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Martijn van Toor

I love to honk my horn! - Martijn Martin Lewis van Toor

About Me

I'm a Dutch musician. I play the tenor- and baritone saxophone, and I'm the leadsinger of MARTIN LEWIS & HIS JIVEMEN. The last two years I've had some fantastic opportunities to play with some great blues- and rock 'n rollmusicians: The Backbones feat. MATT SCHOFIELD (UK), MONSTER MIKE WELCH (USA) & The Backbones, LITTLE RACHEL (USA) & Lazy Jumpers (ES), WANDA JACKSON (USA), GUITAR RAY (HOL) & The Backbones, LITTLE VICTOR (FR), SWEET BETTY JOURNEY (USA), JIMMY MORELLO (USA), BOB CORRITORE (USA), JB BOOGIE (FR) I hope to play with them again soon. And, in the near future, I hope to play a lot with Martin Lewis & his Jivemen.

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!! MARTIN LEWIS & HIS JIVEMEN (jumpblues 'n boogie).!! 48SPECIAL (jive, swing, pop) (* DE COMPAENEN: 48SPECIAL repertoire, but played acoustic)* THE BACKBONES (rhythm 'n blues)For upcoming gigs check: #www.martinlewis.nl or #www.myspace.com/martinlewisandhisjivemen #www.48special.nl #www.decompaenen.nl #www.thebackbones.com

My Interests

music, cats & dogs, tattoos, wiskey & womens ;-)
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I'd like to meet:

Other blues/rock & roll/jumpjive/swing/soul musicians. Male or female friends with similar interests. And (amongst others).......
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Music:

I really REALLY dig blues, rhythm 'n blues, jumpjive, swing, rock 'n roll, rockabilly. People like: Muddy Waters, Ray Charles, Lowell Fulson, Little Walter, Roy Brown, Big Joe Turner, BB King, T-bone Walker, Memphis Slim, Jimmy McCracklin', Robert Johnson, John Lee Hooker, Howlin' Wolf, Elmore James, Little Richard, Stray Cats, Johnny Burnette, Johnny Cash, Brian Setzer Orchestra, Ray Collins Hot Club, Seatsniffers, T-99. R&R/R&B sax: King Curtis, Sil Austin, Red Prysock, Sam 'the man' Taylor, Big Jay McNeely, Willis 'Gator' Jackson, Gene Ammons, Dexter Gordon. Soul: Sam Cooke, Little Willy John, Etta James, Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, Bobby Bland, Percy Mayfield. '70 hardrock: oa AC/DC (Bon Scott), Led Zeppelin.

Movies:

the Big Lebowski, Ray, Walk the Line, Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas, O Brother where art thou, Snatch, Pulp Fiction, Holy Grale (Monty Python), Life of Brian (Monty Python), From dusk till dawn, Fargo, Jackie Brown,.... To name a few...

Television:

British detectives series, Married with children, Southpark, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Little Britain. anything with humour and without moral.

Books:

Thrillers, detectives.

Heroes:

Muddy Waters, Ray Charles, King Curtis, Little Richard, other blues/rock&roll saxophonists/musicians as mentioned above. Al Bundy and, of course, THE DUDE!