T-99

Group Members:

Mischa den Haring – vocals, guitars, mandolin
Martin de Ruiter – vocals, drums, percussion, trash-kit
Donné la Fontaine – upright bass, ukulele, banjo-ukulele

 The Amsterdam-based trio uses besides uprite bass, guitar and drums colorful instruments like mandolin, ukulele, boxes and buckets. The magical interaction between vocalist/guitarist Mischa den Haring, vocalist/drummer Martin de Ruiter and upright bassplayer Donné la Fontaine is downright impressive. The strong, mostly self written originals are tasty, provoking and headstrong at the same time.

T-99 has proven to belong to the absolute top of the European roots scene of today. With the release of the album "Coo-Coo", their debut CD in 2001, T-99 convinced the Dutch- and foreign press which resulted in a non-stop flow of shows in The Netherlands. With the release of the partly in Amsterdam and Tucson, Arizona recorded CD "Strange Things Happen" in 2004 - with guest appearances of Teddy Morgan (also production) and Dave Gonzales (The Paladins) - the press could not find enough superlatives to recommend this album. The third album "Cherrystone Park" which was released late 2005 put T-99 definitely on the European map. Through the years T-99 showed itself as being a constant factor on stages across Holland, Belgium, Germany, France and Switzerland in the past few years. "Vagabonds" is the title of T-99's fourth album.

Music of T-99 is being used in different TV-shows and programs like Keuringdienst van Waarde, AT-5 and NOS Studio Sport. In its existence the band has played among others at Noorderslag, North Sea Jazz Festival, Waterpop, Popkomm (DE), Belgium Rhythm & Blues Festival (Peer, BE), Oerol, De Parade, Noorderzon, Eurosonic, Moulin Blues, Blues Passions in Cognac (FR), Cahors Bluesfestival (FR) and was support act for Dr. John, Los Lobos, Little Feat and De Dijk.

OOR Magazine: "...most exciting and renewing roots band in the Netherlands and far beyond..."

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