-23306003
