Especially with The Serenes Dokter caused a furore, the CD ‘Barefoot and Pregnant’ from 1990 made a big impression, although the great success has always been delayed.
“The news comes very hard. It was totally unexpected. He died of cardiac arrest,” says Jan ten Boom, manager of both bands. “Paul was a wayward boy, honest, creative and passionate.” The fact that he became a booker is also due to Doctor. “A buddy of mine auditioned for drummer at The Toylets, and I hung around in the rehearsal room there too. Then Paul said to me: you do the management. I picked that up, he gave me that push.”
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“I am devastated, the ground is knocking out from under your feet, I am totally defeated. Nobody saw this coming,” says Theo de Jong, co-composer and singer. “We had a really good connection, with no other musician it can ever be like this again. Paul went in 110 percent.”
He also made new music with him. “We have taken it up again since 2013. He had a studio at home and I traveled to him about twice a month, he lived in Bedum at the time. Two years ago he moved to Amsterdam, after which we did have email contact. “
De Jong now wants to stop making music. “I quit and pick up painting again. I will not find a like-minded person.”
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