In 1963 Andy and Reggy Tielman were involved with a severe car accident and came under a freight truck. Andy played guitar with his foot, the guitars were played reverse in the neck, his guitar was played with the drumsticks of Loulou, the double bass was handled in a sheer acrobatic way and guitars were tossed between the brothers. They gave a spectacular rock ‘n roll show as never in Europe performed before. They were allowed to fill a break of 20 minutes. Morisson from the organisation of the Hawaiian Village. Several Dutch bands appeared and also THE FOUR TIELMAN BROTHERS were invited by Mr. With a decoration of palm trees, a blue sky and exotic plants and flowers Rudi Wairata (steel guitarist) and Mike Anoi (Guus 'broer' Arends) and their Hawaiian band played as main act. At that time Hawaiian music was very popular in Europe and as a part of the Attraction Park a Hawaiian Village was created. The big aluminium balls of the Atomium in Brussels, Belgium still remember us of the world exebition Expo 58, which was held from the 17 th April until the 19 th October. They soon went famous in Breda and started gigging other places in the province Brabant like Kamp Lunetten in Vught and dancing De Cosmopoliet in ‘s Hertogenbosch. In the beginning they performed as the TIMOR RHYTM BROTHERS but soon they called themselves THE FOUR TIELMAN BROTHERS or THE 4 T’s. Their first appearances took place in Hotel De Schuur at the Catharinalaan in Breda. Later they also bought Egmond combo amplifiers to replace the old radio’s they were using. These were products of the Egmond company from Eindhoven (type ES 57).
That became the legendary big white Miller guitars and a sunburst Wilson guitar.
The brothers went to the music shop Spronk in Breda and after they had convinced the owner of their great talents with their version of Bye Bye Love by The Everly Brothers, they were allowed to buy the most expensive guitars from the shop at instalment purchase. Edu Schalk - later singer with the Poetiray Brothers from Oosterhout- was their first Indonesian friend in Breda. Luckily the DMZ (Military Affairs Service) supplied them with warm clothings. They possessed only of a small suitcase with thin tropical cloths and they were confrontated with the cold Dutch winter. Other significant influences included American country & western, and the rock & roll repertoire played on radio stations in Indonesia via American (AFN) stations from the Philippines and Australia.After arrival in Holland they were settled in Breda in boarding house Smulders at the Baronielaan. Many Indorock musicians had a predilection for Hawaiian music, which was popular in the Netherlands at the time. The guitarists play rhythmic and melodic parts instinctively. Krontjong is characterized by guitars which seem to be "talking" to each other. The traditional Portuguese song styles, saudade and fado, played with guitar accompaniment, later became krontjong music.
The guitar was imported to the Indian archipelago by Portuguese explorers in the 14th century. One of the effects of this cultural process was that, in the mid- 1950s, an instrumental music genre called Indorock became popular. It is a fusion of Indonesian and Western music, and has roots in Kroncong (Malay music).Īfter to Indonesian independence on August 17, 1945, many Indo (Dutch-Indonesian) musicians repatriated to the Netherlands. Indorock is a musical genre, originating in the 1950s in the Netherlands and Europe.
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