Midnight Special - CCC inc.

C.C.C. Inc. is a Dutch folk band that gained nationwide renown when they established a commune in a farmstead where they lived and recorded their albums from 1966 to 1974. The band split up in the mid-1970s, but still get back together on a regular basis for the recording of an album or a tour of Dutch theatres.

The members of the original line-up were Appie Rammers (bass), Ernst Jansz (accordion, piano, washboard, vocals), Huib Schreurs (harmonica, vocals), Jaap van Beusekom (banjo, pedal steel, vocal), Jan Kloos (guitar, mandoline) and Joost Belinfante (vocals). The band's 'finest hour' was probably their performance at the legendary Holland Pop Festival (1970), where C.C.C. Inc. was the only Dutch band playing at the main stage.

After the split of C.C.C. Inc., Jansz and Belinfante went on to form Doe Maar, a band that was become the most succesful Dutch-language band ever and elicited a period of 'Doe Maar mania' in the early 1980s. C.C.C. Inc., however, did continue to record at the old homestead from time to time. These recordings would not see the light of day until, in 2001, the band released its first new album in two decades, Jan, named after original band member Jan Kloos, who had died in 1998. This album is a compilation of the best tracks recorded since 1985.

Since 2004 the group members get back together more regularly than before, mostly for public performances, including a fully-fledged reunion tour in 2007 with Jan Hendriks (of Doe Maar fame) on guitar. This tour coincided with the release of a CD/DVD boxed set containing the bands entire oeuvre to mark the bands 40th anniversary.

Discography:

* 1970 - To Our Grandchildren
* 1971 - Watching The Evening Sun
* 1973 - Castle In Spain
* 1975 - CCC Forever
* 1984 - Van Beusekom
* 1990 - Speed & Intensity
* 2000 - Jan
* 2007 - Verzameld Werk (12 CD boxed set, 1967-2007) Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.