# Live review from concert in EU: Kai Strauss at ABC Music Club in Doetinchem․ He plays guitar solos and sings beautifully։ Video, Photos

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- Published: 2025-06-03T11:50:45+01:00
- Author: https://JazzBlues.EU

**Finally a well-filled concert hall of the ABC Music Club in Doetinchem, last Sunday
afternoon.**

Kai Strauss, born on May 15, 1970 in Lengerich, Germany (Kreis Steinfurt, Nordrhein
Westfalen), so a direct Eastern neighbor from the Achterhoek, has been 55 for a 
few days and has been working as a singer, guitarist and songwriter for years, if
I’m correct since 1995.

From the song Stand Strong Together you can hear that he is a great singer (by the
way, he doesn’t have a German accent) and a truly excellent guitarist.

He solos on the guitars (a Gibson and a Fender) in almost every song and that always
sounds great, he is not a run-of-the-mill guitarist, because he really has his own
style.

![Paul Jobson](https://i0.wp.com/bluestownmusic.nl/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Paul-
Jobson-600x400.jpg?resize=640%2C426&ssl=1 "Paul Jobson")

From the very first notes of the instrumental opener it is clear that there are 
enthusiastic blues(rock) lovers who have come, who often react exuberantly to the
band, the vocals and the great guitar work of Kai Strauss and the delicious Hammond
and piano sounds of Paul Jobson, who exuberantly announces the band leader during
the intro, which immediately results in a lot of cheering and applause.

The rhythm section is also nice and tight and the four of them are just a great 
band, which has been around since 2014. It is an international company, because 
Paul Jobson is British, bassist Kevin Duvernay is American and both drummer Henri
Jerratsch (I think the youngest of the four) and Kai Strauss are German, Jerratsch
recently moved to Berlin, Kai announced during one of his announcements.

![Kai strauss](https://i0.wp.com/bluestownmusic.nl/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Kai-
strauss-2-400x600.jpg?resize=640%2C960&ssl=1)

The repertoire consists mainly of their own work from the eight albums plus a few
blues standards. Since I don’t really know his albums and therefore don’t know which
songs are played, I’m glad I got the setlist after the show, although I was told
in advance that an extra song would be played every now and then. The setlist below
is therefore the official one and will be mostly correct.

This setlist contains seventeen songs, divided over two sets, but Kai and his band
just keep playing, which means there is no break and the show lasts two hours and
fifteen minutes in total! But to be honest: the concert is never boring!

![Kevin Duvernay](https://i0.wp.com/bluestownmusic.nl/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/
Kevin-Duvernay-600x400.jpg?resize=640%2C426&ssl=1 "Kevin Duvernay")

For me one of the musical highlights is the fantastic bass solo by Kevin Duvernay,
where he proves to be not only a great accompanist, but also a superb soloist on
bass guitar!

Only towards the end of the performance does keyboardist Paul Jobson sing a beautiful
version of the classic Same Old Blues, again with great Hammond and electric piano
sounds.

![Henri Jerratsch](https://i0.wp.com/bluestownmusic.nl/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/
Henri-Jerratsch-1-600x400.jpg?resize=640%2C426&ssl=1 "Henri Jerratsch")

After Storming In Chicago it seems to be over, but the audience does not let the
band go and forces an encore in the form of a solid rocking Feel So Bad.

You can enjoy/reminisce about this concert via the recording made by filmmaker Paul
van Druten:

**SETLIST:**

Intro-instrumental
 Stand Strong Together Guest In The House Bad Loser Ride With
Me You Gonna Need Me Howlin’ Wolf A Day Late And A Dollar The Future & The Past 
The Blues Is Handmade Did You Wrong Hard Life You’re Killing My Love Betting My 
Life On The Blues Same Old Blues (Paul) Storming In Chicago

**Kai Strauss & The Electric Blues All Stars:**
 **Kai Strauss (D) – gitaar, lead
zang** **Paul Jobson (UK) – Hammond orgel, keyboards, zang** **Kevin Duvernay (VS)–
basgitaar** **Henri Jerratsch (D) – drums**

![Kai strauss 1](https://i0.wp.com/bluestownmusic.nl/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/
Kai-strauss-1-600x400.jpg?resize=640%2C427&ssl=1)

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