Georgi Gogow

Georgi Gogow - 2016

Georgi Joro Gogow (born July 12, 1948 in Momchilgrad , Bulgaria ) is a German musician. He comes from Bulgaria and has had German citizenship since 1992 .

Musical development

Gogow grew up in Swishtow on the Danube . From 1962 to 1965 he attended the music high school in Russe , where he studied violin and also completed his knowledge of the guitar . A year later he did his three years of military service in the Bulgarian Army . After that he played in numerous different bands in his homeland. In 1971 he moved to East Berlin and played for Nomen est Omen from 1972 to 1973 .

1974 Gogow joined City and replaced Ingo Döring on the electric bass . On the side he also took up the violin to emphasize the folkloric element in City's music. Gogow refused to use the rock violin in principle, for example to meet fashion trends. He demonstrated his mastery of this instrument not only in the solos of the successful title Am Fenster , but also earned him the nickname devil's violinist . Gogow and Hans the violin were considered the best rock violinists in the GDR .

Gogow, Fritz Puppel and Toni Krahl acted as the team of authors at City, with Gogow and Puppel mainly responsible for the compositions and the texts mostly came from Krahl. Gogow's compositions were characterized by combinations of Bulgarian folklore, swinging rock and blues . The best examples are the title Bulgaria Rock, composed together with Puppel, and the title Am Fenster . During their Bulgarian tour in September 1976, both titles were shown with great success in a program on Bulgarian television specially reserved for modern folklore music. Other successful compositions by Gogow were Der Spatz , Der Tattooierte , Der King vom Prenzlauer Berg and Traudl .

After tensions within the band in 1981, Gogow and Gisbert Piatkowski left City and together with Frank Gala Gahler, who had previously played with Monokel , founded the rock, blues and folklore band NO 55 . Already in January 1982 Gogow had the first highly acclaimed appearance with NO 55 as part of the event Rock for Peace . The band released two singles and two albums during its existence. The texts came exclusively from Werner Karma and the compositions mainly from Gogow, but also Piatkowski and Gahler. The band's profile was largely shaped by the band boss Gogow and the charismatic singer and former blues musician Gahler.

Gogow was involved in two of the blues projects that briefly brought together musicians from leading GDR bands: in 1983 he was a member of the Amiga Blues Band and in 1989 he was a participant in the Mama Blues project .

After Frank Gahler left the GDR, NO 55 dissolved in 1989. Gogow joined City again in 1992 and has been part of the band since then. In addition, he practices in various projects. In 1997 he was one of the co-founders of the world music project Der Wilde Garten , which presents pieces by great composers in modified form in different languages, as well as original compositions. In 2008 he was part of the Putensen Beat Ensemble with Anett Kölpin , Angelika Weiz , Laura Fischer (daughter of Günther Fischer ) and Wolfgang Schneider , which presented songs by Manfred Krug and Günther Fischer from the 1970s.

Others

Georgi Gogow's son Nicolaj is a drummer. He played with Knorkator and was with Pothead from 2012 to 2014 .

Individual evidence

↑ Young forever. Märkische Allgemeine from February 24, 2013, accessed on January 12, 2016

literature

Rock formation City. In: Melodie und Rhythmus , Berlin (Ost), issue 10/1976
City and its three authors. In: Melodie und Rhythmus, Berlin (Ost), issue 4/1977
Andre Wilkens: City live. In: Melodie und Rhythmus, Berlin (East), issue 10/1980
Jan Thomsen: I am a distant Bulgarian. In: Berliner Zeitung of January 5, 2007
Jürgen Balitzki: Rock at first hand. Verlag Lied der Zeit, Berlin (East), 1985, page 19 ff and page 101 ff

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personal data
SURNAME	Gogow, Georgi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Gogow, Georgi Joro
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German rock musician
DATE OF BIRTH	July 12, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH	Momchilgrad , Bulgaria

[1] Young forever. Märkische Allgemeine from February 24, 2013, accessed on January 12, 2016


Studio albums	At the window (1978) • The tattooed one (1979) • Dreamer (1980) • Under the skin (1983) • Fire in the ice (1985) • Casablanca (1987) • Don't worry (1990) • Smoke signals (1997) • At the window ( Platinum Edition, 1997) • Am Fenster 2 (2002) • Silberstreif am Horizont (2004) • Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! (2007) • Forever Young (2012) • Thank You Angel (2013)
Collaboration albums	Rock Music Christmas (2003)
Live albums	40 Years City - The Concert (2012)
Compilation albums	Rock from Germany East Vol. 11 - City (1991) • The Best of City (1992) • The King from Prenzlauer Berg (2003) • Master of all classes - Best (2004) • The best (2008) • Play it again! The Best of City (2008) • City - The Original Albums (2012) • Rock Legends (2014)