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Artist
Tiger City Jukes
12+ albums
bluesguitarrhythm and bluesblues rock
about
The Tiger City Jukes were founded in 1995 by singer/guitarist Knut Eide and guitarist Harald Stokke. They wanted to make a blues band that could go beyond just playing the good old standards and create a sound of their own. After playing with different rhythm sections the first year, they settled with bassist André Vrolijk and drummer Haakon Hansen. André Vrolijk was also a great singer and songwriter, and now they were three guys in the band to write songs. Their first fulltime album, “White Line Fever” (Blue Mood/Tiger Records), was released in 1997 after extensive touring in the Scandinavian Countries. Eleven out of fifteen songs were originals, written by Eide, Stokke and Vrolijk. The album got good reviews by the Norwegian press, and gave the band a boost to keep on beating the highway. In 1998 the band got in contact with harp wizard Rock Bottom from St. Pete, Florida. Bassist Vrolijk and drummer Hansen had been in Rocks backing band on three of his Norwegian tours, and Rock wanted to return the favour, to set the TCJ up with a tour in Florida. The tour came through in Jan/Feb ’99, and it was a great vitamin injection for a bunch of Norwegian blues-guys to get a trip to the US. They made eleven gigs from Tampa to Key West during a two weeks tour, and made a great success with the blues fans in the OJ State. Their second album, “Ride in Style” (Blue Mood/Tiger Records) came in 1999, and this time, all the songs were originals except the new arrangement on the old st
