The Heritage Blues Company

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The Heritage Blues Company (THBC) was a Luxembourgian blues band founded in 2006 and broke up end of 2018. THBC played a mixed program of covers with a particular touch and steady blues-rock sound, grooving from boogie to funk.

In September 2017 THBC won the national blues contest organised by the Luxembourg Blues Club and it represented Luxembourg at the 8th European Blues Challenge at Hell in Norway in March 2018, which 21 European countries attended to.

Line-up (November 2018)

  • Chantal Gottschalk (vocals, 2013)
  • Mario Jung (guitar, 2006)
  • Christian Ries (stage piano, 2016)
  • Marco Schwickerath (bass, 2006)
  • Rob Schauls (drums, 2008)

Former band members (until 2016)

Jean-Paul Gaiarin (saxophone, 08.2006 – 11.2006)
Mandy Defay (trumpet, 08.2006 – 02.2007)
Ronny Mozek (drums, 08.2006 – 16.04.2007)
Violette Schleich (vocals, 08.2006 – 16.04.2007)
Serge Peffer (guitar, 08.2006 – 17.08.2007)
Marc Zimmer (saxophone, 09.2006 -02.2007)
Phony Philippe (vocals, blues harp, 03.2007 – 10.09.2009)
Birgit Hoeijmakers (vocals, 20.04.2007 – 17.01.2011)
Georges Konen (drums, 05.2007 – 03.05.2008)
Philippe Verfaillie (guitar, 25.09.2007 – 22.02.2016)
Snoop Kartheiser (vocals, keyboard, 08.2010 – 07.2011)
Irina Leone (vocals, 09.03.2011 – 22.10.2012)

Bibliography

Hervé, 2018. After midnight. woxx(internet), 2018-06-11.

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