Blues Company
| Blues Company | |
|---|---|
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| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Blues , blues rock |
| founding | 1976 |
| Website | http://www.bluescompany.de |
| Founding members | |
| Todor "Toscho" Todorovic | |
| Christian Rannenberg | |
| Michael Mueller | |
| Franz "Scholli" Knollmeyer | |
| Current occupation | |
Guitar, vocals |
Todor "Toscho" Todorovic |
Guitar, harp
|
Mike Titré (since 1980) |
Bass, organ
|
Arnold Ogrodnik (since 2008) |
Drums |
Florian Schaube (since 2000) |
| Uwe Nolopp (since 1999) | |
| Volker Winck (since 2013) | |
| former members | |
Tenor saxophone, organ |
Robert Kretzschmar (†) (1999–2012) |
The Blues Company is a German blues band from Osnabrück . The band has released over 20 recordings that appear on the Inakustik music label . With the Frankfurt City Blues Band , the Pee Wee Bluesgang and the band Das third Ohr , she is one of the pioneers of the blues in Germany.
Band history
The band was founded in 1976 by Todor "Toscho" Todorovic and Christian Rannenberg as "Christian Rannenbergs Bluesband" and renamed the Blues Company a short time later. She has played over 3000 concerts across Europe.
At first the band played as a backing band for the blues musicians who were brought to Europe by the organizer Rolf Schubert. The first record was made with "Live" in 1980. Since then, numerous recordings have been released that have made the band the longest-lived and most successful German blues band.
Currently (2016) the following musicians are members of the Blues Company: The band founder Todor "Toscho" Todorovic sings and plays the guitar. Mike Titré, with the band since 1980, can also be heard as a singer and guitarist, and occasionally plays the harmonica. Arnold Ogrodnik has been playing keyboard and bass since May 2008. Florian Schaube has been the band's drummer since 2000. The Fabulous BC Horns have been part of the wind section since 1999; they currently consist of Uwe Nolopp, trumpet and Volker Winck, saxophone.
Discography
- 1980: Live; LP
- 1982: I've had the blues a little longer; LP
- 1986: The Third Step; LP
- 1987: Captain Bill's Blues Circus; LP, Hungary
- 1987: International Blues Family; LP, Poland
- 1987: So What ?; CD, INAK
- 1990: Live '89; CD, INAK
- 1991: Damn! let's jam; CD, INAK
- 1993: Public Relations; CD, INAK
- 1994: Made in Germany-Live; CD, INAK, feat. Johnny Heartsman
- 1995: Vintage; CD, INAK
- 1997: Blues, Ballads and Assorted Love Songs - Best Of…; CD, INAK
- 1999: Upfront; DVD-Audio / DVD-Video, INAK - region code: 1-6, picture: 4: 3, sound formats: Dolby Digital AC3 - 5.1-channel surround sound and 96 kHz / 24 bit high resolution stereo
- 2000: Invitation to the Blues; CD, INAK
- 2001: Two Nights Only; CD, INAK
- 2002: Then and Now; SACD, INAK
- 2003: From Daybreak to Heartbreak; Hybrid-SACD, INAK
- 2004: Keepin 'The Blues Alive; CD, INAK
- 2006: The Quiet Side of ...; CD, INAK - also available as a limited edition with a second CD, also INAK
- 2007: Hot & Ready to Serve; CD, INAK
- 2008: More Blues Ballads and Assorted Love Songs - Best of…; CD, INAK
- 2010: O'Town Grooves; CD, INAK - Quarterly Award of the German Record Critics 2/2010
- 2013: X-Ray Blues; CD, INAK - Quarterly Prize of the German Record Critics' Best List 1/2014
- 2015: Ain't Nothing But ... The Blues Company; CD + DVD, INAK - Quarterly Award of the German Record Critics' Best List 2/2015
- 2016: Old, New, Borrowed But Blues: 40 Years On The Blues Highway
- 2017: Limited Jubilee Edition - 5 CD, 30 years INAK - 3 original CDs + With A Little Help ... feat. Special Guests + Encores - Previously Unreleased Tracks
- 2019: Ain't Givin 'Up; CD, INAK
Awards
For the albums "Vintage" (1998) and "Blues, Ballads and Assorted Love Songs" (1999), the band received the German Jazz Award in Gold from the Jazz Working Group in the Federal Association of the Phonographic Industry .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Interpreten :: in-akustik. Retrieved August 5, 2018 .
- ↑ http://www.schallplattenkritik.de/bestenlisten/665-bestenliste-1-2014
- ^ Gold / platinum database of the Federal Association of the Music Industry, accessed on June 23, 2016
literature
- Todor Todorovic , Heinz Rebellius (eds.): On the road again. 30 years of the Blues Company. On the move in the name of the blues. Books on Demand, Norderstedt 2004, ISBN 3-8334-1867-2 .
- Tom Schroeder : Where the boss pulls the cables: Toscho & Blues Company ; in: Michael Rauhut / Reinhard Lorenz (ed.): I've had the blues a little longer. Traces of a music in Germany. Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-86153-495-2 .
