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Upcoming Tour Dates

Aanvragen voor een optreden kunt u richten aan Hans Steeds:
06 - 52 43 51 56
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Maybe you might like to organize an evening in a way other than you're used to. Go contact Hans Steeds, he can help you give shape to your ideas. We have professional promotion material available.

Volg twitter.com/ctb25 en je blijft op de hoogte van het laatste nieuws en de agenda!


Your contribution / Uw bijdrage

Many times we receive letters and/or photographs from people who invited the band, or who visited concerts.
Feel free to send us your contributions... Click here to send (it with) an e-mail message, or please write in our guestbook.

Vaak ontvangen we brieven en/of foto's van concertbezoekers. We stellen het op prijs om uw reactie(s) te ontvangen. U kunt een e-mail sturen, of een bijdrage leveren in ons gastenbook.

Ruud van de Meeberg

RuudRuud (August 28) started in 1986 together with initiator Wim Pols, Hans Steeds and Mijndert van der Beek, the Country Trail Band next to his other musical pursuits. The four had a mutual desire to express their ideals through ministry based performances.
In 1990 he chose to fully concentrate on his mission in the Country Trail Band and stopped his other musical pursuits (at that time the very successful Red Hot Dynamite Band).

Quote

"God can't fix you, until your broken!"


Bands Ruud played in

Country Trail Band (1985-today), Calyx (1977-1980; 2002-2007), Buckskin (1980-1985), Red Hot Dynamite Band (1985-1990).

Overview of recordings

  • Overpeinzingen (1977) - cabaret de Weipoort (sticht. Gemiva), drums
  • Tracks and Traces (1978) – Calyx, drums
  • Wim Pols (1985) - Wim Pols, drums and backing vocals
  • Don't Play For Nothing (1992) - Country Trail Band, drums and backing vocals
  • In The Eye Of The Storm (1994) - Country Trail Band, drums and backing vocals (Title track was awarded Country Song of the Year 1994)
  • Make Up Your Mind (1995) - Country Trail Band, drums and backing vocals
  • Borrowed Time (1995) - Nathan & Susan Forrister (drums, recorded at Studio in Bremen GA, USA) (click to listen to title song...)
  • He's Got The Road (1998) - Country Trail Band, drums and backing vocals
  • Country Christmas (1999) - Wim Pols, backing vocals
  • Fly Back Home To You (2000) - Wim Pols, backing vocals,
  • Thanksgiving In The Country (2001) live CD & DVD - George Hamilton IV, drums and backing vocals
  • Iets dichterbij (2001) - Wim Pols and the Country Trail Band, drums and backing vocals
  • Tel uw zegeningen (2001) - Wim Pols and the Country Trail Band, drums and backing vocals
  • Two Doors Down (2003) - Wim Pols and Calyx, drums and backing vocals
  • Labour Of Love (2003) - Country Trail Band, drums and backing vocals
  • Komt verwondert u (2003) - Country Trail Band and Calyx, drums and backing vocals
  • Keep On Trucking - Wim Pols and Calyx, drums and backing vocals
  • Daydream - Leo van Reeven, drums and backing vocals
  • Breng Dank (2004) CD & DVD - Country Trail Band, drums and backing vocals
  • Ontmoeting (2005) - Country Trail Band, drums and backing vocals
  • Stories (2006) - Thécla Rutting, drums and backing vocals
  • Country Gospel Classics (2006) - Country Trail Band, drums and backing vocals
  • Breng het licht (2007) - Country Trail Band, drums and backing vocals
  • Crossroads (2008) - John Schets and Jody Lynn Mitchell, drums and backing vocals
  • History Of Country Music (2008) - Wim Pols and Calyx, drums and backing vocals
  • Silver (2010) CD & DVD- Country Trail Band, drums
  • Ga naar het wonder (2011) - Piet Smit (SA) en the Country Trail Band, drums

Performed with:

Cathy Carter-Heiser (USA), Buddy Greene (USA), Jeff Taylor (USA), George Hamilton IV (USA), Ken Holloway (USA), Nathan and Susan Forrister (USA), Michael Ronstadt (USA), Ted Ramirez (USA), Vernon Oxford (USA), Tim and Mary Alice Lovelace (USA), Linda Randall (USA), Russ Taff (USA), Charlotte Ritchie (USA), Woody & Vonnie Wright (USA), Stephen Hill (USA), Reggie & Ladye Love Smith (USA), Piet Smit (RSA), Frank Jansen (NL), Sandra Vanrijs (NL), ... and many more.

Live touring in:

Netherlands, USA, Belgium, Germany, France, Spain, UK, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Austria, Czech Republic.

Appeared on (selection):

Grand Ole Opry (USA), Flevo Festival (NL), Floralia Country Show (NL ), EO TV (NL), EO Radio (NL), KRO Radio (NL), NCRV Radio (NL), TROS Radio ( NL), TV38 (USA), Craponne sur Arzon (FR).

Gear:

yamahaDrums:
Yamaha Beech Custom - color: Solid Black: Bass Drum: 20x16 (with Evans EMAD - batter head, Evans EQ3 Resonant head); Toms: 8x7, 10x9, 12x10, 14x12 (all toms with Yamaha wood hoops and Evans EC2 batter heads and clear G2 resonant heads); snare drums: 14x6 Yamaha Signature "Anton Fig"; 14x51/2 Beech (both snare drums have Evans Power Center Reverse Dot batter heads and Evans Hazy 200 snare side heads).

Cymbals:
13” Sabian AAX X-Celerator Hi-Hat, 20” Sabian AAX Dry Ride, 16” Sabian HH Thin Crash, 17" Sabian Vault Crash, 16” Sabian AAX Dark Crash, 16” Sabian AAX Studio Crash, 14” Sabian AAX Studio crash, 13” Sabian AA Extra Thin crash, 12” Sabian HHX Splash.

Sticks:
Vic Firth 2BN, Vic Firth 5BN, Vic Firth Jazz Rake, Vic Firth Rock Rake, Vic Firth Rute, Vater wire brushes, Regal Tip wire brushes, Regal Tip Blasticks, Promark 747, Promark HotRods.

Ruud's church: EC De Rivier
Ruud's favorite Drumshop: Interdrum, Winterswijk, Netherlands
Ruud's favorite Drummer: Paul Leim, Kenny Malone
Click here to send Ruud an e-mail message

 

click the name to visit the Country Trail Band member's page

lead vocals and rhytm guitar bass guitar, lead & backing vocals drums and backing vocals lead guitar lead & backing vocals fiddle steel guitar and dobro steel guitar
Wim Pols Hans Steeds Ruud van de Meeberg Mijndert van Beek Astrid Langeland Gideon van Buitenen Ron de la Bey Johnny Holman
regular guest players:

 

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Country Trail Band performing at the Evertshuis in Bodegraven (Netherlands) for the 25th anniversary DVD Silver...

photo's by: Caroline van der Sterre
DVD Silver
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Noortje van Middelkoop is te gast op de nieuwe CD/DVD 'Silver'

Noortje van MiddelkoopNoortje geeft als panfluitiste vele concerten samen met organisten en pianisten. Daarnaast treedt zij regelmatig op met koren en werkt mee aan diverse radio-, televisie-, dvd- en cd-opnamen. Sinds kort schrijft Noortje ook haar eigen muziek... Lees verder...

 


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goes Back To The Country

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In The Spotlight

mcmsWe invite you to visit Iris and Ron de la Bey's Maranatha Christan Music Store! The webshop offers tons of CDs and DVDs with Southern gospel, black gospel, Chirstian gospel music. They also own an awsome shop in Bodegraven, Netherlands where they also offer musical instruments! Worth a visit!


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