As the child star Johnny, folk singer John de Bever tasted success for a while in the early eighties. But when it came to the crunch, he opted for a football career. In the mid-nineties, when the popular genre is undergoing an unprecedented revival, it starts to itch again at De Bever. Since 2005, he has released a CD or DVD every New Year's Day, which he invariably presents to thousands of fans.
Come Close To Me offers smartlapping by the book. Love and sorrow are sung in simple, sing-along songs. Halfway through the record, people also look across the border, and the holiday feeling reigns supreme in sing-alongs like Paris (with accordion), My Mexican Girl (with trumpets) and a real Greek medley (with balalaikas) in which Le Meteque by Georges Moustaki gets a Dutch translation. . (MS)more
