Fog The third and final album by Vreemde Kostgangers is memorable not only because of the circumstances. Henny Vrienten, George Kooymans and Boudewijn de Groot couldn't have done better. With the LP Mist, Strange Lodgangers completes the trilogy. “It's a worthy final chord for an illustrious trio,” says Boudewijn de Groot. With Henny Vrienten and George Kooymans, he formed the trio that, in close cooperation, created a permanent oeuvre. This is evident again, in Mist's thirteen songs. The songs were created together, but bear recognisable signatures.

Strange Lodgers - Fog We are too old to die young/but too young to die. Although there is plenty of competition on Mist, this is the best line of the final album by Vreemde Kostgangers. Boudewijn de Groot sings it, on a record that is full of mostly unintentional references to the sad circumstances under which the trio came to a standstill.

'A worthy final chord for an illustrious trio', is how Boudewijn de Groot Mist describes. The eminence grise did not lie a word about that. Together with George Kooymans and the late Henny Vrienten, the album is a final, big bow, from three of the most influential Dutch musicians to their audience. Not the wanted farewell, but a farewell forced by the inevitable. Nevertheless, the album was released and that is a gift for everyone who honors Dutch-language music. In loving memory of Henny, this is what the cover says.

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