Jack Poels
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Jack Poels is the singer, guitarist
and harmonica
player of the Dutch band
Rowwen Hèze
for which he has composed almost all the texts and music. His music is some kind of mixture of folk
, Tejano
and accordion
music.
Poels tells a lot about his personal life in his song texts. For example, on the 2001 album Vandaag ("Today") he sings about his new-born son. On the 2003 album Dageraad ("Dawn"), he sings about his real divorce and additional feelings. The texts of the newest Rowwen Hèze album Rodus & Lucius are about how Jack Poels continued his private life after his divorce.
Jack Poels is also a painter
. For the album Blieve Loëpe (Limburgish: "Keep on walking") he has made a caricatural picture of the Statue of Liberty
with a cigarette, a clog and a pot of beer. Together with Leon Giesen who is the former bass player of Toontje Lager, Jack Poels has been working on a music project called Holland America Lijn since 2003.
On April 27, 2007, Jack Poels received the Order of Orange-Nassau
. Veolia Transport Nederland
named one of its trains after him.
Since the beginning of 2009, Jack Poels has been publishing every two weeks a poem in the Dutch regional magazine Dagblad de Limburger. For the texts of some of this poems there has also music been written and released by Herberg de Troost, a music collective of Poels and others.
Guitarist
A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...
and harmonica
Harmonica
The harmonica, also called harp, French harp, blues harp, and mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used primarily in blues and American folk music, jazz, country, and rock and roll. It is played by blowing air into it or drawing air out by placing lips over individual holes or multiple holes...
player of the Dutch band
Band (music)
In music, a musical ensemble or band is a group of musicians that works together to perform music. The following articles concern types of musical bands:* All-female band* Big band* Boy band* Christian band* Church band* Concert band* Cover band...
Rowwen Hèze
Rowwen Hèze
Rowwen Hèze is a band from the small village of America in the south of the Netherlands. They are one of the biggest bands singing in a northern dialect of Limburgish. The band was founded in 1985.-Music:...
for which he has composed almost all the texts and music. His music is some kind of mixture of folk
Folk music
Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....
, Tejano
Tejano music
Tejano music or Tex-Mex music is the name given to various forms of folk and popular music originating among the Mexican-American populations of Central and Southern Texas...
and accordion
Accordion
The accordion is a box-shaped musical instrument of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone family, sometimes referred to as a squeezebox. A person who plays the accordion is called an accordionist....
music.
Poels tells a lot about his personal life in his song texts. For example, on the 2001 album Vandaag ("Today") he sings about his new-born son. On the 2003 album Dageraad ("Dawn"), he sings about his real divorce and additional feelings. The texts of the newest Rowwen Hèze album Rodus & Lucius are about how Jack Poels continued his private life after his divorce.
Jack Poels is also a painter
Painting
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
. For the album Blieve Loëpe (Limburgish: "Keep on walking") he has made a caricatural picture of the Statue of Liberty
Statue of Liberty
The Statue of Liberty is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor, designed by Frédéric Bartholdi and dedicated on October 28, 1886...
with a cigarette, a clog and a pot of beer. Together with Leon Giesen who is the former bass player of Toontje Lager, Jack Poels has been working on a music project called Holland America Lijn since 2003.
On April 27, 2007, Jack Poels received the Order of Orange-Nassau
Order of Orange-Nassau
The Order of Orange-Nassau is a military and civil order of the Netherlands which was created on 4 April 1892 by the Queen regent Emma of the Netherlands, acting on behalf of her under-age daughter Queen Wilhelmina. The Order is a chivalry order open to "everyone who have earned special merits for...
. Veolia Transport Nederland
Veolia Transport Nederland
Veolia Transport Nederland is, like Connexxion, a Dutch subsidiary of Veolia Transdev. It provides bus, train and ferry services.-History:The company first appeared in the Netherlands in 1997 when it traded as CGEA. This company had a 70% share in the train company Lovers Rail who operated trains...
named one of its trains after him.
Since the beginning of 2009, Jack Poels has been publishing every two weeks a poem in the Dutch regional magazine Dagblad de Limburger. For the texts of some of this poems there has also music been written and released by Herberg de Troost, a music collective of Poels and others.