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Wim Keijsers  - Wim took an early start...

I was born on August 24, 1955.
At a very young age I started to play the E flat Clarinet, but decided in 1969 to switch to the drums. Together with my older brother we created a band, which became known under the name of The Flails, from a place in Holland called Kethel. In a very short time this band became very popular and soon we had our fan club, toured under the name of Jada in Holland and nearby countries.
During my studies I also worked at Phonogram, a record company in Hilversum , where amongst others, Boudewijn de Groot (famous Dutch folk singer) was working as a producer. After my studies I added two years of drumming and percussion at the Conservatorium in Rotterdam .

Another band in which I played with great pleasure was Flame, a resident band from Rotterdam , in which besides Peter Vlietstra (ex Free), also Henk Kloppers (ex Rocking Thunders) played. Thru Henk I got to know Fred “Nonni” Severin (also ex Rocking Thunders), but it would take many years before Fred and I would share the stage together. After Flame, I started to work as a session drummer, and as such played for many bands and in many professional groups.

In the year 2001, I heard of an opening by Magic Dave and the Wheelers and I decided to take this opportunity to meet those guys, of which one of them was… Fred “Nonni” himself. In any case, we got along straight away and I decided to take the position on the spot and as of today I am still part of this band.

One evening I got a call from Henk, nothing unusual, as we call each other often, because we remained very close friends. However, this time the call had a business tone to it, as he was desperately trying to get some musicians together to help another friend to save his party. No big deal I thought by myself, and that’s how I rolled into came2play.