WE ARE

The Woods have been rockin’ since 2016 and have been a regular part of the line-up at blues festivals across the country. Come see us when you can!

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Johan Zielstra –  Hammond, rhodes, piano

Martijn Drijfhout – Bass, vocals

Joris Bos – Guitar, Vocals

Pieter Dokter – Drums and percussion

 

If i’d want to take someone on tour with me, i’d pick Joris because of his awesome tone and vibrato

Paul Gilbert

ALBUMS

The Woods have released their new EP ‘Hurricane’ January 11th 2021. 

Check out the new EP on Spotify below, or find it in one of the other digital stores (Apple Music, Tidal, Deezer and more)

About ‘Broken’:

… It is an amazing indie rock song that has elements of Led Zeppelin, Levenson and Motley Crue. That ending solo is one of the most amazing things I’ve heard in some time. ★★★★★

Diego (Spotify Playlist Curator)

The Woods released their EP ‘Stone Cold’ January 1st 2019. Be sure to check out their music one of your favorite digital platforms.

Check out ‘Stone Cold’ on Spotify below, or find it in one of the other digital stores.

VIDEOS

Hurricane:

Prettiest Thing:

Stay Home:

MUSIC

Previously released songs as JeeBee and JB Band are available for free at our friends at SoundCloud.

Contact & Booking

For more information about The Woods or Booking information use the contact info below.

Email: joris@jorisbos.nl
Tel: +31 6 144 049 93
Facebook: thewoodsmusic

ABOUT


The Woods arose from the power trio JeeBee which performed on Dutch blues festivals for more than 20 years. The Woods are Joris Bos on guitar / vocals, Martijn Drijfhout on bass guitar, Johan Zielstra on keys and Pieter Dokter on drums.

Joris mainly plays Tele’s and Les Paul and calls Jonny Lang and Freddie King his biggest influences. It was Paul Gilbert that praised Joris for his ‘awesome vibrato’ and awesome tone. Dutch famous guitarist Ruben Hoeke also wrote praise about Joris’ his guitar playing style. Joris calls it one of his highlights Ruben Hoeke joined them on their first album and on stage during the launch of that album.

‘After Arjen left the band and Pieter joining, ‘ Joris says, ‘I felt we already changed our approach a bit. Pieter brought in a lot of experience in other genres and was able to influence our songs in a different way Arjen did.’

‘But Johan joining the band was really a turning point for me and Martijn’ Joris continues, ‘he really makes the band sound so much more rich, more relaxed in some ways, and really challenges us during the creation process’. ‘So this is were we decided: let’s do a reboot because we feel the music is really that much different. [.. to what we did with JeeBee]’.

The Woods released their latest EP ‘Hurricane’ early 2021 on all digital platforms. Hurricane contains the Spotify Official ‘Blues Bar’ playlist chosen track ‘Broken’ and fan-favorite ‘One time kiss’.


The Woods komt voort uit het powertrio JeeBee welke al meer dan 20 jaar actief is in het Nederlandse blues en rock circuit. Na hun debuut op het Texel Bluesfestival werden de (toen nog) jonge heren uit het noorden uitgeroepen tot dè verassing van het festival.

The Woods bestaat uit Joris Bos op gitaar en zang, Martijn Drijfhout op bas, Johan Zielstra op toetsen en Pieter Dokter op drums.

Joris bespeelt hoofdzakelijk Tele’s en noemt als grootste invloeden Jonny Lang en Freddie King.

Het was Paul Gilbert die Joris prees om zijn ‘awesome’ vibrato en vette sound. Zowel David Hollestelle als Ruben Hoeke benoemden Joris z’n soulvolle, smaakvolle licks. Niet ontoevallig dat Ruben Hoeke gastmuzikant was op hun eerste album en meespeelde tijdens de CD presentatie in Amstelveen.

The Woods speelde al op het Eurosonic, bluesfestivals door het hele land, diverse zomerfestivals en een korte tour door Ierland.

In 2009 presenteerde The Woods, toen nog JeeBee, in samenwerking met Ruben Hoeke, Bas Mulder en Roeland Werring hun eerste album in Amstelveen aan een groot publiek. Met positieve recensies tot gevolg. Duidelijk was dat van traditionele blues werd afgeweken en een eigen sound naar voren kwam: een funky mix van Rock, Roots en Blues
Sinds 2016 is Johan Zielstra als toetsenist aangesloten bij The Woods.
Begin 2019 kwam in deze nieuwe samenstelling hun eerste EP ‘Stone Cold’ uit. Vijf eigen composities met lovende reacties van o.a. Bluesmagazine, Omrop Fryslan en Dagblad van het Noorden.

In januari 2021 brachten ze hun tweede EP “Hurricane” uit. Op Hurricane vind je de door Spotify gekozen track ‘Broken’ voor de ‘Blues Bar’ playlist en fan-favorite ‘One time kiss’.


Eerder werk:

The Woods – Hurricane (2021)

The Woods – Stone Cold (2019)

2016 – JB Band – Our Love

2009 – JeeBee (untitled)

2006 – JeeBee – Come on home