1946 Inga Rumpf* Happy 70´th
1948 Andy Fairweather Low*
1969 René Edmond Lutz*
Rusty Wright*
1948 Andy Fairweather Low*
1969 René Edmond Lutz*
Rusty Wright*
Happy Birthday
Andy Fairweather Low *02.08.1948
Andy Fairweather Low (* 2. August 1948 in Ystrad Mynach, Glamorgan, Wales) ist ein britischer Gitarrist und Sänger.
Bekannt wurde er in den 1960er Jahren als Frontmann der Gruppe Amen Corner, die einige erfolgreiche Singles in Großbritannien hatte. Nach zwei Top-Twenty- und 2 Top-Ten-Hits erreichte ihre fünfte Single "(If Paradise Is) Half As Nice" am 12. Februar 1969 für zwei Wochen Platz 1 in den britischen Charts. Die Band löste sich 1970 auf und Fairweather Low gründete die Gruppe Fair Weather, welche aber nur kurze Zeit bestand.
1974 startete Fairweather Low seine Solo-Karriere. Bis 1980 veröffentlichte er vier Alben. Danach betätigte er sich vor allem als Gastmusiker und spielte unter anderen für Dave Edmunds, Gerry Rafferty, Richard Thompson, Roy Wood und The Who. Heute ist er vor allem als regelmäßiges Mitglied der Live-Bands von Eric Clapton und Roger Waters bekannt. Er wirkte zum Beispiel am MTV-Unplugged-Konzert von Clapton mit und spielte bei Roger Waters' The Wall - Live in Berlin, mit dem er auch 2006 wieder mit der The Dark Side of the Moon-Tour unterwegs war.
Am 29. November 2002 nahm er am Gedenkkonzert für George Harrison teil. Er gehörte zur Concert-for-George-Stammband und unterstützte auch andere Interpreten, z. B. Joe Brown.
Von Fender bekam er seine eigene Signature Stratocaster. Heute spielt Andy Fairweather Low meistens Fendergitarren und die ES-Serie von Gibson. Zu seinen Standardinstrumenten gehören auch akustische Gitarren von Martin Guitar. Außerdem erfand Andy Fairweather Low für Eric Clapton die erste Nylonsaitengitarre mit Pickups. Als Eric Clapton Tears In Heaven für seinen Sohn schrieb, fragte er Fairweather Low, ob er eine Gitarre besitzt, die Nylonsaiten hat und trotzdem einen Tonabnehmer. Clapton wollte auch auf großen Konzerten Tears In Heaven spielen und dabei kein Mikrofon vor dem Resonanzloch haben. Fairweather Low zeigte Clapton dann eine solche Gitarre.
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Fairweather_Low
Andrew "Andy" Fairweather Low (born 2 August 1948)[2] is a Welsh guitarist, songwriter, producer and vocalist. He was a founding member of 1960s British pop band Amen Corner,[2] and in recent years has toured extensively with Roger Waters, Eric Clapton and Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings.
Early career
Fairweather Low was born in Ystrad Mynach, Wales.[3] He first found fame as a founder member of the pop group Amen Corner in the late 1960s. They had four successive Top 10 hits in the UK Singles Chart, including the #1 single "(If Paradise Is) Half as Nice" in 1969.[4][5] The overnight success and Fairweather Low's teen idol looks, as music journalist William Ruhlmann noted at Allmusic; "... put his attractive face on the bedroom walls of teenage girls all over Britain".[2]
The band split in two in 1970, with Fairweather Low leading Dennis Byron (drums), Blue Weaver (organ), Clive Taylor (bass) and Neil Jones (guitar) into a new band, Fair Weather. The band scored a UK Singles Chart No. 6 hit with "Natural Sinner" in July 1970, although the outfit's albums, Beginning From An End and Let Your Mind Roll On, failed to chart.[6] After twelve months Fairweather Low left to pursue a solo career, releasing four albums up to 1980 on A&M and Warner Bros.[2] These spawned further single chart success with "Reggae Tune" (1974), and "Wide Eyed and Legless", a No. 6 Christmas time hit in 1975.[6] Welsh group Budgie covered "I Ain't No Mountain" off Fairweather Low's 1974 album Spider Jiving on their 1975 release Bandolier.
In the late 1970s and 1980s he worked for numerous artists, as a session musician, performing as a backing vocalist and guitarist on albums by Roy Wood, Leo Sayer, Albion Band, Gerry Rafferty, Helen Watson,[7] and Richard and Linda Thompson.
1978–99
In 1978, Fairweather Low sang backing vocals on the album Who Are You, from The Who, specifically on the tracks "New Song", "Had Enough", "Guitar and Pen", "Love is Coming Down", and "Who Are You". After filling in on guitar during rehearsals for the Who's 1982 album It's Hard while Pete Townshend was in rehab, he ended up on the album itself, playing rhythm guitar on the song "It's Your Turn". Fairweather Low later appeared on Townshend's 1993 album Psychoderelict and the accompanying concert tour.
In 1995, Fairweather Low played rhythm guitar on Joe Satriani's self-titled CD, along with Nathan East on bass and Manu Katché on drums. One reviewer commented that "this backup band extremely gifted backup musicians sincerely adds a diverse range of textures and colors, bringing out a much-needed live feel to an otherwise bland album of blues-oriented jazz-rock."[8]
Fairweather Low has worked with Roger Waters since Waters' The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking tour of America in 1985. He contributed to two of Waters' albums – Radio KAOS in 1987 and Amused to Death in 1992. He played guitar and bass on Roger Waters' all-star performance of The Wall – Live in Berlin 21 July 1990, on the 1999–2002 In the Flesh world tour and was playing on Waters' Dark Side of the Moon Live world tour in 2006[2] and 2007, but was not able to perform with him in 2008.[9] His role was picked up by session guitarist Chester Kamen.
1992 saw him associate more with projects alongside Eric Clapton. Fairweather Low had earlier appeared in Clapton's band in the 1983 ARMS concerts for Ronnie Lane and, while he has continued to do session work for various people, including Dave Edmunds, Fairweather Low has spent most of his time since the early 1990s as a sideman in Clapton's backing band, as well as session work; notably Clapton's Unplugged concerts, as well as on From The Cradle. In the same year, he was present on tours with the 1999 Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris collaboration. In December 1991, he played guitar on George Harrison's Live in Japan, along with the rest of Clapton's band,[2] and in 2002, he played several of the lead guitar parts for the Harrison tribute The Concert for George, on some songs playing Harrison's famous Fender Stratocaster "Rocky" and Harrison's gold Fender Electric XII. In 2004 he appeared in the Stratpack concert, celebrating 50 years of the Fender Stratocaster.
Work since 2000
From 1998 to 2002 he played in Roger Waters' In the Flesh tour. In 2001, Fairweather Low accompanied Eric Clapton on his world tour and is featured on the 2002 album One More Car, One More Rider, which also features accompaniment by Billy Preston, Steve Gadd, Nathan East and David Sancious.
In 2002 Fairweather Low featured on From Clarksdale To Heaven – Remembering John Lee Hooker with, amongst others, Jeff Beck, Gary Brooker, Jack Bruce and Peter Green.
By 2005 he toured extensively with Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings.[2] Some of the concerts were recorded for UK television, as part of their "50 Years of Rock 'n' Roll" tribute. In April 2005 he played in the Gary Brooker Ensemble's charity concert at Guildford Cathedral, Surrey, in aid of the Tsunami Appeal.
In 2006 Fairweather Low toured with Roger Waters once more, this time for the latter's The Dark Side of the Moon tour, and with Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings. In the same year Fairweather Low toured with Chris Barber and the Big Chris Barber Band reprising many of his earlier hits, including "Gin House Blues" and "Worried Man Blues". Some of these performances form part of Barber's latest CD, Can't Stop Now, featuring new arrangements by Barber's staff-arranger and trombonist, Bob Hunt.
Also in 2006 Fairweather Low released Sweet Soulful Music: his first solo album in twenty-six years. The song "Hymn for My Soul" became the title track of Joe Cocker's 2007 album. Cocker's tour of 2007/08 bore the same title.
Andy Fairweather Low on stage as support act to Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood at London's Royal Albert Hall; 27 May 2011
In 2007, he continued touring with Roger Waters' Dark Side of the Moon Tour. Later that year he was on the road with his own Sweet Soulful Music tour, performing at venues such as the Stables in Wavendon, The Ferry in Glasgow and the Library Theatre, Darwen, Lancashire.
In May 2008, Fairweather Low & the Lowriders started a UK tour, the Lowriders being Paul Beavis, Dave Bronze and Richard Dunn. In 2009, he joined Eric Clapton's band for a series of 11 concerts held at the London's Royal Albert Hall. He became part of Clapton's touring band with drummer Steve Gadd and keyboardist Tim Carmon throughout May 2009.[10] In 2011, Fairweather Low joined Clapton for another series of concerts at the Royal Albert Hall.[11] He also performs with Edie Brickell, Steve Gadd, and bassist (and fellow Welshman) Pino Palladino as The Gaddabouts; their eponymous album was released in early 2011.[12]
Also in 2011, Fairweather Low made a guest appearance on Kate Bush's album 50 Words For Snow, singing on the chorus of the album's only single, "Wild Man".[13]
In 2013, he opened Eric Clapton's shows with his band the Lowriders on Clapton's European tour and, later that year, Fairweather Low & the Lowriders released the album, Zone-O-Tone.[14] In April 2013, he appeared at the Eric Clapton Guitar Festival Crossroads in New York and featured on two tracks of the DVD of the concert. On 13-14 November, he was also part of Eric Clapton's band on the occasion of Clapton's two concerts during the "Baloises Sessions" in Basel, Switzerland where he was featured singing Gin House Blues.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gK-OYkYvU0
Andrew "Andy" Fairweather Low (born 2 August 1948)[2] is a Welsh guitarist, songwriter, producer and vocalist. He was a founding member of 1960s British pop band Amen Corner,[2] and in recent years has toured extensively with Roger Waters, Eric Clapton and Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings.Early career
Fairweather Low was born in Ystrad Mynach, Wales.[3] He first found fame as a founder member of the pop group Amen Corner in the late 1960s. They had four successive Top 10 hits in the UK Singles Chart, including the #1 single "(If Paradise Is) Half as Nice" in 1969.[4][5] The overnight success and Fairweather Low's teen idol looks, as music journalist William Ruhlmann noted at Allmusic; "... put his attractive face on the bedroom walls of teenage girls all over Britain".[2]
The band split in two in 1970, with Fairweather Low leading Dennis Byron (drums), Blue Weaver (organ), Clive Taylor (bass) and Neil Jones (guitar) into a new band, Fair Weather. The band scored a UK Singles Chart No. 6 hit with "Natural Sinner" in July 1970, although the outfit's albums, Beginning From An End and Let Your Mind Roll On, failed to chart.[6] After twelve months Fairweather Low left to pursue a solo career, releasing four albums up to 1980 on A&M and Warner Bros.[2] These spawned further single chart success with "Reggae Tune" (1974), and "Wide Eyed and Legless", a No. 6 Christmas time hit in 1975.[6] Welsh group Budgie covered "I Ain't No Mountain" off Fairweather Low's 1974 album Spider Jiving on their 1975 release Bandolier.
In the late 1970s and 1980s he worked for numerous artists, as a session musician, performing as a backing vocalist and guitarist on albums by Roy Wood, Leo Sayer, Albion Band, Gerry Rafferty, Helen Watson,[7] and Richard and Linda Thompson.
1978–99
In 1978, Fairweather Low sang backing vocals on the album Who Are You, from The Who, specifically on the tracks "New Song", "Had Enough", "Guitar and Pen", "Love is Coming Down", and "Who Are You". After filling in on guitar during rehearsals for the Who's 1982 album It's Hard while Pete Townshend was in rehab, he ended up on the album itself, playing rhythm guitar on the song "It's Your Turn". Fairweather Low later appeared on Townshend's 1993 album Psychoderelict and the accompanying concert tour.
In 1995, Fairweather Low played rhythm guitar on Joe Satriani's self-titled CD, along with Nathan East on bass and Manu Katché on drums. One reviewer commented that "this backup band extremely gifted backup musicians sincerely adds a diverse range of textures and colors, bringing out a much-needed live feel to an otherwise bland album of blues-oriented jazz-rock."[8]
Fairweather Low has worked with Roger Waters since Waters' The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking tour of America in 1985. He contributed to two of Waters' albums – Radio KAOS in 1987 and Amused to Death in 1992. He played guitar and bass on Roger Waters' all-star performance of The Wall – Live in Berlin 21 July 1990, on the 1999–2002 In the Flesh world tour and was playing on Waters' Dark Side of the Moon Live world tour in 2006[2] and 2007, but was not able to perform with him in 2008.[9] His role was picked up by session guitarist Chester Kamen.
1992 saw him associate more with projects alongside Eric Clapton. Fairweather Low had earlier appeared in Clapton's band in the 1983 ARMS concerts for Ronnie Lane and, while he has continued to do session work for various people, including Dave Edmunds, Fairweather Low has spent most of his time since the early 1990s as a sideman in Clapton's backing band, as well as session work; notably Clapton's Unplugged concerts, as well as on From The Cradle. In the same year, he was present on tours with the 1999 Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris collaboration. In December 1991, he played guitar on George Harrison's Live in Japan, along with the rest of Clapton's band,[2] and in 2002, he played several of the lead guitar parts for the Harrison tribute The Concert for George, on some songs playing Harrison's famous Fender Stratocaster "Rocky" and Harrison's gold Fender Electric XII. In 2004 he appeared in the Stratpack concert, celebrating 50 years of the Fender Stratocaster.
Work since 2000
From 1998 to 2002 he played in Roger Waters' In the Flesh tour. In 2001, Fairweather Low accompanied Eric Clapton on his world tour and is featured on the 2002 album One More Car, One More Rider, which also features accompaniment by Billy Preston, Steve Gadd, Nathan East and David Sancious.
In 2002 Fairweather Low featured on From Clarksdale To Heaven – Remembering John Lee Hooker with, amongst others, Jeff Beck, Gary Brooker, Jack Bruce and Peter Green.
By 2005 he toured extensively with Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings.[2] Some of the concerts were recorded for UK television, as part of their "50 Years of Rock 'n' Roll" tribute. In April 2005 he played in the Gary Brooker Ensemble's charity concert at Guildford Cathedral, Surrey, in aid of the Tsunami Appeal.
In 2006 Fairweather Low toured with Roger Waters once more, this time for the latter's The Dark Side of the Moon tour, and with Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings. In the same year Fairweather Low toured with Chris Barber and the Big Chris Barber Band reprising many of his earlier hits, including "Gin House Blues" and "Worried Man Blues". Some of these performances form part of Barber's latest CD, Can't Stop Now, featuring new arrangements by Barber's staff-arranger and trombonist, Bob Hunt.
Also in 2006 Fairweather Low released Sweet Soulful Music: his first solo album in twenty-six years. The song "Hymn for My Soul" became the title track of Joe Cocker's 2007 album. Cocker's tour of 2007/08 bore the same title.
Andy Fairweather Low on stage as support act to Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood at London's Royal Albert Hall; 27 May 2011
In 2007, he continued touring with Roger Waters' Dark Side of the Moon Tour. Later that year he was on the road with his own Sweet Soulful Music tour, performing at venues such as the Stables in Wavendon, The Ferry in Glasgow and the Library Theatre, Darwen, Lancashire.
In May 2008, Fairweather Low & the Lowriders started a UK tour, the Lowriders being Paul Beavis, Dave Bronze and Richard Dunn. In 2009, he joined Eric Clapton's band for a series of 11 concerts held at the London's Royal Albert Hall. He became part of Clapton's touring band with drummer Steve Gadd and keyboardist Tim Carmon throughout May 2009.[10] In 2011, Fairweather Low joined Clapton for another series of concerts at the Royal Albert Hall.[11] He also performs with Edie Brickell, Steve Gadd, and bassist (and fellow Welshman) Pino Palladino as The Gaddabouts; their eponymous album was released in early 2011.[12]
Also in 2011, Fairweather Low made a guest appearance on Kate Bush's album 50 Words For Snow, singing on the chorus of the album's only single, "Wild Man".[13]
In 2013, he opened Eric Clapton's shows with his band the Lowriders on Clapton's European tour and, later that year, Fairweather Low & the Lowriders released the album, Zone-O-Tone.[14] In April 2013, he appeared at the Eric Clapton Guitar Festival Crossroads in New York and featured on two tracks of the DVD of the concert. On 13-14 November, he was also part of Eric Clapton's band on the occasion of Clapton's two concerts during the "Baloises Sessions" in Basel, Switzerland where he was featured singing Gin House Blues.
Andy Fairweather Low - Crossroads 2013
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gK-OYkYvU0
Andy Fairweather Low - Bend Me Shape Me (live 2011)
(If Paradise Is) Half as Nice - Andy Fairweather Low + Low Riders
Inga Rumpf *02.08.1946
Inga Rumpf (* 2. August 1946 in Hamburg) ist eine deutsche Sängerin und Komponistin.Inga Rumpf wurde als Tochter eines Hamburger Seemanns und einer ostpreußischen Schneiderin im Hamburger Stadtteil St. Georg geboren. Anfang der 1960er Jahre machte sie ihre ersten Auftritte mit verschiedenen Blues-Bands im Jugendheim von St. Pauli. 1965 wurde sie die Sängerin der Folk-Rock-Gruppe The City Preachers, in der zeitweise Udo Lindenberg Schlagzeug spielte. 1968 nahm sie als Solointerpretin mit dem Titel Schade um die Tränen am ersten Deutschen Schlager-Wettbewerb teil. 1970 nannten sich The City Preachers in Frumpy um, mit Carsten Bohn (Drums), Jean-Jacques Kravetz (Keyboards), Karl-Heinz Schott (Bass), Rainer Baumann (Gitarre), und die erste Schallplatte All Will Be Changed entstand.
1972 entstand aus Frumpy die neue Formation Atlantis, wo neben Rumpf abermals Schott, Kravetz und Lindenberg in Erscheinung traten. Inga Rumpf galt zu dieser Zeit schon als eines der größten Talente der deutschen Rock-Szene. Es folgten erfolgreiche Konzertreisen durch verschiedene Länder mit wechselnden Besetzungen, u. a. mit Dieter Bornschlegel, Ringo Funk, Alex Conti, Adrian Askew und Rainer Schnelle. 1976 löste sich Atlantis auf.
Von 1981 bis 1982 tourte Inga Rumpf mit ihrer Band Reality und war als Dozentin an der Hamburger Musikhochschule tätig, 1983 stand sie für eine einmalige Reunion von Atlantis auf der Bühne; außerdem schrieb sie für Tina Turner den Song I Wrote a Letter, die B-Seite ihrer Single Let's Stay Together. In den Jahren 1986 und 1987 engagierte sie sich musikalisch mit der Gruppe Inga Rumpf & Friends in der Initiative „Rock gegen Atom“.
1990 gab es eine Reunion von Frumpy als Trio in der Besetzung Rumpf/Kravetz/Bohn. In den darauf folgenden Jahren wurden mit Frumpy zwei Studio- und ein Live-Album veröffentlicht. 1994 folgten Projekte mit dem Hamburger Pianisten Joja Wendt und der NDR Bigband.
Ende der 1990er Jahre wandte sie sich verstärkt der Gospelmusik zu und trat bei verschiedenen kirchlichen Veranstaltungen auf. 2004 gründete sie ihr eigenes Label „25th Hour Music“. Dort erschienen 2004 die CD Live im Michel und 2005 Easy In My Soul.
2006 gab es eine Wiederveröffentlichung der drei Alben My Life Is a Boogie, I Know Who I Am und Reality auf einer Doppel-CD mit dem Titel London – New York – Berlin. 2006 war sie in der Jury des „Gospel-Award“ der Fernseharbeit der evangelischen und der katholischen Kirche sowie der christlichen Hilfsorganisation World Vision Deutschland.[1]
Im Jahre 2007 startete Inga Rumpf die CD-Reihe „Official Bootleg“. Dabei wurden Konzerte in Worpswede, Stuttgart und Schwerte mitgeschnitten und ungekürzt als limitierte Auflagen veröffentlicht.
Inga Rumpf tourt bis heute mit unterschiedlichen Programmen und Besetzungen ihrer Band durch die Republik.
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inga_Rumpf
Inga Rumpf was one of the best-known German R&B singers. Her voice often drew comparisons to Janis Joplin, but Rumpf was able to develop her own unique vocal style. Catapulted to stardom in the ‘70s with her band Frumpy, she released a number of highly acclaimed solo works in the ‘80s and ‘90s and came to be regarded as the grand old lady of German R&B. Whereas other German female vocalists such as Nina Hagen faded away over time, Rumpf consequently followed her path and never compromised herself artistically (unlike her ex-bandmate Udo Lindenberg, whose creativity died down by the end of the ‘80s when he started putting out lightweight pop).
Born on August 2, 1946 in Hamburg, Rumpf started performing as a teenager with different blues bands in the Hamburg entertainment district of St. Pauli. In 1965, she founded the folk band City Preachers and recorded three albums with them. After a creative crisis in 1969, the band changed styles from folk to a mix of beat and soul. A new lineup reflected this: Jean-Jacques Kravetz (keyboards), Karl-Heinz Schott (bass) and Udo Lindenberg (drums) formed the core of the new band, which one year later was to become Frumpy when Udo Lindenberg left to start a solo career and was replaced by Carsten Bohn. Frumpy recorded only two albums, All Will Be Changed (1970) and Frumpy 2 (1971) -- the latter containing the hit single "How the Gipsy Was Born" -- but these two LPs rewrote German rock history. The band was praised as the best German rock act, and Rumpf was declared the greatest individual vocal talent of the German rock scene to date.
After Frumpy disbanded, Rumpf founded Atlantis in 1972, with Kravetz and Schott, along with new additions Frank Diez on guitar and Curt Cress on drums. The same year, the German music magazine Musik Express selected Rumpf best German vocalist, and her band, Atlantis, "best live and studio band." Several U.K. tours, alone and with Lindenberg, made her well-known in the English-speaking hemisphere as well. Atlantis disbanded in 1975 after three excellent years, and Rumpf released her first solo effort, Second Hand Mädchen, which was heavily influenced by Lindenberg who, two years earlier, had established himself as one of the most promising German rock acts. Lindenberg had shown that German lyrics work in rock songs, and so Rumpf switched to singing in German, too, although on her 1981 album, Reality, she sang in English again. She wrote all of the songs herself for this, and even produced it. Tina Turner did a cover of "I Wrote a Letter," which was released as the B-side of her 1984 comeback single "Let's Stay Together" (re-released as a bonus track on the centenary edition of her landmark album Private Dancer in 1998). Also in 1981, Rumpf widened her horizon by accepting a job as a lecturer at the Hamburg Musikhochschule (university of music). Her 1984 album, Liebe, Leiden, Leben, again containing German lyrics, earned critical acclaim and she proved not to have lost any of the power she'd radiated in the ‘70s with Frumpy and Atlantis.
After a short Frumpy reunion in 1991-1992, the ‘90s saw Rumpf experimenting with jazz (with the 1994 album Fifty-Fifty with pianist Joja Wendt) and gospel music. In accordance with the philosophy of gospel, a significant number of her performances took place in churches, her lyrics became more spiritual, and increasingly revealed a Christian context without being preachy, so even atheists should be comfortable with the music of her later career. Critics hailed her 1996 album In the 25th Hour as her best to that point. Among other covers, the album contained her version of Ray Charles' hit "Unchain My Heart," as her best so far. The same year, the compilation The Best of All My Years was released. Her 1999 album, Walking in the Light, contained text adaptations of the biblical Sermon on the Mount.
From 2001 onward, Rumpf started to perform rock, R&B, and soul on a weekly basis in her hometown of Hamburg. Three years later, she founded her own record label, 25th Hour Music with the release of the live album Live im Michel. Rumpf's work with Frumpy and Atlantis, as well as her solo output of later years, is essential listening for everybody who wants to get to know German rock music.
Born on August 2, 1946 in Hamburg, Rumpf started performing as a teenager with different blues bands in the Hamburg entertainment district of St. Pauli. In 1965, she founded the folk band City Preachers and recorded three albums with them. After a creative crisis in 1969, the band changed styles from folk to a mix of beat and soul. A new lineup reflected this: Jean-Jacques Kravetz (keyboards), Karl-Heinz Schott (bass) and Udo Lindenberg (drums) formed the core of the new band, which one year later was to become Frumpy when Udo Lindenberg left to start a solo career and was replaced by Carsten Bohn. Frumpy recorded only two albums, All Will Be Changed (1970) and Frumpy 2 (1971) -- the latter containing the hit single "How the Gipsy Was Born" -- but these two LPs rewrote German rock history. The band was praised as the best German rock act, and Rumpf was declared the greatest individual vocal talent of the German rock scene to date.
After Frumpy disbanded, Rumpf founded Atlantis in 1972, with Kravetz and Schott, along with new additions Frank Diez on guitar and Curt Cress on drums. The same year, the German music magazine Musik Express selected Rumpf best German vocalist, and her band, Atlantis, "best live and studio band." Several U.K. tours, alone and with Lindenberg, made her well-known in the English-speaking hemisphere as well. Atlantis disbanded in 1975 after three excellent years, and Rumpf released her first solo effort, Second Hand Mädchen, which was heavily influenced by Lindenberg who, two years earlier, had established himself as one of the most promising German rock acts. Lindenberg had shown that German lyrics work in rock songs, and so Rumpf switched to singing in German, too, although on her 1981 album, Reality, she sang in English again. She wrote all of the songs herself for this, and even produced it. Tina Turner did a cover of "I Wrote a Letter," which was released as the B-side of her 1984 comeback single "Let's Stay Together" (re-released as a bonus track on the centenary edition of her landmark album Private Dancer in 1998). Also in 1981, Rumpf widened her horizon by accepting a job as a lecturer at the Hamburg Musikhochschule (university of music). Her 1984 album, Liebe, Leiden, Leben, again containing German lyrics, earned critical acclaim and she proved not to have lost any of the power she'd radiated in the ‘70s with Frumpy and Atlantis.
After a short Frumpy reunion in 1991-1992, the ‘90s saw Rumpf experimenting with jazz (with the 1994 album Fifty-Fifty with pianist Joja Wendt) and gospel music. In accordance with the philosophy of gospel, a significant number of her performances took place in churches, her lyrics became more spiritual, and increasingly revealed a Christian context without being preachy, so even atheists should be comfortable with the music of her later career. Critics hailed her 1996 album In the 25th Hour as her best to that point. Among other covers, the album contained her version of Ray Charles' hit "Unchain My Heart," as her best so far. The same year, the compilation The Best of All My Years was released. Her 1999 album, Walking in the Light, contained text adaptations of the biblical Sermon on the Mount.
From 2001 onward, Rumpf started to perform rock, R&B, and soul on a weekly basis in her hometown of Hamburg. Three years later, she founded her own record label, 25th Hour Music with the release of the live album Live im Michel. Rumpf's work with Frumpy and Atlantis, as well as her solo output of later years, is essential listening for everybody who wants to get to know German rock music.
Inga Rumpf & Joja Wendt - 1994 - Springtime shuffle - DIMITRIS LESINI BLUES
Frumpy_How_The_Gypsy_Was_Born.flv
"SHE IS WHITE AND SHE IS GERMAN????" wunderte sich einmal ein amerikanischer Freund, als ich ihm Inga Rumpf vorspielte. Er konnte nicht glauben, dass diese Mörderstimme tatsächlich einer waschechten Hamburger Deern gehörte. Die vielseitige Sängerin ist und bleibt bis heute eine absolute Ausnahmeerscheinung. Bei Meta trat sie erstmals Mitte der 90er Jahre auf. Hier eine historische Aufnahme mit einem der Hammerstücke überhaupt: "Frumpy" feat. Inga Rumpf mit "How the Gypsy was born" aus dem Jahre 1971.
"SHE IS WHITE AND SHE IS GERMAN????" wunderte sich einmal ein amerikanischer Freund, als ich ihm Inga Rumpf vorspielte. Er konnte nicht glauben, dass diese Mörderstimme tatsächlich einer waschechten Hamburger Deern gehörte. Die vielseitige Sängerin ist und bleibt bis heute eine absolute Ausnahmeerscheinung. Bei Meta trat sie erstmals Mitte der 90er Jahre auf. Hier eine historische Aufnahme mit einem der Hammerstücke überhaupt: "Frumpy" feat. Inga Rumpf mit "How the Gypsy was born" aus dem Jahre 1971.
Frumpy - Backwater Blues
Inga Rumpf - How The Gypsy Was Born 2015
Original by Frumpy 1971,
mit den Musikern Helmut Krumminga/Gitarre, Werner Kopal/Bass, Michael Nass/Keyboards und Robin Fuhrmann/Schlagzeug
And God saw that his work was nearly done,
a green, mighty planet circled round the sun.
Silver fishes increased in the blue seas,
all kinds of feathered built their nests in the trees.
And God saw that everything was nice,
but there had to be a creature who looked like me and you - so he
realised!
So he took some earth and put it in a form,
but the oven wasn't hot enough - and the white man was born!
Walk on, walk on, you can live in the cold zone of the world,
'cause you are used to it, since your birth.
I have to build another creature who looks like me and you,
but one who's not so pale - he has to get a hotter blow!
So he took some earth and put it in a form,
but the oven was too hot now - and the black man was born!
Walk on, walk on, you can live in the hot zone of the world,
'cause you are used to it, since your birth.
I have to build another creature who looks like me and you,
but one who's not so dark - he has to get a special blow!
So he took some earth and put it in a form,
and the oven was right now - so the gipsy was born!
Go to the top of mountain and look,
do you see this land around?
Go where you like to be 'cause you and the gipsy will be free
Original by Frumpy 1971,
mit den Musikern Helmut Krumminga/Gitarre, Werner Kopal/Bass, Michael Nass/Keyboards und Robin Fuhrmann/Schlagzeug
And God saw that his work was nearly done,
a green, mighty planet circled round the sun.
Silver fishes increased in the blue seas,
all kinds of feathered built their nests in the trees.
And God saw that everything was nice,
but there had to be a creature who looked like me and you - so he
realised!
So he took some earth and put it in a form,
but the oven wasn't hot enough - and the white man was born!
Walk on, walk on, you can live in the cold zone of the world,
'cause you are used to it, since your birth.
I have to build another creature who looks like me and you,
but one who's not so pale - he has to get a hotter blow!
So he took some earth and put it in a form,
but the oven was too hot now - and the black man was born!
Walk on, walk on, you can live in the hot zone of the world,
'cause you are used to it, since your birth.
I have to build another creature who looks like me and you,
but one who's not so dark - he has to get a special blow!
So he took some earth and put it in a form,
and the oven was right now - so the gipsy was born!
Go to the top of mountain and look,
do you see this land around?
Go where you like to be 'cause you and the gipsy will be free
René Edmond Lutz *02.08.1969
René Edmond "Lucky" Lutz ist 1969 in Zürich zur Welt gekommen. René Lutz stammt aber ursprünglich aus Wolfhalden im Appenzeller Ausserrhodener Blues-Delta.
René Lutz entdeckte den Blues und Rock`n`Roll mit sieben Jahren, als er mit dem Besen auf dem Bett herumhüpfte und seine Hüften 1976 zu Boom Boom ( John lee Hooker ) Elvis Presley, Gene Vincent und Vince Taylor schwang.
1985 kam er zur Musik in dem er zusammen mit dem Neuseeländer Geschwister Duo Helena und Steve Gubelmann Hit`s der 60er Jahre besang wie Take me Back, San Francisco, House of the Rising Sun, California Dreamin, South West shoobie und viele mehr.
1987 begann er Mundharmonika zu spielen.
1988 nahm er an manchen Jazz, Soul and free Session teil mit Musikern aus der Schweizer Szene wie z.B. Heinz Hasch, Bass (Cell Division) und Platzspitz Blues. Wie auch mein Schwager Daniel Duc, am Piano, Schlagzeug, Gitarre, Gesang u.s.w. (beau-frère, Dani.
Als René Lutz zum ersten mal Howlin Wolf, Otis Rush, John lee Hooker Muddy Waters und vorallem Sam Lightning Hopkins gehört hatte waren die Weichen gestellt irgendwann den Weg des Blues zu gehen.
Diese ART der Musik fesselte Ihn seit Beginn. René sang bei THE FRUMP, Goschon Libre, Rock Virus, Cover D, The Best of River deep und seit 1998 bei DIGGIN THE BLUES. von 2008 - 2013 führte René die Lucky Lutz Jam Session of zurich im Hey durch.
Seit René Lutz 1998 Marcel Vermeul und Marcel Rüegg im Niederdorf bei einem kühlen Bier traf um die Band Diggin The Blues zu gründen ist er Sänger dieser Bluesband. Seid Beginn strapaziert René bei Diggin The Blues die Stimmbänder und lässt die Bluesharp kreischen. Die Liebe zum Blues wird ihn nimmer loslassen und er hofft auf noch manche Session, Konzerte und Bluesige Momente mit den "diggers".
"Auf den Wegen des Blues gibt es nichts schöneres als das die Bluesszene eine kleine Familie ist und immer wieder ergeben sich Jams mit tollen Musikern und man trifft Bekannte aus der Blueszene oder lernt neue Bluesfreunde oder Musiker kennen"
Rusty Wright *02.08.
For guitarist and singer Rusty Wright, it’s “all about the moment,” commanding the stage to deliver the musical heat, the infectious grooves and the penetratingly sincere songs that have earned the Michigan musician a burgeoning national audience and recognition as a Master Blues Artist in the International Blues Hall of Fame.
Those who’ve seen Wright and his top-drawer band – wife and singer-guitarist Laurie Wright, keyboard player Robert John Manzitti, drummer Marc Friedman and bassist Dennis Bellinger (Grand Funk Railroad) – perform live will attest to the outfit’s razor-tight, explosive delivery of inventive blues songs with tasty helpings of Southern rock and Detroit-bred grit.
It’s that rare combination (along with Wright’s trademark, flowing white hair and eye-popping guitar leads) that commands immediate attention, fills dance floors and earns roars of approval.
“Art gives life its real color and it’s that joy that makes it more than just a day-to-day drudge,” the guitarist says of creating music that audiences embrace.
“I try to be socially relevant. I’m just trying to do what I feel old bluesmen who spoke about their experience did at that time. They weren’t afraid to talk about things that may have made people’s eyebrows raise. You should never be afraid of writing a song that might make people think. Music is about making people engage. You might take some heat for it, but as long as you’re being honest, there will always be people who will get it.”
It’s that fearless approach to music that’s cultivated growing legions of loyal fans and driven Wright since he first started sneaking out of the house at night with his cousin on summertime visits to Alabama. The pair explored the wonders of live music, from country to early rock ’n’ roll to “the long-hair” stuff of the Allman Brothers, Lynyrd Skynyrd and the Marshall Tucker Band.
Reared in a fertile musical environment that included spinning his auto plant worker dad’s vast collection of vintage blues records and playing guitar in his gospel-singing mother’s touring group starting at age 13, Wright knew from the get-go what he was born to do.
“I hear music all the time. My head, my soul is filled with it. I can’t imagine not creating and making music,” says Wright, who started writing music, assembling bands and playing the club circuit in Flint and the Detroit area as a teenager.
“I loved the blues stuff from childhood because there was such emotion behind it. You listen to some of that Muddy Waters or John Lee Hooker or Howlin’ Wolf, and there’s just some incredible emotion flowing out of it. You could just feel it like you were there.”
That same sort of passion propels Wright’s music and live performances. It’s what’s driven him to spend thousands of hours, he says, “learning my craft, cutting my fingers, cramping my hands, and failing and going back and working even harder. There’s a huge emotional investment in becoming a musician.”
His wife, Laurie, an accomplished guitarist and singer in her own right, has witnessed Wright’s devotion to perfecting that musical approach since the couple met in the early 1990s. And she gets to watch the fruits of that labor on stage almost every night.
“He’s a monster of a player. When Rusty and Bob go toe to toe on guitar and keys, it usually turns into the spectacular highlight of the show. It’s fun to watch the reaction of the youngbloods who don’t often get to see that kind of musicianship up close,” she offers, noting Wright also “stands out in any crowd. He cuts an imposing figure, and when you add that mane of white hair hanging past his belt these days, he looks like a wizard wielding a guitar.”
Since 2004, that wizard has spearheaded release of three widely praised studio albums and 2011’s “Live Fire,” shared stages with Lynyrd Skynyrd, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Etta James, Johnny Winter, Ronnie Baker Brooks, Bettye Lavette, Walter Trout and many more, toured the world from Italy to South Korea, and more than once represented the Detroit Blues Society at the International Blues Challenge.
The band’s most recent album, 2013’s “This, That & The Other Thing,” earned widespread radio airplay across North America and won Blues 411’s Jimi Award for Contemporary Blues Album of the Year. But that’s only the beginning: Wright vows that the band’s next album, “Wonder Man,” will be “the pinnacle” of what he’s striving to deliver as a songwriter and musician. And that means casting an innovative, wide net musically to reflect his eclectic tastes.
“I have so many influences, I don’t just fit in one little space. I do bluesy stuff, but I’m not afraid to experiment,” he insists. “I’m trying to find a way to take the blues farther down the road that will appeal to a younger generation as well. I’m not afraid to bring in other styles of music. But I want it to have passion. You never want to lose the passion and the joy of that music and what it’s trying to express.”
That approach sets the Rusty Wright Band apart from the pack, with its music seamlessly assimilating everything from early prog-rock to “the intricate melodies and harmonies and counter-rhythms” of the Allman Brothers to the “cool riffs” and “right-in-the-pocket” grooves of Chicago blues guitarist Hubert Sumlin to the “big heavy bass beats” of electronic music.
It’s all blended with the forthright, honest nature of Wright’s plight-of-the-common-man lyrics, partly the product of growing up in an auto industry town that’s seen its ups and downs. The idea, says Rusty, is to craft “great grooves that are really strong and fun to listen to and that people can dance to” in songs that also “express some ideas.”
As a result, Laurie offers, the music even appeals to people “who think they don’t like blues.”
One thing’s for certain: The band appeals to those seeking the spectacle of a great show combined with soaring vocals and the power of versatile, polished players.
“We don’t depend on gimmicks or props to stand out. We’re definitely more about the music than the eye candy,” Laurie suggests. “We have a good time on stage. There is no acting cool or stand-offish. There is no barrier between us and the audience. We are there for them and for the energy that is exchanged when that connection is made.”
As Rusty puts it: “I can’t abide a shoe-gazer. I’m really big on having things tight and smooth so we can enjoy ourselves and smile at the crowd. People are there to be entertained and playing well is only half of it. You have to entertain.”
And as audiences across the globe are discovering, Wright and his band do that in fearless fashion.
INFLUENCES: Stevie Ray Vaughn, Robin Trower, Joe Bonamassa, Allman Brothers, Freddy King
''MAN ON FIRE'' - RUSTY WRIGHT BAND, july 2014
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