Just a nice acoustic song dedicated to my children and grandchildren.

Your Time is Now
you will shine you will glow
From your heart you will know
this is the time of your life
your party
your show

music by Klaas Versteeg
lyrics by Sheena Hope

Your Time Is Now

Soul singer Koos van Roon joins sax player Klaas Versteeg in one of their favorite sixties classics ONLY ONE WOMAN.
Originally written by the BeeGees in 1968 for a band calles The Marbles.

Only One Woman

This is a re-recording of the first single of a famous Dutch seventies band "DIZZY MAN'S BAND" 
All instruments played or programmed by their saxophone player Klaas Versteeg in 2022. 
Leadsinger Jacques Kloes his vocals from the original 1969 recording were re-used.

Unfortunately something went wrong with the original recording and that was really a shame, cos it's a good song that was written by the band's roadie Bob Ketzer.

TELL ME IT’S ALLRIGHT - Dizzy Man's Band

This is my take on John Lee Hooker's early sixties song DON'T LOOK BACK.
 I got inspired by one of my most favorite versions of  THEM and Van Morrison. Always dreamed away, although the lyrics say: stop dreaming and live on in the future and don't look back. 
The song makes me wanna look back to all those days of yesteryear.
Me and my wife at a campingsite in Virginia. Great memories.

Don't Look Back

A song I wrote about how heartwarming it is when people spontaneously help people, who are a victim of climate change. Like what happened in the Ardennes in the summer of 2021.
Featuring Geert van Hoof, a police officer in my neighborhood and a great friend and singer.

Here For You - feat.Geert Van Hoof

Lyrics by Jo Rockman and music by Klaas Versteeg
A song about the dark side of the music business.

They took the world by storm
Fulfilled all their dreams
Threw caution to the wind
Did things to extremes

Game of chance and choices
Future in the balance hung
Did so much in a short life
Lived fast and died so young


Was it by pure chance?
That followed them everywhere
Was it just bad luck?
Is there some meaning there?

It's a destiny number
A cube that's 3x9
A powerful message
27 is a warning sign

May be myth and magic
Or Saturn that's to blame
Too much self-medication
Got sick of wealth and fame

Such amazing talent
Their earthly life has gone
Left a music legacy
Inspiration still lives on

It's a destiny number
A cube that's 3x9
A powerful message
27 is a warning sign
Turn the switch to replay
Would it end a different way?

Twenty Seven Is A Warning Sign - Old Man Of Rock

Lyrics by Jo Rockman
Music by Klaas Versteeg

The landmark venue on Denmark Street, which closed for redevelopment in 2015, was renowned for hosting early shows for acts who went on to reach stardom including Adele, Regina Spektor and Jeff Buckley.

Its location in the nicknamed “Tin Pan Alley” of London was at the heart of much British musical history. David Bowie famously hung out on Denmark Street in the ’60s, and The Kinks, The Rolling Stones, the Sex Pistols and Elton John all recorded or rehearsed their early works at recording studios on the street. NME‘s offices were formerly located there.

Honouring the name of one of Bowie’s former bands, The Lower Third will take over the space formerly home to The 12 Bar Club. It will open on an unconfirmed date this summer.

It comes as the Outernet also unveils its new HERE venue – part of the entertainment group’s redevelopment near Tottenham Court Road tube station in Soho – which is scheduled to open at some point in July.

HERE is the first live events space to open in central London since the ’40s. The Outernet’s London redevelopment project was originally slated for completion last autumn but has since seen delays. The Outernet is also working on sites in LA and New York City.

Tin Pan Alley / The Music Never Stops - Old Man Of Rock

Song written by David Walmsley and Jo Rockman.

Guitars and vocals by David Walmsley, recorded in Dublin Dublin
Bass drums , keys and saxophone by Klaas Versteeg, recorded in Flanders, Belgium.

A good career move
To die in your prime
Increasing record sales
Recorded through a lifetime

Sell your back catalogue
To a brand new generation
Too young to know you well
The record company could be 
A revelation

Go on tour beyond the grave
Through a computer program
Performing from the afterlife
Walking on stage as a hologram

You turn to stardust
But you’re not gone 
You’re here amongst us
Still singing the song

Build an illusion
Posthumous reality
Holographic hologram
Life has no finality

You do live forever
Go on tour beyond the grave
Through a computer program
Perform from the afterlife
Walking on stage as a hologram

Kind of celebration
Posthumous communication
You can live forever
Immortalised on Instagram                                                     

 Rockman Walmsley 18/10/2019

Hologram - Old Man Of Rock

The Thin White Duke is dedicated to David Bowie who was the greatest rock star ever. 
Music by Klaas Versteeg - lyrics by Joel Rockman

The Thin White Duke
A Brixton boy
David Robert Jones
Fame he’d soon enjoy
Rock n’ Roll with lipstick
Blessed with a plastic soul
The robot found emotion
Each time a different role

THIN WHITE DUKE - Old Man Of Rock

THE SEASONS OF LIFE  - a song to a poem by Jimmy Osborne

1:In the darkest winter of my life
When all that I could see was strife
I faithfully followed a vibrant light
That stayed me through the starless night

2:My heart did spring from that icy chill
When I think of it, I can feel it still
I’ve only just begun to heal
I’ve only just begun to feel

CHORUS
The soothing breeze on summer waves
When every day is a sunny day
It’s funny I can finally say
It feels good to be alive today

Though every now and then I fall
I’m losing leaves but through it all
Through the darkest winters of my life
I never lost that vibrant light

Lyrics by Jimmy Osborne (Poetry for the Soul)
Music written by Nick McAlley
all instruments and vocals by Klaas Versteeg
Photo by Masakazu Matsumoto

The Seasons Of Life

Song written to a poem by Jimmy Osborne.
Music composed, played and sung by Klaas Versteeg. 
The guitar is in an open C tuning.

IT’S ALLRIGHT TO SIT IN SILENCE
AND REST YOUR TIRED MIND
YOU’VE BEEN TRAVELIN ON THIS ROAD SO LONG
YOU MIGHT AS WELL UNWIND

TAKE A MOMENT TO UNRAVEL
LIKE A RIBBON IN THE WIND
FORGET THE GRID AND GRAVEL
THE VICIOUS BATTLES THAT LIE WITHIN

IT’S ALLRIGHT TO SIT IN SILENCE
IN FACT, I DO IT ALL THE TIME
I’VE BEEN TRAVELING ON THIS ROAD SO LONG
I MIGHT AS WELL UNWIND

I TAKE A MOMENT FROM THE GRAVEL
OF A SOCIETY, UNKIND
I REMOVE MY RUSTY SADDLE
AND LEAVE THE UGLY PAST BEHIND

a Traveler's Tune

I wrote this song with Joel Rockman, who wrote the lyrics.
A song about our band's PR STUNT in the seventies, when we were desparate for recognition.
We organized ourselves a stunt to help us with promotion.

PR STUNT- Old Man Of Rock

A song for the love of my life.

A faded wedding photograph 
You and me in our first dance 
Our eyes are closed 
We're lost in one sweet embrace 
Since those days the world has changed 
But our love remains the same 
God knows we've had our share of saving grace 

And I'm proud of all the blessings 
You have given me 
The mountains we have climbed to get this far 
You've learned to take the laughter with the tears 
After all these years 

You make it feel brand new 
After the fires that we walked through 
Against the odds we never lost our faith 

In our house we've made our home 
Where our children all have grown 
Precious moments time cannot erase 

Make a living up and down the gypsy highways 
Seasons that we've had to share apart 
Somehow in my heart I always keep you near me 
After all these years 

After all these years 
You stood by me 
The days and nights that I was gone 
After all these years 
You sacrificed, believed in me 
And you stood strong 
Cause with our love there's nothing left to fear 
After all these years 

After all these years 
You stood by me 
The days and nights that I was gone 
After all these years 
You've sacrificed, believed in me 
And you stood strong 
Cause with our love there's nothing left to fear 
After all these years

After All These Years

TO WHAT IT WAS  (TO WHAT IT CAN BE)

song written by Rover in october 2023
recorded on december 3th in 2023 in Pelt - Belgium

Holding it in my hands
The barren and dry soil that rests on these lands
A generational project to bring it back 
To what it was 
To what it can be
If we treat her like a friend

May the soil be rich and may you be filled with laughter
As you work it with your steady hands
Power, patience dedication
An inspiration
To what it was 
To what it can be 
If we treat her like a friend 

A circle has no end and no beginning 
But it has to start somewhere 
To jump in the hoop of life and start engaging 
Is a prayer and a hope for a sacret life

May the flowers bloom in all their colour 
To share this place with the flies and bees and the trees
May we stay present in our journey for a just world
May we stay present in our journey for a just world 

To what it was 
What it can be
If we treat her like a friend

ROVER  - To What It Was - to what it can be

"and though i've seen my better days
every day is getting better"
music by Klaas Versteeg
lyrics by Jimmy Osborne

all instruments played by Klaas Versteeg

Every Day Is Getting Better

De liedjes op de teksten van Dirk Versteeg Sr. opnieuw opgenomen in 2016. Dit zijn de voorlopige opnames.

Vanuit De Stuurhut

Wij willen verder

Pampus P3

Vanuit de Stuurhut

Aalscholver

Over de oude , nooit gebruikte fabriek De Vrede aan het Noordzeekanaal. Tekst Dirk Versteeg Sr.

De Vrede - De Vrede

Dit is 't Allerliefste liedje van het Project Aalscholver, gezongen door Annet, Lisette en Amber Versteeg. De tekst is van schipper dichter Dirk Versteeg , de muziek van zoon Klaas. Dit liedje stamt uit begin jaren tachtig.

't Allerliefst - Project Aalscholver

Broers Klaas en Dirk Versteeg zingen over de Oude Zeehaven, waar eens de zeeschepen lagen in de haven van Zaandam.  Tekst van schipper-dichter Dirk Sr. en muziek van Klaas. 

"vervallen en vol spinnenragen staat het cafe het cafe het cafe
waar eens de schepen lagen   uit te rusten van hun strijd op zee
liggen lichters – dood als silos boordevol met kostbaar graan
dood als silos  schijnbaar groots maar afgedaan

ja ik leef in het heden, maar het verleden lonkt naar mij
hoor de gulle lach weerklinken in het cafe  het cafe 
waar ze na een dag van zweten in de witte kragen beten in het cafe het cafe het cafe

geurend hout vermengd met zweet ,buitenboord gedraaid met lieren
bundels hangend in de boom  -werkers bezig als verdwaalde mieren                                       
zie ze lossen nog met de hand – schepen haast uit ieder land
Denen Noren Finnen Russen – iedere natie is er tussen
Zweden Ieren en zovoort – de tand des tijds heeft het verstoord
 
ja ik leef in het heden, maar het verleden lonkt naar mij
hoor de gulle lach weerklinken in het cafe  het cafe 
waar ze na een dag van zweten in de witte kragen beten in het cafe het cafe het cafe
in het cafe het cafe het cafe
in het cafe het cafe het cafe 
ole

De Oude Zeehaven- Klaas En Dirk Versteeg Jr.

In de Czaar Peter Blues wordt Czaar Peter De Grote bezongen door Nico Roos. De gitaren zijn gespeeld door Marc Lecock en Rune Holwerda, de harmonica is gespeeld door Bastiaan Versteeg en de basgitaar door Gerrit Versteeg. Klaas Versteeg bespeelt de sax en piano en bedacht de muziek. Dat zijn 2 zonen, 1 schoonzoon, 1 neef en 2 kleinkinderen van de tekstschrijver Dirk Versteeg Sr.

Czaar Peter Blues  - Project Aalscholver

"Ik denk dat wat in je kinderjaren het meest tot je verbeelding spreekt de basis vormt; de basis die je bewust of onbewust de keuzes doet maken, waardoor dromen tot werkelijkheid komen."  Dit schreef schipper dichter Dirk Versteeg aan het slot van zijn boek Flarden. Het bijbehorende gedicht wordt voorgedragen door Lisette Versteeg en Marc Lecock bespeelde en bedacht de gitaarpartij.

Droom en werkelijkheid

Back to the sound of the Sixties!" with this Dutch family Project. Dad Dirk wrote the lyrics, sons Klaas and Gerrit Versteeg play organ and bass, nephew Marc Lecock plays the guitars and son-in-law Nico Roos sings. Klaas wrote the music and recorded and mixed this track in his home studio in the garage box. It's about being friendly to each other in an unfriendly world.

De definitieve versie van De Vrijen met Marc Lecock op gitaar, Gerrit Versteeg aan de bas, Nico Roos zingt, Klaas Versteeg op orgel en gitaar.

De Vrijen - Project Aalscholver

Gedicht "Herinnering aan Stella" geschreven op Allerheiligen 1 november 1986

ik ben verdwaald
ik ben allang niet meer van hier
ik ken je naam
ik zoek een weg
ik zoek al jaren om mij heen
ik ken je naam
de jaren zijn voorbij gegaan
de tijd
een zucht
een eeuwigheid
is minder waard dan stof
als gisteren lach je tegen mij
jouw verten raken mij nog aan
jouw hoop op leven
niet vergaan
doen mij hier  diep in deemoed staan

Ik Ben Verdwaald  (gedicht) -Project Aalscholver

De gebroeders Klaas en Dirk Versteeg bezingen de haven van Amsterdam, een tekst van vader schipper Dirk Sr.

Amsterdam  de wallen  de meiden, ze zijn niet veranderd ,                 zal altijd bestaan
schepen brengen uit verre landen – kostbare lading   -                         in jouw havens aan
aan het IJ – zie ik cruise schepen als paleizen op veilige ree
in Amsterdam om die stad te beleven                                                     slechts 14 mijlen , 14 mijlen van zee
al rijkt dan de haven tot ver buiten zicht                                                is het veranderd op de toekomst gericht
diep in mijn hart brand er een vlam                                                           geloof en beleef ik mijn Amsterdam
laten of lossen – mammoets mastodonten                                           gigantische kranen – ja het gaat altijd door
zo is het geweest zo zal het altijd blijven                                                in jouw havens gaan ze er voor
het zijn de werkers die zwoegen en zweten                                          ze maken de haven werkelijk groot
in amsterdam daar aan die havens wordt er gezongen en jij zingt mee

Mijn Amsterdam  - Project Aalscholver

Lyrics written by Canadian poet Spellwriter, music by Nick McAlley

I'm just an old soul, but forever young at heart.
My new solo album is a mix of jazz, latin, blues and pop. 10 selfwritten songs. Played all instruments  and recorded  in my home studio in Belgium. 
I am a pro musician,multi-instrumentalist and singer. My main instrument is the tenor sax though. I was a member of a famous Dutch band, the Dizzy Man's Band. I played in big theatre shows and musicals and later on had a solo career as Nick McAlley. I still feel the urge to write and record my own music.  Keeps me young at heart.
 I thank you for taking the time to listen!

Life's Great Song

This is a song about my dad, who was a skipper and sailed the canals and rivers in Holland, Belgium, Germany and France. 

I'm just an old soul, but forever young at heart.
My new solo album "Young @ Heart - Old Soul" is a mix of jazz, latin, blues and pop. Selfwritten songs, played and recorded in my home studio in Belgium. 
I am a pro musician and multi-instrumentalist and singer. My main instrument is the tenor sax though. I was a member of a famous Dutch band, the Dizzy Man's Band. I played in big theatre shows and musicals and later on had a solo career as Nick McAlley. I'm now semi-retired but still feel the urge to write and record my own music.  
 I thank you for taking the time to listen!  Especially if you're an old soul with a young heart.

Old Skipper

Een van de leukste typetjes van Herman Smak, organist en cabaretier bij de Dizzy Man's Band. Sketche van Herman met presentator Bob Ketzer.

Rinus Ruilmotor - Dizzy Man's Band

Een eerlijk interview met Herman Smak uit 1981. Hij zegt een paar mooie en opmerkelijke dingen over de Dizzy en zichzelf.

Interview Met Herman Smak

Lyrics written by David Lawrence 
music written by Klaas Versteeg
Played, recorded and sung by Klaas Versteeg.

On the surface of the sea, gentle ripples ride.
To us, the water looks so clear and warm.
But far away, for others, there is a crashing tide
And clouds that surely mean another raging storm.
 
If you’re lucky, very lucky,
Then life is like a walk on golden sands.
But it’s different, very different,
If you have to work the soil in troubled lands.

On the surface of the sea, gentle ripples ride.
To us, the water looks so clear and warm.
But far away, for others, there is a crashing tide
And clouds that surely mean another raging storm.
 
We’re so lucky, very lucky,
That fate decided we should live in peace.
When for others, many others,
Fears of war or drought and famine never cease.

For Others - Klaas Versteeg

You gotta do what you gotta do. 
Release my Gotta Gotta mind.
lyrics and music by Klaas Versteeg

Release My Gotta Gotta Mind- Nicolas Project

the sound of our love is pure gold
in the quiet i can see our life unfold
i never have doubts when i hear your voice
everything else is just white noise

life is frenetic and fast and unfair.
the eye of the storm is the ground we share
life’ s a carousel but at night we step down
in your arms i bless the peace we have found 

who doesn’t want to live like a king
but a ransom is not what i want you to bring 
why do you stress with your drive to provide
cause love shines like gold when we put that aside

sometimes i just need to clear my mind
but life is so busy the time i can’t find
no matter my problems or what’s done or said
you will always be the sound in my head




lyrics by Sheena Hope

The Sound Of Our Love - Klaas Versteeg

I like music of the seventies and eighties a lot. I took my favorite weapon and composed and played this instrumental as a peaceful guitar warrior.

On youtube: https://youtu.be/nIWg2g0Xr_k

"One doesn’t need to become a peaceful warrior. By virtue of living here, on planet Earth, each and every one of us is a peaceful warrior in training — to the degree that we strive to live with a more peaceful heart… but also recognize that there are times we need to live with a warrior spirit." --Dan Millman

Peaceful Warrior - Nicolas Project

A funky song about how the quirky rambles of life and love are more important in the end than the bright dazzling beginnings.
Music by Klaas Versteeg / lyrics by Sheena Hope

The Fire - Nicolas Project

I am a pro musician and multi-instrumentalist and singer. 
My main instrument is the tenor sax though. 
I was a member of a famous Dutch band, the Dizzy Man's Band. 
I played in big theatre shows and musicals and later on had a solo career as Nick McAlley.
 I still feel the urge to write and record my own music.  
 I thank you for taking the time to listen!  Especially if you're an old soul with a young heart.

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