The brothers went to the music shop Spronk in Breda and after they had convinced the owner of their great talents with their version of Bye Bye Love by The Everly Brothers, they were allowed to buy the most expensive guitars from the shop at instalment purchase. Edu Schalk - later singer with the Poetiray Brothers from Oosterhout- was their first Indonesian friend in Breda. Luckily the DMZ (Military Affairs Service) supplied them with warm clothings.
They possessed only of a small suitcase with thin tropical cloths and they were confrontated with the cold Dutch winter. Ponthon was already repatriated one year earlier and lived with his wife in Bussum.Īfter arrival in Holland they were settled in Breda in boarding house Smulders at the Baronielaan. In the opinion of Herman Tielman his children would have a better future in the Netherlands and in 1957 the family repatriated to Holland by boat. Also on Sumatra he played without his brothers in the Hawaiian band of Freddy Wehner.Īt a certain moment they were offered an extensive tour throughout Indonesia, but only on condition that they should change their Dutch nationality into Indonesian. Andy also played together with Dolf de Vries in the band THE STARLIGHTS in Djakarta. Later they started playing number of Les Paul, Elvis Presley, Little Richard, Bill Haley, Fats Domino, Chuck Berry and Gene Vincent. Andy later told in an interview: ‘this was the first song which my brothers and I converted into rock ‘n roll by adding drums to it’. In 1951 they were introduced to Guitar Boogie of Arthur Smith. When they grew older they started to cover the top hits in perfect close harmony. They even performed in the palace of president Soekarno in Djakarta. The Tielman family now performed for the Indonesians. On the 29th December 1949 the official independence proclamation of Indonesia took place. During these shows father Herman Tielman joined in on guitar mother Flora took care for the general presentation. Their shows consisted of music and dances from all over the Indonesian islands including corresponding costumes and ritual attributes like war spears and swords. There after they received offers from the NIWIM (National Effort Welfare Indonesia) and together with famous Dutch artists like De Wama’s, the Ramblers and the Skymasters they toured along the major cities of Indonesia. It went fast and within half a year they went on tour as THE TIMOR RHYTHN BROTHERS -Timor is the island, where the Tielman family inherited from - along the camps of the Dutch soldiers. Gigs followed at several private parties in Soerbaya. During their first performance during a house party they surprised their fathers friends with difficult numbers like Tiger Rag and 12th Street Rag. Reggy wanted to play banjo and little Loulou was fond of the drums. From the started Ponthon wanted to play the big double bass. Herman Tielman was a gifted all round musician and he was the one that supplied Reggy, Ponthon, Andy, Loulou and Jane with their rich musical luggage. He owned a house in Surabaya and started to play music together with his friends. Father Herman a captain and later quartermaster in the KNIL (Royal Dutch Indonesian Army) and he had stayed in a Japanese concentration camp. The story of THE TIELMAN BROTHERS begin in Surabaya, where the 4 little brothers Tielman and little sister Jane started performing together in 1945 folk songs and traditional dances.
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