"kæmper
sig i finalen i USA blandt over 20.000 sange"
Artikel - Kanal
Frederikshavn (Danmark) - 2013 (dansk)
- om placeringen ved
International Songwriters Competition
"Frederikshavn
gav ro i sjælen"
Artikel - Lokalavisen
Frederikshavn / Nordjyske (Danmark) - 2013
(dansk)
CD Reviews, Stories (2012)
"- it's
obvious Lothar has poured his heart and soul into
this project"
Blues Bytes (USA)
- 2013 (english)
"Tim Lothar
mag ondertussen bij de beste Europese blues muzikanten
gerekend worden"
Rootstime.be (Belgium)
- 2013 (flamish)
"- again
he shows us that he's one of the best European
Delta Blues Musicians around"
Reviewtheblues.com
(Belgium) - 2012 (flamish)
"Ez az
az album, amit nem tudok megunni, lenyügöz,
ellenállhatatlanul a büvkörébe
von"
Blues Van (Hungary) -
2013 (hungarian)
"-en akustisk
plade der aldrig når at blive triviel, kedelig
eller forudsigelig"
Bluesnews.dk (Denmark)
- 2012 (på dansk)
"Du blues
old school, mais fait à la manière
actuelle et de tellement belle façon que
l’on ne se détache plus de "Stories"
une fois qu’on l’a glissé dans
la platine !"
ZicaZine (France) - 2012
(in french)
"Great
record and true life stories"
Blues Online (Poland)
- 2012 (in polish)
"Tim
Lothar is an acoustic guitar virtuoso that plays
fantastic original bluessongs"
Keys and Chords (Belgium)
- 2012 (in belgian)
" One of the most remarkable
acoustic blues publications of 2012"
Wasser-Prawda Magasin
(Germany) - 2012 (in german)
Live reviews
" - a wee
guy with a HUGE voice"
Shetland News, Shetland -
September 2012 (english)
" Fullständig
lycka bland bluesälskare "
Borås
Tidning, Sweden - December 2011 (svenska)
" -
havde publikum i sin hule hånd under hele
sin koncert "
B'sharp, Denmark (www.musikbibliotek.dk)
- Februar 2008 (dansk)
" -
the place was packed and the audience was drinking
his words and
guitar playing - speechless "
Bierbeek Blues Festival, Belgium
- April 2007 (english)
" My god... I
did not know that Denmark was a part of Mississippi
"
Cafe Beau the L'air, Belgium
- September 2006 (english)
CD reviews, In It For The Ride (2008)
" - just might be the
best blues album you'll buy this year "
Blues Matters! (England)
- 2008 (english)
"
- has the ability to instantly attract the listener
"
Blues Art Journal (Austria)
- 2008 (english)
" High time for us to be aquainted with this
near phenomenon "
Bobtjes Blues Pages (Belgium)
- 2008 (english)
" All of Lothar's originals sit very
well beside his covers of classic blues "
Blues News (New Zealand) -
2008 (english)
CD reviews, Cut To The Bone (2006)
" Tim Lothar Petersen is an artist
from whom we can expect a lot "
Blues Matters! (England) - 2008
(english)
Blues Bytes (USA) - 2006 (english)
Blues Magazine (France) - 2006
(english)
Blues Magazine (France) - 2006
(francois)
MazzMusikaS (Belgium) - 2006
(english)
Back To The Roots (Belgium) -
2006 (english)
Blues News (Germany) - 2006
(deutsch)
Blues News (New Zealand) - 2006
(english)
Fridhammer (Sweden) - 2006
(svenska)
Radio Ung (Norway) - 2006
(norsk)
Midtjyllands Avis (Denmark) -
2006 (dansk)
Bobtjes Blues Pages (Belgium)
- 2006 (english)
Rootstime (Belgium) - 2006
(english)
Blues Box (Germany) - 2006
(deutsch)
Blueslink (Denmark) - 2006
(dansk)
Interviews
Interview, Nordjyske (Danmark)
- Marts 2010 (dansk)
CD release + interview, www.musikbibliotek.dk
(Danmark) - Juni 2008 (dansk)
Interview, www.musikbibliotek.dk,
Danmark - Februar 2008 (dansk)
Interview, Blues-Finland, Finland
- March 2008 (english)
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Live reviews from Bierbeek Blues Festival in
Belgium.
Even at this early hour the place was packed and
the audience was drinking his words and guitar
playing - speechless. Tim Lothar Petersen proves
that he's able to captivate an audience at a festival
as well as in a cosy blues club.
Blues On Stage - Bierbeek Blues Festival, April
2007
As an acoustic act, he knows how to make an impression
on his audience. The man has a great voice and
the guitar have no secrets for him anymore.
He's a very interesting and charismatic musician.
Keys & Chords - Bierbeek Blues Festival,
April 2007
Isn't it wonderful how a Danish guy after a psychic
loop across the sea finds himself with both feet
in the Mississippi Delta mud. Tim Lothar clearly
is a man of emotions and hopefully he'll keep
on digging for songs in precisely that ground.
Back To The Roots - Bierbeek Blues Festival,
April 2007
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Blues Bytes (USA) - August 2006 (english)
Tim Lothar Petersen has been a busy man lately.
Over the past couple of years, the drummer for
the Danish band Lightnin’ Moe, has been locked
away in his spare time learning to play guitar.
One listen to his debut release, Cut To The Bone,
and you will realize that he’s learned his
lessons well…very well indeed.
Petersen cut this disc, a collection of Delta
blues, at his home, and wrote seven of the ten
tracks, playing acoustic guitar and singing unaccompanied.
The cover tunes are Charley Patton’s “High
Sheriff Blues,” Leadbelly’s “Bound
To Go,” and Willie Brown’s
“M & O Blues,” and Petersen does
a very good job on each of them. Wisely, he doesn’t
try to imitate them vocally, opting instead to
sing them his own voice.
The original compositions range from the gentle
“Don’t Hesitate,” to “Katrina,”
a haunting look at the devastating storm that
may be the highlight of the disc, and “Amalina,”
a pretty instrumental dedicated to Petersen’s
daughter.
Throughout, Petersen displays a surprisingly deft
touch on guitar (surprising, given the fact that
he’s only recently started playing), and
his vocals are mannered, but confident. There’s
no question that this style of music is very dear
to Petersen’s heart. It’s obvious with
every note he plays and sings.
Cut To The Bone is a very pleasant surprise and
fans of acoustic blues will definitely enjoy it.
--- Graham Clarke
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Blues Magazine (France) - July 2006 (english)
Note : cd-selection of the month, July 2006
For his first solo album, Tim Lothar Petersen
has left his band Lightnin' Moe and the electric
Blues, and invites you into his world of acoustic
Blues music, touching it´s origins and the
Delta. The CD is not just a surprise but a real
shock, and for sure one of the best acoustic Blues
albums of the last twelve months. A CD to get
without any hesitation.
A guitar player with Blues in his blood, Tim offers
you ten songs (of which eight are signed by Tim
himself) and gives you the imagination that you're
somewhere in the Delta, sitting nearby one of
the bluesmen who lived as a slave in the cotton
fields. The guitar and Tim's voice sounds so close
to you, that you feel that he is sitting just
next to you, as in the night, after a hard working
day : emotional moments are guaranteed while listening
to these songs.
The opening track, Easy Baby, signatures this
album, full of emotion, followed by a great High
Sheriff Blues (by Charley Patton), then followed
by a beautiful Don't Hesitate, that touches your
soul, where Blues music becomes blue coloured.
And this is what makes this album so great.
A CD that you will place next to the ones of the
greatest bluesmen, in the midst of the greatest,
this is for sure.
--- Frankie Bluesy Pfeiffer
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Blues Magazine (France) - July 2006 (francois)
Pour ce premier album solo, Tim Lothar Petersen
a délaissé Lightnin' Moe et l'électricité,
pour plonger dans un blues acoustique qui vous
ramène aux racines, en plein Delta. L'album
n'est pas une surprise, mais une gifle, et incontestablement
l'un des tous meilleurs albums acoustique de ces
douze derniers mois, à ne rater sous aucun
prétexte. Guitariste doué d'un sens
inné du Blues, Tim vous offre dix titres
(dont huit signés par Tim lui-même)
qui vous font croire que vous y êtes, dans
le Delta, et avec l'un de ces bluesmen dont la
vie a été un parcours d'obstacles
quasi insurmontables. L'émotion est là,
palpable, et la prise de son vous fait frissonner
tant la voix et la guitare de Tim jouent pour
vous, là, dans la nuit. Le premier titre,
Easy Baby, vous plonge immédiatement dans
le bain, suivi par un somptueux High Sheriff Blues
emprunté avec respect à Charley
Patton, avant un Don't Hesitate de toute beauté
et que vous seriez presque sûr d'avoir déjà
entendu, maintes et maintes fois, tant ce blues
là vous prend à l'âme. Et
c'est là que se situe la force de ce bel
album : vous toucher là où vous
ressentez le Blues, à l'âme. La photo
du CD est comme l'atmosphère de l'album,
sépia, avec ce goût du Delta qui
devient plus beau encore, chaque année
passée. Un CD à classer dans votre
rayon blues acoustique, à côté
des grands, des très grands, et pas seulement
à cause de la pochette.
--- Frankie Bluesy Pfeiffer
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MazzMusikaS (Belgium) - 2006 (english)
Denmark is not the first country that springs
to mind as far as the blues is concerned. Nevertheless
there are sufficient artists there who are dedicated
to the blues, just as in our country. The genuine
blues feeling does not know borders. When I listened
to the cd of Lothar Petersen (37 minutes) for
the first time, and I always do that without informing
myself in advance, I was in for a pleasant surprise.
A man with his guitar and his (slide) dobro, singing
and playing in the splendid tradition of the Mississippi
delta blues. Great examples: Charley Patton (his
High Sheriff Blues is one of the three covers
on this album), Leadbelly (Bound To Go is cover
no. 2, with added stanzas), Willie Brown (cover
no. 3: M&O blues), Son House, Skip James and
of course Robert Johnson.
This record was recorded with a computer, two
mics and a simple mixer, in his living room. The
simplicity works wonders, the sound is very good.
His seven originals are treated in the same bald,
quiet way. The lyrics are very basic, as in the
opener Easy Baby: 'Easy baby, it will be alright.
I wanna hold you close to me tonight. You fool
around, baby just take your time. Somehow, baby,
I'll make you mine'. Apparently Tim himself likes
to “fool around”, according to the lyrics
of Baby Blue: ‘Oh, baby blue, you know I'll
be true. Ain't fooling around, baby, ain't cheating
you. Sometimes I'm gone, gone all night long,
you just have to trust me, I won't do no wrong'.
Very moving. The lyrics of his song about the
meanwhile more than notorious Katrina also have
such a genuine down to earth approach.
Tim Lothar is in fact a drummer (in the Danish
blues band Lightnin’ Moe), but what he produces
on the guitar is very good indeed. The closing
track, Amalina, is a beautiful instrumental on
the slide dobro and accentuates his skill. Surprising
CD.
--- Fred Schmale
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Back To The Roots (Belgium) - 2006 (english)
We already know Tim Lothar Petersen as the drummer
of the Danish bluesband Lightnin' Moe (BTTR 51).
We didn't knew Tim also knows how to play the
dobroguitar. To prove this he locked himself at
home to create 'Cut To The Bone', with only two
mics and his computer. Seven songs are written
by himself. The other three are 'High Sheriff
Blues' by Charley Patton, 'Bound To Go' by Leadbelly
and 'M & O Blues' by Willie Brown.
It looks as if Tim has tried to relocate the delta
to Danmark for a short period of time. "Did
he succed?" is probably the next question
you will ask. To be honest, it's not easy to go
back and walk the footsteps of the old masters
with just your voice, an acoustic guitar and some
footstompin'. It's even harder when you try to
do this with your own compositions. And although
Petersen's voice sometimes sounds a little bit
to well-behaved, he works his way around this
project. His playing is acceptable, especially
when you think he used to drum. But the thing
that stands out the most is the fact that this
disc is honest. No fake emotions, no, Tim brings
his songs the way he feels he has to. And that
is something that makes us favourable!
'Cut To The Bone' definitely is worth the listening!
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Blues News (Germany) - 2006 (deutsch)
Der Schlagzeuger des jungen aufstrebenden Dänen-Vierers
Lightnin’ Moe & His Peace Disturbers
mit einem eigenen Album? Und das solo und akustisch,
als Sänger und Gitarrist, kann das gutgehen?
Es kann. Tim Petersen hat dieses ruhige Album
als Low-Budget-Produktion bei sich zu Hause mit
zwei Mikrofonen und einem kleinen Mixer über
den Computer aufgenommen.
Das Ergebnis ist beachtenswert.
Von der Musik der Delta-Bluesveteranen inspiriert,
hat Petersen sieben Songs geschrieben und covert
gekonnt drei Songs von Charlie Patton, Huddie
Ledbetter und Willie Brown. Erstaunlich, wie einfühlsam
und auch engagiert Petersen mit seinem Slide-
und Dobrospiel überzeugt, und noch erstaunlicher,
wie gut seine gesangliche Qualität mithält.
Das passt zusammen und man kauft dem jungen Dänen
die akustische Verneigung vor seinen Heroen ab.
Sicherlich ist er nicht der filigranste Picker
auf Erden, aber die CD geht unter die Haut und
vermittelt Petersens Talent, Songs zu schreiben.
„Easy Baby“, „Backdoor Business“
oder „Don’t Hesitate“ haben solche
Songwriter-Qualitäten, dass sie längerfristig
ins Ohr gehen. Die CD klingt gut und tut gut.
Eine Bitte an den Künstler: mehr Songs schreiben,
damit das Hörvergnügen nicht schon nach
37 Minuten endet.
Kompliment.
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Blues News (New Zealand) - 2006 (english)
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Blues Art Journal (Austria) - 2008 (english)
Tim ‘Lothar’ Petersen to give him his
full name; is with this, his second album proving
to be a very able and extremely adept acoustic
blues player who has the ability to instantly
attract the listener to his warmly presented music.
Coming as he does from Denmark some people might
presume that he may not possess credible Mississippi
Delta credentials but I can assure you that Tim
follows the same path of truth and honesty towards
his music that can also be found in the performances
of such artists as Doug McLeod.
Using only a 1939 Gibson Kalamazoo
acoustic guitar and so we are informed a rusty
Dobro and slide we are treated to twelve hugely
toe-tappingly enjoyable numbers on this album
seven of which are originals the others being
affectionate versions of numbers such as; an extremely
vibrant rendition of “Careless Love,”
and a refreshing performance of Robert Johnson’s
“Stones in My Pathway.”
The fresh new numbers are so well
developed and I should add are played with such
convincing style and aplomb that one is not aware
that they are new for they seamlessly merge with
the other standards so well.
Tim displays his complete understanding
of the music by infusing his music with a wonderful
authentic rolling and tumbling late twenties,
early Prohibition era sound. At some points during
the album Tim subtly makes use of his voice to
create an air of fragility and perhaps a touch
of melancholy so that when it is matched with
his dexterous guitar work you are transported
back in time.
A very fine album indeed!
----- Brian Harman
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Blues Matters! (England) - 2008 (english)
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Blobtjes Blues Pages (Belgium) - 2008 (english)
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www.musikbibliotek.dk (Danmark) - 2008 (dansk)
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Interview, www.musikbibliotek.dk (Danmark)
- Februar 2008 (dansk)
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Interview, www.musikbibliotek.dk (Danmark)
- Juni 2008 (dansk)
Peter Widmer, Odense musikbibliotek
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Interview, Nordjyske (Danmark) - Marts 2008
(dansk)
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Interview, Blues-Finland (Finland) - March
2008 (english)
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Fridhammer (Sweden) - 2006 (svenska)
Tim Lothar Petersen är vi göteborgare
bortskämda med att se och höra som trummis
i danska bluesbandet Lightnin' Moe & His Peace
Disturbers: ett i alla avseenden elektriskt band
med ett närmast Fabulous Thunderbirdsliknande
driv. Men Tim har en helt annan sida också,
illustrerad på hans debutCD "Cut To
The Bone". En blandning av originalmaterial
och sånger av mästarna Charlie Patton,
Willie Brown och Leadbelly. Lågbudget i
produktion men inte i musikaliskt avseende. Favorit:
Tims egna "Katrina", en ödesmättad
blues med suggestivt 'drone' om katastrofen i
New Orleans. Men också ljuvt vackra instrumentalen
"Amalina" - som ett soundtrack till
en pastoral idyll. Bravo!
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Radio Ung (Norway) - 2006 (norsk)
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Midtjyllands Avis (Denmark) - 2006 (dansk)
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Bobtje's Blues Pages (Belgium) - 2006 (english)
When I heard this cd, the same sensation hit me
as when I heard the music of Robert Johnson and
his contemporaries. Their style was highly original.
It was where it all came from; it was the base
of it all. Just like this cd: simple, but oh so
sincere.
Recorded at home with two microphones and a simple
mixer. His name is Tim Lothar Petersen, Danish
by birth. Although Denmark is not exactly a huge
blues country, you might have heard of 'Lightnin
Moe'. Tim Lothar was the drummer of this successful
band which also was known outside of Denmark.
The call of the Delta however was too strong and
he swapped his sticks for the slide and the "snaer"
for the dobro. He plays songs of Charlie Patton,
Robert Johnson and Leadbelly but he also has some
originals in that beautiful, old country blues
style.
The choice and implementation of the ten songs
prove that the man has a lot of respect for the
music of that time. "High Sheriff Blues"
by Charlie Patton has a sublime slide and for
a second you imagine to be thrown back in time
when the blues troubadours performed in filthy
juke joints. The other tracks bathe in the same
atmosphere. "Bound To Go" by Leadbelly
(Huddie Leadbetter) and "M&O blues"
by Willie Brown sound very solidly.
If you want to experience the early blues, then
buy this cd, close your eyes and watch images
of "cotton fields" and "front porches"
go by. Enjoy!
--- Arie 'Elmo' Rombout
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Blues Box (Germany) - 2006 (deutsch)
Kommt so sicher nicht alle Tage vor, aber wer
in einer Retro-Bluesband am Drumset sitzt kann
manchmal auch Gitarre spielen und singen, und
das mehr als ordentlich! Tim Lothar Petersen,
bekannt als Taktgeber der renommierten dänischen
Formation "Lightnin' Moe" widmet sich
auf seiner Debüt-CD stilistisch dem Misissippi-Delta-Blues
zu.
Mit einer alten Steelstring, Dobro, Slideröllchen
und seiner rauchig-authentisch klingenden Stimme
führt er die Zuhörer zurück in
die Juke Joints und anderen Vergnügungsstätten
der 20er und 30er-Jahre des vorigen Jahrhunderts.
Die zehn Nummern stammen (bis auf drei Fremdversionen
von Charly Patton, Huddy Leadbetter und Willie
Dixon) aus eigener Werkstatt - aufgenommen wurde
zu Hause im eigenen Studio mit eher spartanischer
Ausstattung aber gutem Sound.
"Cut to the Bone" ist ein absolut gelungens
Solo- Debüt des Dänen, schade lediglich,
dass man bereits nach 10 Titeln und 45 Minuten
Spielzeit schon die Repeat-Taste des Players drücken
darf
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Blueslink (Denmark) - 2006 (dansk)
- en debut, der i den grad lægger sig til
rette i det bedre, akustiske blues-selskab!
"Cut To The Bone" er titlen på
Tim Lothar Petersens debut-cd, der er på
gaden nu. Og Tim skærer virkelig ”ind
til benet” med 10 akustiske bluesnumre -
syv egne kompositioner og tre klassikere.
Der er tale om en sjælden indlevelse, når
han - med sin akustiske guitar, et sliderør
og sin melankolske stemme - serverer sine stemningsfulde
numre. Stilen er delta-blues, de tidlige år,
men også meget mere… For Tim bidrager
til den akustiske blues med sin helt egen stil
- tak for det!
Cut To The Bone må absolut være en
nødvendighed, hvis man holder af akustisk
blues.
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Rootstime (Belgium) - 2006 (english)
It was Ivan Jacobs of Hookrock Diepenbeek which
gave us the good news that Lightnin' Moe would
be on the bill of this year edition of that small
but nice festival, to be held on July 1st (see
Extra Support). It will be a nice reunion with
the boys from Denmark who delivered a well received
and tasty performance at the Belgium Rhytm &
Blues Festival in 2004.
Awaiting their new album, drummer Tim Lothar Petersen
declared that his upcoming solo album would be
something quite different. And indeed, his debut
album "Cut To The Bone" offers a fine
portion of acoustic delta blues, recorded at home
using two microphones, a small mixer and a computer.
On this very low budget album there are seven
originals and three covers ("High Sheriff
Blues" by Charley Patton, "Bound To
Go" by H. Ledbetter en "M & O Blues"
by Willie Brown). The result is amazing because
Petersen only uses a guitar, a dobro and his voice,
regularly adding some echo to the latter, which
brings him right in line with the country, blues
and hillbilly tradition of Muddy Waters, Robert
Johnson, Ry Cooder and Skip James. So, it's "back
to the roots" and Petersen delivers 37 minutes
of very fine blues and in one go puts an end to
the cliché jokes concerning drummers.
We do hope then that "drummer" Lothar
Petersen will perform some of his acoustic arts
live at "Hookrock".
--- SWA
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Blues Matters! (England) - 2008 (english)
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Shetland news (Shetland) - 2012 (english)
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Wasser-Prawda (Germany) - 2012 (deutsch)
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Reviewtheblues.com (Belgium) - 2012 (flamish)
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Bluesnews.dk (Denmark) - 2012 (på dansk)
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Blues Online (Poland) - 2012 (polish)
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Zicazine (France) - 2012 (french)
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Blues Van (Hungary) - 2013 (hungarian)
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Keys and Chords (Belgium) - 2012 (belgian)
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Lokalavisen Frederikshavn / Nordjyske (Danmark) - 2013 (dansk)
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Kanal Frederikshavn (Danmark) - 2013 (danish)
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Blues Bytes (USA) - 2013 (english)
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Rootstime (Belgium) - 2013(belgian)
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Live review, Cafe Beau the L'air (Belgium)
- 2006 (english)
For the whole evening we stayed in a higher region,
in this smoky club with the purest tones of the
blues.
My god... I did not know that Denmark was a part
of Mississippi.
Tim Lothar Petersen is white on the outside, but
on the inside he's black as a coalmine. Thank
you Mr. Petersen... for this wonderful, beautiful
evening.
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