Ede Staal

Ede Ulfert Staal (2 August 1941 – 22 July 1986) was a Dutch singer-songwriter from the Northern province of Groningen who sang mainly in the Gronings dialect.

Early life Ede Staal was born in 1941 in Warffum, the son of a NSB-father (National Socialist) and a farmer's daughter. His father worked as a teacher, and his eldest son Ede would later follow in his footsteps by becoming a teacher himself.

Career At the age of five, Staal started making music. He was inspired by his grandfather who had worked as a musical director in Leens, where he grew up. Because of his death in July, it was his wife who received the prize on 4 October 1986.

Personal life

Staal was an English teacher at a local high school. He married Fieke Spoel and fathered six sons. They lived on several farms throughout the province of Groningen. His music was translated into several languages, and one of his songs, "Termunterziel" was even played in Japan.

Discography Source:

MC "Mien toentje" "Zuzooien op zundagmörn" (1986)

Single 7" "I'm in the blues / Hear my song" (1974) "Mien Toentje / Man, man, wat n boudel" (1983)

EP "Het het nog nooit zo donker west" (1984)

LPs "Mien toentje" (1984) "As vaaier woorden" (1986)

Mini CDs "Zalstoe altied bie mie blieven" (1997) "Credo – Mien bestoan" (1997) "I'm in the blues / Hear my song" (2005)

CDs "Mien toentje" (1984) "As vaaier woorden" (1986) "Zuzooien op zundagmörn" (1993) "As t boeten störmt / Hear my song" (1996) "Doarom zing ik" (2005) "Getekend" (2006)

Compilations "Heur es aan!" (Bureau Groninger Taal en Cultuur, RuG, 1999) "De grootste Groninger hits van RTV Noord" (RTV Noord/Marista, 2006) "Kennismaking met het Gronings" (lecture notes with CD, 2007)

Video "Zo moutve t holden"

DVDs "Ede Staal" (2004) "Ede Staal, Live " (2005) "Credo, zien bestoan" (2011)