Brainbox was formed in 1968 shortly after guitarist JAN AKKERMAN and drummer Pierre van der Linden joined 19 year-old singing prodigy Kazmierz ” Kaz ” Lux to lay down a couple of demos after the latter had won a talent contest sponsored by the Dutch Record label Bovema. Of Polish descent and Dutch upbringing Lux had previously sang with sevral Dutch pop bands but his heartfelt vocal deliveries were closer to the soul of Howlin`Wolf and Leadbelly while at the same time hitting the higher registers of Ella ( Fitzgerald ). Both Akkerman and van der Linden themselves were no strangers to the Amsterdam pop music scene with Akkerman having become one of the most famous young musicians in his homeland with a hit single, “The Russian Spy And I” in 1966 while playing with a band called “The Hunters”. Having played proffessionally as early as the age of 10 by this time he had developed a distinctive rock guitar sound which drew more from jazz and classical sources most notably Tal Farrow, Diango Reinhardt, Bola Sete and Julian Bream. Van der Linden had also played with Akkerman in one of his earlier groups “Johnny And His Cellar Rockers” in addition to other Dutch pop groups including “After Tee” and “Met & Zonder”. Newcomer bassist Andre Reynen completed the new band as Akkerman had played the bass parts himself on the two demo recordings and the stage was set.
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Summertime
Down Man
Mobilea
Sea Of Delight
Dark Rose
Scarborough fair
Woman’s gone
Reason To Believe
the smile
Brainbox 1969 Full Album