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People Talk
Walter Rootsie and his Blue Connection – People Talk ( 2025)
The band is quite unique in the 20 years they play this year. The band is formed in Vantaa, Finland in 2005 around singer songwriter Walter “Rootsie” Hopmans from Amsterdam together with top musicians from Finland. After the release of the album Dark Water in 2013 the band continued touring and playing. In all those years they made numerous of new songs and played them successfully live. From all these new songs a first selection of 10 songs is made for new recordings and arrangements.
The title of the album People Talk is referring to theme of talking. Talking in many ways about feelings, problems, fear, love. This album deserves a few rounds until you discover it all.
Songs:
People talk
Depression
The Hole Time
Gone, Gone, Gone
Please To Meet
You Kiss The Wrong Guy
Empty Heart
Eternal Love
We Both Know
Old Love
Band Line-up:
Walter Rootsie – Vocals, acoustic guitar, percussion
Parska Saharinen – Electric guitar, tremolo guitar
Jan Smedberg – Bass guitar
Anssi Lehtivuori – Drums
Guest Musicians:
Tommi Laine – Electric guitar, e-bow, slide guitar, low guitar, tremolo guitar
Gona Lehtinen – Electric guitar, Gretsch guitar
Mike Roelofs – Hammond, organ, piano, Wurlitzer
Production Details:
Recorded and mixed at IJland Studio, Amsterdam
Engineer: Tim Visser
Additional recordings in Vantaa, Tampere, Helsinki, and Nijmegen
Produced by Walter Rootsie
Mastered by Pete Maher (Pete Maher Mastering Studio, London)
