Hessel | |
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 Hessel in 2003 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Hessel van der Kooij |
| Born | 20 April 1955 West-Terschelling, Netherlands |
| Genres | rock, blues |
| Occupation(s) | Singer/songwriter, musician |
Hessel van der Kooij (20 April 1955 in West-Terschelling) is a popular Dutch singer. He is best known as Hessel, but has also recorded as Ray Maccannon. The favourite theme in his songs is about his home-island Terschelling and the nature on and around it. His repertoire is jazz- & bluesrock like "teruk naar terschelling" and rockballads like "brother sagittarius", "twothousand birds" and "no borders bound for birds" from the Albums "Flamborough Head" and "Me", which reaches international niveau. He stopped to perfom his songs in November of 2022 in his Cafe "de groene weide" in Hoorn, Terschelling. [1]
