The Tumbleweeds

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The Tumbleweeds
General information
origin Kaatsheuvel , Netherlands
Genre (s) Country band
founding 1967
resolution 1982
Founding members
Ad masseurs
Clay masseurs
Dick van Krimpen
James Bordes
Last occupation
Laura Bordes
Berry masseurs
Ine masseurs
Ruud Hermans
Mickey de Boer

The Tumbleweeds were a Dutch country band from the 1970s.

biography

The band was formed in 1967 by Ad and Ton masseurs. The brothers come from Kaatsheuvel , a town in the province of North Brabant . The founding members also include Dick van Krimpen, James Bordes and Manneke Jim Jaspers. After a while, Jaspers was replaced by Laura Bordes. Later Berry and Ine masseurs, brother and sister of Ad and Ton masseurs, completed the group. The line-up for the production of the following album consisted of Ine Masseurs ( vocals ), Ruud Hermans (vocals), Ad Masseurs ( drums ), Mickey de Boer ( bass ), Berry Masseurs ( rhythm guitar ) and Ton Masseurs ( pedal steel Guitar , producer ).

In April 1973 the band appeared on the ZDF television show disco with the song Wabash Cannonball . As the first European country band, The Tumbleweeds played behind the Iron Curtain in 1973 and toured Romania for two weeks . In 1974 and 1975 they played two tours through the United States , during which they a. a. in the Country - radio show Grand Ole Opry and Carnegie Hall occurred. The group was also nominated for best band, best singers and best instrumentalists at the Country Music Awards . Despite the successful tour, there was no breakthrough in the USA.

The band was very successful in the Netherlands in the mid-1970s and had two albums in the top 10 with Tumbleweeds (1974, No. 4) and Sweet Memories (1976, No. 8). The single Somewhere Between rose to No. 2 in the summer of 1975, It Might as Well Have Rained made it to number 15 at the end of the year and Sweet Memories climbed to number 23 in 1976.

After Ad Masseurs had a car accident on the way to a gig in Germany in 1977 and singer Ruud Hermans also left the band, the group's popularity declined. In 1980 Ine Masseurs also withdrew into private life to look after the family. Eventually, The Tumbleweeds split in 1982.

Discography

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
NL NL
1974 Tumbleweeds NL4 (18 weeks)
NL
1976 Sweet memories NL8 (5 weeks)
NL

More albums

  • 1973: Favorites
  • 1977: New Trail
  • 1979: Homework

Compilations

  • 1975: Country and Western Music
  • 1980: The Best of the Tumbleweeds
  • 1999: Somewhere Between

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
NL NL
1975 Somewhere Between
Tumbleweeds 		NL2 (10 weeks)
NL
Author: Merle Haggard
Original: Bill Mack & Wanda Conklin, 1970
It Might as Well Have Rained
Sweet Memories 		NL15 (7 weeks)
NL
Author: Rocky Topp
1976 Sweet Memories
Sweet Memories 		NL23 (8 weeks)
NL
Author: Mickey Newbury
Original: Andy Williams , 1968

More singles

  • 1974: Everybody Has His Own Dogs
  • 1977: Sing Me Another Lovesong
  • 1979: Don't Cry Blue

swell

  1. ↑ a b Chart sources: Singles albums

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