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Engerling in the Q24 cabaret in Pirna

Engerling is a Berlin blues rock band . It was an integral part of the blues scene in the GDR . It was founded in 1975 by Rainer Lojewski and Wolfram Bodag in East Berlin as the Engerling Blues Band.

occupation

Start time

  • Wolfram Boddi Bodag ( vocals , keyboard , harmonica ) - since 1975
  • Rainer Lello Lojewski ( drums ) - 1975 to 1979
  • Heiner Witte ( guitar ) - since 1975
  • Erhard Klauschenz ( bass ) - 1975 to 1976
  • Reiner Greger ( violin , vocals) - 1978 to 1979
  • Peter Brandl (harmonica, vocals) - 1975 to 1977

today

  • Wolfram Boddi Bodag (keyboard, vocals)
  • Heiner Witte (guitar)
  • Manne Pokrandt (bass) - since 1986
  • Hannes Schulze (drums) - since 2005

Engerling at Dorfrock in Schmadebeck (2016)

  • v. l. No. Hannes Schulze, Manne Pokrandt, Heiner Witte

  • Wolfram Boddi Bodag

  • v. l. No. Wolfram Boddi Bodag, Hannes Schulze, Manne Pokrandt, Heiner Witte

  • Heiner Witte

history

Before the band was founded, all members played in various other amateur bands such as mobil , medoc and Pardon . While Wolfram Bodag and Heiner Witte completed their training at the Friedrichshain Music School in East Berlin, all the other band members were self-taught . The band name Engerling was chosen without any deeper reference. The band has remained true to their style to this day. From the beginning she got by without an elaborate stage show or promotion. Nevertheless, the "Engerlinge" had an enthusiastic audience among the GDR youth.

After Erhard Klauschenz left, Mischa Arnold (1976 to 1978) took over the bass. From then on, the line-up of Wolfram Bodag and Heiner Witte changed several times. The other interim band members were: Bernd Kühnert (guitar / 1975 to 1979), Michael Arnold (bass / 1976 to 1978), Jens Saleh (bass / 1978 to 1979), Gottfried Klier (saxophone / 1978–1979), Peter Lucht (drums / 1980 to 1985 and 1992 to 2000), Gunther Krex (bass guitar / 1980 to 1983), Thilo Ferch (saxophone / 1980 to 1981), Christian Liebig (bass guitar / 1985 to 1986), Henry Butschke (drums / 1985 to 1986), Friedemann "Frieda" Schulz (drums / 1986 to 1992), Andreas Kaufmann (saxophone / 1986 to 1988), Waldemar Weiz (guitar / 1989 to 1992) and Vincent Brisach (drums / 2000 to 2005). The youngest member of the band is the drummer Hannes Schulze, Bodag's son.

1977 appeared with the singles Da helpless no whining / The train or The white goat and sister Bessie's Boogie / Mama Wilson the first recordings with Amiga ( VEB Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin). In 1979 the first long-playing record followed , which sold over 100,000 times. In 1986 Bodag's hands were broken during a police operation , so Engerling could not appear for several months.

Characteristic

Engerling has dedicated himself to the blues from the start. Their musical conception means: straightforward, rustic blues and boogie rock . Typical is a text from the early days: a fictional conversation with the mother of Alan Wilson , who died in 1970 and who was a co-founder of the American blues rock band Canned Heat ( Mama Wilson ).

Mitch Ryder and Engerling

The song Ain't Nobody White Can Sing the Blues by Mitch Ryder has been an integral part of the Engerling repertoire for years. The band has accompanied Mitch Ryder on his tours through Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Belgium, France and Spain since 1994 and was involved in CD productions by the US musician.

Wolfram Bodag

Wolfram Bodag is the head of the band. He is a composer, lyricist, musician and singer. He was born on May 3, 1950 in Bad Freienwalde near Berlin. As a 16-year-old he was already playing for Blues Fashion . After military service, the band he joined mobile on. Together with Rainer Lojewski, he later founded the blues band Pardon (until 1973). As a cycling fan, he wrote Six Days on the Bike , Tommy Simpson and Radlers Leid .

Bodag's text Blues vom Roten Hahn had a real reason: a fire in East Berlin's Erich-Franz-Klub , a domicile of the blues scene. In his lyrics, Bodag reports on both real and fictional concerts (by Willie Dixon and John Lee Hooker ), the proceeds of which contribute to the reconstruction:

Here you have the money. Lay it out well, start building up, and don't let the Red Rooster spoil you under the roof with the old blues again.

In titles like Legoland and Zinker , Wolfram Bodag processes his turning point and post turning point impressions:

We are not the winners. But we were good. We were almost high flyers. When I think about it, I get angry.

Wolfram Bodag's compositions for radio play and film (selection)

  • On the go , feature film, director: Evelyn Schmidt , DEFA 1984
  • Der Schimmelreiter , radio play based on Theodor Storm, directed by Werner Buhss , Rundfunk der DDR 1985
  • The Odyssey of Odysseus , six-part children's radio play based on Homer, director: Werner Buhss, Rundfunk der DDR 1988
  • Goldrand , radio play by Andrea Czesienski, director: Werner Buhss, Rundfunk der DDR 1987
  • The Prodigal Son , children's radio play by Thomas Fritz , director: Werner Buhss, Rundfunk der DDR 1989
  • Clothes make the man , children's radio play based on Gottfried Keller, director: Werner Buhss, Rundfunk der DDR 1989
  • Beyond the borders , feature film, director: Rainer Ackermann , DEFA 1990
  • Aladin and the magic lamp based on stories from 1001 nights, directed by Werner Buhss, SachsenRadio 1991
  • The story of Pit Pikus, the woodpecker, and the seagull Leila , children's radio play based on Friedrich Wolf , directed by Werner Buhss, Deutschlandradio Kultur 1993
  • Parlor game , radio play based on Fyodor Dostojewski , director: Werner Buhss, ORB 1995
  • No more song after mine - Sergej Jessenin , radio play by Werner Buhss, director: Werner Buhss, DeutschlandRadio 1995
  • Peng , children's radio play by Valerie Petrov, director: Werner Buhss, MDR / DeutschlandRadio 1996
  • Mieze, Tarzan and Paul Klee , children's radio play by Gabriele Bigott, directed by Werner Buhss, DeutschlandRadio 1996

After 2000

The concert “30 Years Engerling” took place on April 16, 2005 in the Kesselhaus in the Kulturbrauerei . Annually joint appearances with Mitch Ryder take place in the Kulturgießerei in Schöneiche near Berlin .

Discography

Singles

  • 1977: No complaining helps / The train or the white goat ( Amiga )
  • 1977: Sister Bessie's Boogie / Mama Wilson (Amiga)
  • 1980: Stick out of the sack / night song (Amiga)

LPs

  • 1979: Engerling Blues (Amiga)
  • 1981: Daydream (Amiga)
  • 1989: Either way (Amiga, as CD 1997)

CDs

  • 1992: Egoland
  • 1994: Amiga double pack
  • 1994: Engerling live
  • 1997: COME AHEAD
  • 1998: Engerling plays Stones
  • 2000: 25 years of Engerling
  • 2005: The original albums
  • 2010: 35 years of Engerling - the 2010 anniversary concert
  • 2015: 40 years on the move anniversary concert 2015

DVD

  • 2007: 25 years Engerling anniversary concert DVD

Mitch Ryder & Engerling

CDs

  • 1994: Rite of Passage (1994)
  • 2002: The Old Man Springs a Boner (live)
  • 2004: A Dark Caucasian Blue
  • 2006: The Acquitted Idiot
  • 2008: You Deserve My Art
  • 2009: Air Harmonie. Live in Bonn 2008
  • 2013: It's Killing Me Live 2012

DVD and video

  • 1994: Live in Berlin Franzclub
  • 2004: Mitch Ryder at Rockpalast

literature

Web links

Commons : Engerling (band)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Götz Hintze: Rock Lexicon of the GDR. 2nd Edition. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-89602-303-9 , p. 92
  2. ↑ Interview with Schulze at ostmusik.de ( Memento from May 13, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on April 14, 2014
  3. ^ Excerpt from the record review in Melodie & Rhythmus 4/1979, at ostbeat.de ( Memento from September 16, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on April 14, 2014
  4. ↑ Portrait from Deutsche-Mugge , accessed on April 14, 2014