When I paint my masterpiece ( Bob Dylan - Cover )

My friend Frans van Amelsfort, paints his "trainwheels running through the back of his memories". Me......Studiorecording.
Many Thanks to Marcel, Emy, Cherien and Frans.
http://www.cubra.nl/specialebijdragen...

' Alles Gehad ' & ' Avenue ' ( Dutch Songs )

Recorded with singer songwriter Peter de Jong. Song about the homeless and remember it could happen to us all.

Hard to translate but........

I can see you're walking with bags ful of paper.
Pictures of the past
In your hands a large can of beer.
You're talkin' to yourself , only God knows about what.
You're shoes are warned out,
And I feel your heart is hurtin'

You pay attention to no one and no one on you
Kept prisoned in a world
where you may die from cold
Maybe you're thinkin' of the children of your first wife
and you might still hear the words;
We all love you

Hey, where are you going to
is there any place left at all

A job, a house, a car, you've had it all
Friends for a lifetime
Women wanted to have you so bad
Everything's changed, it's all left far behind
Fighting to survive
It don't bring you joyful days

I can see you from the window of the bar where you used to go
And I wanna call you in
But the bartender says; NO.....!!!
Back to the barstool, I just order one more drink
Inside, I feel ashamed,
Don't look around anymore.

Recorded by Peter de Jong (singer-songwriter, troubadour)
solo guitar, background vocals, bass.
Thanks a lot Peter for helping me out.
www.troubadourpeter.nl
www.jacquesmees.nl

AVENUE ( lyrics Ko de Laat - music Jacques Mees - arr. Frederik Felix )

Me on a plastic guitar, Ovation with a big crack .

I think this was in the late eighties,
playing in a coffee-shop, well; more
smoke of weed than coffee that
afternoon.

Zaal 16 Sundayprogram - Jacques Mees - 2008

FLYER KWARTIERMAKERSFESTIVAL 28 APRIL 2009 THEATER ZAAL 16
Video Kwartiermakersfestival 2008

If I knew your name - Jacques Mees

Tribute to the late Townes van Zandt

One thing that I learned by listening to Townes's music, is that you need to rest into music. Don't get too fast. He's one of the greatest songwriters ever.
Still listen to him almost every day.

Alice Vermeulen & Jacques Mees

Alice & Jacques sitting in the best window of the island Hydra, below, you can watch people sitting outside, rocks and a deep blue sea with perfect lights shinin' on it.
PERRRRFECT.


Alice & Jacques playing in a bar owned by Scottish lady on the island Paros
( Greece ), for Chinese tourists. we played for fun and drinks.





Alice and I sing since 1993 she sang on Drive them all crazy.
We had a fun - tour on the Greek Islands Hydra and Paros.
And she's gonna do backing vocals on the new cd.

Folk duo ALE

Good old friend Joep Reijven and me playing and singing together since we were sixteen years old, had our ups and downs but that's what friends share.

THE SANDMEN - 1992

The Sandmen 15 years later



THE SANDMEN Joep Reijven: acoustic guitar, vocals Martin Swinkels: percussion, vocals Jacques Mees: acoustic guitar, vocals PERFECT HARMONY SINGING WITH LOTS OF BEER AND SMOKING

Jacques Mees & Bernard Jussen.

WE USED TO START AS A DUO IN THE LATE EIGHTIES AND TOURED ALL OVER EUROPE FOR NINE YEARS, Good ' ol Times. We did covers from Mark Knophler, Chris Rea, Tom Petty and lots more.

Pictures & Video's Maxx sessions in Breda 2002

My daddy's band +.

March 2009 - Meeting Mr. Bert Vervoorn

I was adding Bert Vervoorn as a friend on Hyves, so he checked me out.
He heard me playing and singing a John Prine song.
He got interested and after some mailcontacts,
he asked me if I would like to do a project together.
The plan was that he should write songs and we record them later.
Very soon after he send me his first song with the title; Another Tuesdaynight.
I was schocked and got cold sweat all over my body.
It was like I could have written those lyrics,ha ha, if I didn't have this writer's block. Amazing how he got into my skin.
To make a long story short, after six contacts in three months and 17 songs later,
recorded on his laptop with his magical tools and experience, we're planning to make an album.

Soundcheck

CD DRIVE THEM ALL CRAZY

In 1996, Frederik Felix and I recorded Drive them all crazy, Tafelbergstudio, Tilburg, The Netherlands.
musicians:
Jacques Mees: vocals, acoustic guitar.
Frederik Felix: slide guitar, dobro, piano.
Eric v.d. Westen: double bass.
Pascal Vermeer: drums.
Alice Vermeulen: vocals.
Ruud Schouten: electric/ Spanish guitar.
Marcel van Eijndhoven: bluesharp.
Joep Reijven: background vocals.
Martin Swinkels: backgroud vocals.

engineer: Bernard Jussen.
produced by: Bernard Jussen, Frederik Felix, Jacques Mees.
cocept and album design: Walter Kerkhofs.

Lyrics can be found on http://www.legaldownload.net/downloadshop/lyrics/jacquesmees

CD TRIBUTE JACQUES MEES & MAXX

In 2002 I recorded my cd Tribute with Maxx ( Frank Jut: bass and Ton Leijten+: guitar)

coverdesign: Wijnand van Lieshout.

Dylanevent Heerenveen Stichting Jokerman setember 8 2007

Driving Emy, to the next gig

Q - TUBE FESTIVAL 20 juni 2008

Very nice festival where we met some youtube friends

Recording song Pete Young

Pete Young, Bernard Jussen, Jacques Mees recording in Tafelbergstudio, Tilburg

Jacques Mees - on the run for your love - vimeo

On the run for your love from Jacques Mees on Vimeo.