The Tielman Brothers - Andy Tielman the uncrowned king of Indo-Rock.
In 1957 came the Tielman Brothers to the Netherlands. Andy Tielman and his brothers Reggy, Ponthon and Loulou played already together in Indonesia as The Timor Rhythm Brothers. In Breda they started as The Four T's. They secured a job at the 1958 Brussels World's Fair in the "Hawaiian Village" section of the Dutch pavilion. Hired to play for only fifteen minutes when the Hawaiian band took their break, the Four Tielman Brothers stole the show with their wild rock'n'roll songs and acrobatic antics. They tossed guitars across stage, played the guitar and the bass with their toes and teeth, and played their instruments behind their heads and upside down.
The Story of The Tielman Brothers
It was the start of their club career in Germany (they started in the Ringstuben -Sputnik- at Mannheim). They first played on Egmond guitars and also had Egmond amps, but since 1958 they were the first owners of imported Gibson Les Paul models in Holland. Their professional show with speedy light-fingered guitar-tricks, gentle smiling to the girls in the audience and swinging top-down, became the start of the Indorock scene in Germany. Many Dutch Indo groups got contracts in Germany during the early 60s. In the Netherlands at that time, bands could only play on weekends for little or no money at all; in Germany bands could get a contract for a month or at least a couple of weeks and make scandalous much money.
See their performances
http://youtube.com/watch?v=YvC2_nsVJv0
http://youtube.com/watch?v=KPimmqruov8
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ERgrf6VSsS8
http://youtube.com/watch?v=FALutagdHNw
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