Erwin Java
Erwin Java | |
---|---|
Background information | |
Born | 1956 (age 65–66) Assen |
Origin | Dutch |
Occupation(s) | Guitarist |
Associated acts | Hanneke Kappen, Wild Romance, Cuby and the Blizzards, Harry Muskee, Daniel Sahuleka, |
Erwin Raymond Java (Assen, 1956[1]) is a Dutch guitarist, active since the 1970s, and a music teacher.
Biography[]
Java got his first guitar, a Fender Stratocaster, from his father when he was a teenager.[citation needed] After attending the gymnasium in Assen, he studied Dutch language and literature at the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen. Later he attained a degree in music, majoring in guitar, from the Prince Claus Conservatoire.[1]
One of his first bands was White Honey, from 1978 to 1981, where he played with Hanneke Kappen. He left that band to join Herman Brood's Wild Romance (1980–1981),[2][1] and in 1986 joined Cuby and the Blizzards,[3] a band headed by singer Harry Muskee, for whom Java was a chauffeur for a quarter of a century.[4] Java also plays as a session musician and produces music,[1] and has recorded with and done production for , , , , Daniel Sahuleka, , and .
In 1996 he co-founded the in Groningen, a professional private music school, where he also taught guitar.[1]
Discography[]
Source: Encyclopedie van Drenthe.[1]
With White Honey[]
- Some Kinda Woman (1979)
With Cuby and the Blizzards/Harry Muskee[]
- Rimshots in the Dark (1986)
- Cut de Luxe (1990)
- Muskee Live (1991)
- Skysongs on the Spot (1994)
- Cuby is Back – Live (1997)
- Dancin' Bear (1998)
- Hotel Grolloo (2000)
References[]
- ^ a b c d e f "Java, Erwin Raymond". Encyclopedie van Drenthe. Vol. 1. Van Gorcum. 2003. p. 452. ISBN 9789023239321.
- ^ van der Meer, Alex (23 March 2021). "Terugblik: de betekenis van Het Groninger Springtij". 3VOOR12 (in Dutch). Retrieved 20 August 2021.
- ^ "Muskee, Harry". Encyclopedie van Drenthe. Vol. 1. Van Gorcum. 2003. pp. 634–35. ISBN 9789023239321.
- ^ van Egmond, Michel; Scheulderman, Antoinnette (2021). Derksen: Het spraakmakende leven van Johan Derksen. Overamstel. p. 85. ISBN 9789048858682.
- Living people
- 1956 births
- Dutch guitarists
- Musicians from Drenthe
- Musicians from Groningen (province)
- People from Assen
- People from Groningen (city)