In their collaborative effort to produce the first  new album, Curtis and MAZ worked on a daily basis. What emerged from this work will be described in this chapter. 
  
"Almost every morning the nurse would come by" remembers Annette. "MAZ was given the key to our house and Curtis knew he could call him anytime. Whenever possible, MAZ would use the time to sit in the garden with his guitar. Around one o'clock they would come together and see which idea they would work on next." 
 
At the end of an afternoon, MAZ went into his studio to produce a little demo of the new ideas and come back in the evening to resume the work with Curtis.  
  
What emerged from these sessions is what HappyDream-Music, the publishing firm that the artists founded later in November, labels the "New Blues Sound." Already during the creation process, Curtis envisioned the set for the recordings, and hand-picked the musicians that he would like to hear perform this New Sound. 
  
  

  

 

Mr. Wrice was born and raised on the south side of Chicago where he attended Corpus Christi Catholic grammar School and Englewood and St. Elizabeth High Schools. He learned professional dancing at the Sadie Bruce School of Dance on 54th and Calumet, and later toured with them dancing professionally for seven years. While in High School, he began playing drums.   
   
A young man named Wilber Campbell introduced him to the George L. Giles American Legion Post. There he played precision drums and became the Drum Sgt. In their first year of competition, they became the First Black Core to ever win both State and National competitions in the same year. He served four years in the United States Navy including a year in the Navy band aboard the battleship USS Iowa. After his honorable discharge, he formed his own band. They were very popular on both the north and south sides of Chicago. Gaining onstage experience with a big-band sound, the band left Chicago and were very successful on the road playing with many top names from the Regal and the Apollo theater.   
   
He later joined the great Lionel Hampton Big Band and toured the U.S. It was in 1953 that he met Ruth Jones, better known as Dinah Washington and became one of her many husbands. Larry 'Wild' Wrice, as he is affectionately called in the business has played for some of the greats in showbusiness. Some of those names include: Nancy Wilson, Billie Holiday, Carmen McRae, Teddy Wilson Trio, Sarah Vaughn, Quincy Jones, Count Basie, studiodrummer for the Motown Record Corp., Curtis Knight and BB King.  
  
Larry has settled down in Holland, recently joining the "HappyDream-Music" Productions. Larry's famous and unique Double-bass drumsound forms an essential part of the New  Blues Sound, presented on the "Double Rainbow Vol.1 Collection". His former bassplayer of the "Chicago Blues Busters", Thomas Andersson from Norway, contributed some fine basslines on the CD.   
   

 

Keith Dunn   
Harmonicas   
   

Born in Boston, Massasuchetts USA, in 1966, being too young to be allowed in bars, he listened to Luther "Georgia Boy"Johnson standing at the door and saw and heard blues for the first time. He had previously listened only to James Brown.   
   
In 1967 Keith bought his first harmonica and with growing interest and an insatiable appetite for the blues, attended many concerts including B.B King, Buddy Guy and Junior Wells, Howling Wolf, Jokes Cotton, T Bone Walker, also a solo performance by John Lee Hooker.   
   
Keith enjoyed a very successful career in his own right. Later on Keith meets harmonica great Big Walter Hornton. Keith has continued playing since 1967 and brings to this CD all of his vast knowledge and experience, but most of all, you will hear his soulful heartfelt playing as he adds his magic touch.   
 
 

   

 

Sam was born into a musical family in  Liverpool.  He started playing in Folk Clubs in 1966 and through a friend discovered Robert Johnson. Sam was inspired by his sound and guitar.   
   
Long John Baldry saw him playing in a wellknown folk club. Sam made internationally famous gold recordings with them and many other superstars, such as The Rolling Stones, Alexis Korner, Jim Capaldi, Marc Bolan, ChrisJagger, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Arthur Cruddrup and many other wellknown personalities, too numerous to mention.   
   
Indeed he exhibits on this CD his knowledge and expertise on the slide and dobro. He produces some incredible sounds that take you from the beginning of slide and dobro guitar popularity something new and fresh.  
 

   

   

Richie Patisselano   
Lead Guitar 
  

 

    

 

Thomas Andersson  
Bass Guitar 
  
  

 

He has been introduced to the Double Rainbow Production by Larry 'Wild' Wrice, the bandleader of the CBB.  
  
  

 

 

Dino started playing bass at the age of 19. He moved to Holland from Suriname in 1968 and started to achieve his well deserved reputation as one of the best bass players in Holland.   
   
Dino was Jan Akkerman's long-time bassist and has had stints with Candy Dulfer, White Snake and many other wellknown personalities. Dino's driving bass line on 'Get away from that window' and his articulate playing help make this CD something special. Future releases of the coming Volumes will feature him with more original recordings during this project.  
   
 

 

 

Catfish started playing guitar early in life with the family band, led by his grandfather on harmonica and his father on drums. 

He worked with the “Maloe Melo All-Stars”, and later formed his own “Catfish Bluesband”, playing clubs and festivals all over Europe. With Pat Mears from Austin Texas he performed as a duo. 

On his own, as a street musician, he worked from Amsterdam, Cologne, London to the French Quarter in New Orleans, USA.  

He worked as a sideman for Michael de Jong.  

Nowadays, after a long period of strictly playing gospel music, he’s back at what he’s doing best: ‘playing the blues’ with the Double Rainbow  Band.    
  
  

   

 

  

 

Tenny has joined the Double Rainbow Band in November 1999. He is also  “Half Past Midnight” ‘s long-time bass player. He has toured Europe with Curtis Knight and “Half Past Midnight” in the 1990’s  and played many concerts together with Rob Orlemans and other artists. 

Tenny also joined the “Chicago Blues Busters”, the trio led by Larry ‘Wild’ Wrice, carrying the tradition of the original  Chicago Blues Style. 

He contributed some fine bass lines on several tracks of the “Double Rainbow Volume 1” compilation. Tenny’s extra-ordinary bass style produces a solid foundation for the “New  Blues Sound”.