Topic: Henrik Freischlader -New CD
Henrik Freischlader has been mentioned before on the forum but I MUST do it again!!
He has a new CD out called "Recorded by Martin Meinschaefer" and it is a masterpiece!
Henrik is the number 1 German bluesartist these days. Joe knows him too, Henrik was his supportact on the Germanytour 2 years ago. Michael Lynch, Geko and myself saw them in Hannover where Joe and Henrik did a brilliantjam at the end of the show. He also was supportact for BB King, Jethro Tull, Johnny Winter, Gary Moore to name a few.
He is very original and that makes him different from most bluesartists.
The last years there are so many new bluespowerbands like Stoney Curtis, Danny Bryant, Walter Trout etc, I like them all very much but Henrik has, like Joe , more variety to offer.
I see him more like a German Joe in his vision of the blues, sometimes very pure slow intense then hard, acoustic then electric, rocky then bluesy.
Many songs on this CD have a change you wouldn't expect, you think it's a quiet song and then suddenly he pulls your leg with another tone, melody etc.
The title of the new CD is a thank-you to Martin Meinschaefer, who did the recording in his studio and the soundresult is like Joe's TBOJH the best you can get. The sound is warm, deep, full ,rich. The CD is a DigiPack with a 20 pagebooklet.
What Henrik seperates from almost every artist is that on this CD he plays ALL instruments HIMSELF, guitars,bass, drums , Hammond organ, he does all the singing too and he wrote all the songs himself,music and lyrics!!
A multi-instrumentalist.
I would say : have a listen, it is worth a 100%.
A tip: Use a headphone to hear all the shades, gradations!!
It's like TBOJH a CD you like more and more everytime you listen to it!!
Andre Wittebroek
No doubt you will try to convince me, Andre!? 
