~DIAMOND IN A ROUGH~
 
 
 
Curtis Knight and his wife Annette moved to Lelystad- Haven on the Dutch 'New Land' called Flevoland, in 1997. 
  
Not only the house they lived in on the Keizersgracht in Amsterdam was for sale; Curtis also felt that his illness would soon force him to withdraw more and more from the very active music- and performance busyness he enjoyed all over Europe for years.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Curtis and Jan
Live on Omroep Flevoland
1996
  

Curtis enjoyed the new home, right next to Europe's biggest wild-bird sanctuary. Here's what he said about Lelystad being a diamond in a rough... 
 
When they just moved in, you could accidently meet him in front of their house, playing his guitar or talking to anybody who would pass by.  
  
By then, he had no idea that MAZ and his wife Ankie lived 9 doors down the road, and vice versa. As his illness proceeded to form a serious handicap, he had to stay in bed more often and walking would only be possible on crutches.

 
Still, the "BLUES ROOTS" project with Jan Akkerman evolved from there, and later the Double Rainbow Collections as well as founding the HappyDream-Music label.
 
Curtis and Jan 
Live on NCRV, February 1999
"I WOULD IF I COULD"
 
 
Meanwhile MAZ ended a longer pause as performer and writer. Much like Curtis in his period of running a limousinebusiness, MAZ has been designing packagings for some years, just to take a break and do somethin' else.  
   
But he has produced 2 albums in late 1998, after being so immensely inspired by a concert of Prince, formerly known as "Tafkap". 
   
How that relates to writings on the wall , our next chapter, will be clarified in just a click....
Introduction  | Diamond in a rough  |  Writings on the wall  |  Friends  |  Double Rainbow   |  Brothers&Sisters    |  Working is Energy  | 
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Flevoland, Holland's youngest Province, 10 meter below sea level
 
  
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