Herman Brock Jr. | |
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Background information | |
Also known as | Brock |
Born | Winterswijk, Netherlands | September 18, 1970
Origin | Terneuzen, The Netherlands |
Genres | Americana, bluegrass, outlaw country |
Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter |
Instrument(s) | Guitar, vocals, mandolin, banjo, autoharp |
Years active | 1986–present |
Labels | Rootsworld |
Website | www |
Herman Brock Jr. (born September 18, 1970) is a Dutch left-handed bluegrass, Americana and blues musician, multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter. He is also author of the series 'Secrets of the guitar'.[1]
Herman was born in Winterswijk, and grew up in Terneuzen in the Netherlands. He played guitar with his father Herman Brock Sr's FFFF-band as a teenager.[2] His main instruments are vocals and guitar, but also plays banjo, mandolin, autoharp and dulcimer.
In 1999, Brock formed the Eurocasters band with bassist Lizz Sprangers.[3]
In 2003, the album Straight Up! was recorded in Palmer, Texas, with contributions from Mike Morgan, Hash Brown and Holland K. Smith.
Brock's last Eurocasters' album Coco Loco was recorded in 2005 in Austin, Texas. Produced by Jesse Dayton, with Erik Hokkanen and Redd Volkaert. Dayton in turn recorded two songs by Herman on his album South Austin Sessions.[4]
In 2006, Brock formed his bluegrass and old-time trio Brock & The Brockettes with Lizz Sprangers and Geertje van den Berg.[5]
Since 2009 he also plays with his Bluegrass band Brock's Blue Grass Bunch.[6]
Secrets of the guitar – series: