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Jan Akkerman gained international fame with Focus from 1969 – 1976 with whom he recorded a number of breakout albums including ‘Focus Plays Focus / In and Out of Focus’ (1970), ‘Focus II/Moving Waves’ (1971) which reached the album chart in the UK #2, Netherlands #4 and #8 in the US going Gold. This album spawned the mega-hit ‘Hocus Pocus’ which had international chart success and more recently has been heard on numerous TV shows such as Top Gear, Skins and Shameless. It has been used in the in the films Hot Fuzz, Robocop (2014) and Baby Driver. and numerous TV advertisements including Nike.
In 1973 Akkerman was named ‘World’s Best Guitarist’ by Melody Makes in a Top 10 that included Eric Clapton, Steve Howe, Jimmy Page, John McLaughlin and Mick Ronson.
Including live albums, Jan has released 30 solo albums and has collaborated with a number of musicians ranging from Alan Price, Jack Bruce and Ice T. Acknowledgments from his peers include:
‘Jan Akkerman is totally a hero of mine. There are some people in life that no matter how old you are, you feel nervous if you meet someone, he’s one of those, he’s a real role model’. Brian May
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Sat 13 Feb 2027 8pm £38.50/£35.50/£33
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