The band was founded by Peter Kroon, Laurent Douek, and J.-F. Person in summer 2007, Michel Bourquin joined during 2010.
Blues Box performs now as a quartet or trios (swing and power)
Peter : guitar & vocals.
Peter (1947) is Dutch citizen established for long in Switzerland. He started the guitar when he was 14, later on when studying in the US he played in various college bands and ultimately became heavily influenced by Chuck Berry, J. Hendrix, and E. Clapton. Many years later, he discovered the Blues by listening to Robert Johnson. In 2007, he co-founded the Blues Box trio. He his also currently dedicated to his music, playing ans performing with Blues Box. He his also establishing himself as a guitar coach with a methodology for guitar teaching aimed at beginners and more advanced.
Laurent : harmonicas.
Laurent (1970) is a jazz and blues harmonicist from Geneva. He started playing chromatic harmonica at the age of 17. He developped his own technic as an autodidact, and performed jazz,funk and R&B in concerts and jam sessions mainly in Switzerland as well as in Europe and in the US. His main influences go from Miles Davis, Stan Getz, Sonny Rollins, Art Pepper to Toots Thielmanns and Stevie Wonder. He later discovered Blues listening to Muddy Waters, E. Clapton, and harp players such as Sugar Blue, James Cotton, Kim Wilson, Mark Hummel and J.-J. Milteau. With the Blues Box band, Laurent plays regularly blues as well as jazz and rock repertoire.
David : bass
David is a bass player from the US who arrived in Switzerland in the summer of 2007. He started performing on stage at age 17, and has played a wide range of music styles from acoustic coffee house to hard rock, including country, reggae, lounge, and original music. While being influenced by all these experiences, it was his participation in an experimental improvisation project that helped him begin to find his own musical voice on the bass guitar. The invitation to join with the fine musicians in the Blues Box band has rounded out his happiness with living in Switzerland.
Jean-François "bearfoot" : drums.
Jean-François (1947) a French and Swiss citizen was magically appealed as a teenager by british and american rock bands. He steadily practice listening to his beloved art of music during many stays in England and in the US. Very quickly, Jean-François was fscinated by drumming as well for the groove feeling, as for the instrument itself. As an autodidact, he usually customizes, and restores, his own sets, and played in various blues ans blues-rocks bands in France and Switzerland since his twenties. Co-founder of the Blues Box band, he found with Laurent, Peter, and David, groovy pals, with whom he was also comforted in playing jazz tunes.
Michel Bourquin, a bass player from Geneva brings to the band his gorgious groove and friendship.
