After a 2-year hiatus, The Canettes Blues Band (above) has returned with a new vigor. We caught up with Steve Goldfarb to find out more about this local group.
Steve commented, "The Canettes Blues Band has been entertaining enthusiastic fans in the Geneva area over two Millenia and are still optimistic to make it to a 3rd. The group was founded around 1996. There were no written records, back then, but some ancient carvings found in the CERN Music Club Locale seem to indicate they were already entertaining local parties and festivals back then."
The band members, listed below, all have day jobs (teachers, programmers, bankers, artists, scientists and retirees) and are just as enthusiastic for their alter ego positions in the band. What better way to let off steam and socialize till the cows come home! And that is true for the band members too.
The Canettes honed their talents performing their own special style of “Versoix Delta” blues, with members hailing from Seyssel, Bern and the Pays de Gex. Their repertoire covers a wide variety of blues and R&B favourites, from Muddy Waters to Buddy Guy, Sam & Dave to Mick & Keith, as well as a few of their own unique creations, including the Fuzzy Wuzzy Blues and Sweet Little Barmaid.
The Canettes presented their own ATLAS Boogie to an enthusiastic crowd at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 2013, and have graced (or snuck into) such diverse venues as the slopes of Villars, the Swiss Chalet, the CERN Hardronic Festival, Paddy’s Pub (RIP), Seven Arts, the Mr. Pickwick Pub, The Scene, Auberges des Vergers, and many other venues.
Where does the name come from?
If you are a beer drinker, then you will know that the name of the group originates from the size of a half liter beer glass, a canette. This advertisement from the Landolt brewery published on February 6, 1885 in the "Journal de Genève" tells us that already at that time, a canette corresponded to half a liter of beer. The same advertisement shows us that the word "chope" was also used in Geneva but for three deciliters of beer. And a two-deciliter glass was called a "bock" nowadays referred to as a "galopin".
Upcoming gig on 26 March 2022 entitled Spring Blues, will be held at the Auberge des Vergers, 21 Esplanade des Récréations, 1217 Meyrin. This new development in the heart of Meyrin is accessible by public transport and is between the Parking des Vergers and the Patinoire/Piscine des Vergers.
The Canettes Blues Band
Check the website for upcoming gigs and photos from the past.
http://www.canettes.ch
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Kelly Burrows - Vocals
Sam Carli - Guitar
Marc Dambrine - Bass Guitar
Jan Dijkstra - Drums
Steve Goldfarb - Vocals
Wojt Krajewski - Piano, Keyboard
Jim Stone - Harmonica, Vocals
About the car in the photos: Dodge Monaco Sedan 1974 ‘Bluesmobile’ - Erwin Siesling, aka Elwood - article coming soon!
