The title of this record is no coincidence; Duijts wanted to go back to his musical roots and make something familiar to him. From the age of thirteen, Frans imitated his great hero André Hazes. He eventually broke through with the Hazes song, You Think But Me, written by Pierre Kartner. It is easy to hear that Duijts wants to go back to that time with Oud & Vertrouwen. The way in which Sworn
… Friends begins, especially in the guitar work of Marcel de Groot, is reminiscent of the metropolitan grandmaster and Duijts' polyphonic singing in the chorus of Huil Niet Om Mij is unmistakably hazesian. Still, Old & Trusted is not an imitation show. Frans Duijts has developed in recent years into an original artist with his own sound. This album is a great mix of loaded tearjerks and uplifting love songs, and takes a deep bow to the artist that started it all for the man from Tiel. (HF)more