Nick Woodland - Big Heart (1992)

Tracklist

01. Outskirts of Town
02. Precious Time
03. Wayfaring Stranger
04. Just a Little Bit
05. Cross My Heart
06. Quiet Kinda Guy
07. Teacher Teacher
08. Waiting on You / Help Me
09. I Got a Mind to Give up Living
10. Gospel Train

"One of the great. A brilliant guitarist," says Neues Deutschland (Berlin), and German daily Süddeutsche Zeitung calls him "one of the best live performers of white blues." London-born Nick Woodland is among the veterans coming out of the British blues-rock scene. Inspired by the likes of Alexis Korner, Eric Clapton, John Mayall and Peter Green, Woodland started out on guitar at age 15 and was almost to become a member of the Rolling Stones when Mick Taylor left the band. Based in Munich (Germany), Nick Woodland has played his guitar for many bands in rock (Amon Düül II, The Clash), pop (Giorgio Moroder) and jazz (Herbie Mann) and recorded five albums with Germany's top act Marius Müller-Westernhagen. With his own band he has been touring Europe extensively for many years, working the field between blues, rock'n'roll and country music. He also played the guitar for several theater productions and films.

Since the early 90s Nick has accompanied German singer/musician/poet Ringsgwandl in uncountable concerts all over Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Says Ringsgwandl: "I know nobody else who plays all kinds of guitars, acoustic and electric, picked or slide, and who is into each and even the most obscure style of the last 80 years, and also plays mandolin, mandola and some other things with strings. If you are looking for a guy who is also a proper person, does not drive you mad with the usual showbiz nonsense, someone you can talk to about English literature, films and all kinds of music but who you also can stay quiet with a whole day long, and if you need somebody who has never cancelled a concert in 13 years even when struck by a heavy flu - then you can't miss Nick Woodland."

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