Hi ! I am a fiddle player from The Netherlands, living close to the Belgian border. I used to be in a band called 'Paddy's Surprise' (cd ' No Shoes at Mill Street ' - 2004).
I'm a regular visitor of the sessions in the Belgian Brugge and Ghent area. My great inspirator is Kevin Burke. Always been fond of Frankie Gavin's playing. Recent influences: Gerry O'Connor, Liz Carroll.
August 2007 I started a duo 'Flowing Tide' with Stefanie, the singer of the last line up of Paddy's Surprise. Apart from fiddling and backing vocals I do a bit of cittern playing in some of the songs, basic stuff really.
I began playing the fiddle at the age of 25. I'm now playing my third violin. The first was a cheap Chinese one ('Lark'), the second a Hungarian violin from around 1850. Loved that one for its looks and its history, but not good enough in the end. So the quest for 'something better' began. Started with buying a new bow, by R. Paesold. Since 2005 I play a violin that was built that year by Johan Jacobs, Middelburg and I am quite happy with it. I use Thomastik Vision Titanium Solo G, D and A strings with a Lenzner Goldbrokat E string.
Tunes in Henk Bos's tunebook: 24
| Baleu | jig | February 14th 2009 |
| Open House | polka | September 26th 2007 |
| Tune For The Little Girl | slide | March 13th 2005 |
| There Was A Maid | Dolores Keane | January 25th 2006 |
| Open House | Kevin Burke | July 9th 2004 |
| The Pub | April 21st 2003 |
| O'Carolan's Pub | August 14th 2002 |
| Fiddle Workshop With Christian Lemaître | December 12th 2006 |
| Fox Chase and National Anthem | May 5th 2009 |
| French Canadian tune id | April 26th 2009 |
| Paddy Glackin ornamentation | February 12th 2009 |
| The come back of the piano accompaniment? | December 31st 2008 |
| Does rosin get worse when it's getting older? | December 1st 2008 |
| Discussions | Re: Badhran Player or musician | November 22nd 2009 |
| Discussions | Re: Tunes useful for learning various "ornaments" | November 21st 2009 |
| Discussions | Re: Favorite Ancient Tune | November 20th 2009 |
| Discussions | Re: best 'modern' tunes | November 19th 2009 |
| Discussions | Re: Fiddle pickup - | November 18th 2009 |
| Name | Type | Key |
|---|---|---|
| Kitty O'Shea's | barndance | Amajor |
| Return From Fingal | hornpipe | Edorian |
| Connie The Soldier | jig | Dmajor |
| Isabela Blackley | jig | Dmajor |
| The Yellow Wattle | jig | Dmixolydian |
| Split Rock | jig | Eminor |
| Katy Is Waiting | jig | Edorian |
| Lieve's | jig | Dmajor |
| Baleu | jig | Aminor |
| The Tolka | polka | Adorian |
| Open House | polka | Dmajor |
| The Fisherman's Island | reel | Dmajor |
| The Tinker's Daughter | reel | Dmajor |
| The Kylebrack Rambler | reel | Amixolydian |
| The Plough And The Stars | reel | Gmajor |
| The Bus Stop | reel | Aminor |
| Ramnee Ceilidh | reel | Dmajor |
| The Reunion | reel | Aminor |
| Welcome To Ghent | reel | Gmajor |
| Lizzy In The Lowground | reel | Gdorian |
| Sevens | reel | Edorian |
| Lost In The Loop | reel | Cmajor |
| Tune For The Little Girl | slide | Amajor |
| Emma's Hop | slip jig | Bminor |