Blaas Of Glory is a hilarious, acoustic, travelling act which brings hard rock back to its roots. With its armamentarium of sousaphone, flute, clarinet, banjo, lyre, accordion, washboard, acoustic guitars, snare drum, bass drum and lots of vocal harmonies, Blaas of Glory is a blast from the past, breathing new life into ancient hardrock classics. Unique and ideal for performing at festivals and events for street performers, Blaas Of Glory is at home on any stage but loves performing amongst the crowd. 2009 was an exciting year for the men from Blaas of Glory: a European tour, supporting Metallica on metalfestival Sonisphere in Knebworth (UK), Barcelona (ES) Pori (FIN) and Nijmegen (NL). Performing amongst the crowd on the festival area, backstage for bands such as Slipknot, Korn and Lamb of God, and on main stage for thousands of cheering metalfans. In between the band won Dutch Buskersfestival De Gouden Pet and made several radio- and TV-appearances on Dutch National Broadcast. The story of Blaas of Glory starts in 2005 with the discovery of a supposedly lost tape-recording, belonging to the well-known American musicologist Alan Lomax. It contained a number of true American prison songs, including the surprising Rosie from 1947. This primaeval version of Whole Lotta Rosie formed the never-revealed basis for Australian rock band AC/DC’s worldwide breakthrough in 1978. Inspired by this discovery, Blaas of Glory was formed to continue the search for the origins of hard rock. More stunning suprises awaited: AC/DC’s Highway To Hell was originally a dark gospel, written by satanist Anton Szandor LaVey in 1967. Enter Sandman (Metallica) appeared to be a 1969 Dutch smash hit, retrieved in the basement at the home of Shocking Blue’s singer Mariska Veres. The trail of I Love Rock ’n’ Roll (Joan Jett; Britney Spears) led to a 1964 Richards song for the Stones album “12 x 5”, declined by Mick Jagger. And even much older, The Final Countdown (Europe) is a composition dating from 1680, in honour of the foundation of The Royal Swedish Marine Chapel. So the list continues... Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.