Cisco Berndt

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Cisco Berndt, July 13, 2013

Günter "Cisco" Berndt (born December 12, 1942 in Hamburg ; † December 30, 2014 in Maschen ) was a German musician . He was a founding member of the Truck Stop band .

Childhood and youth

Cisco Berndt, bourgeois Günter Berndt , was born on December 12, 1942 at Nicolaistraße 32 in Hamburg-St. Pauli was born not far from the Protestant St. Michaelis Church . He was later baptized in this church. For a while, he grew up in a "home for unsupervised children." When Cisco was about fourteen years old, the home manager gave him a few hours of guitar lessons. At the age of fifteen he lived in Hamburg-Hamm and began an apprenticeship as a bricklayer. After work he often went to the Horner Moor with his two-year-old friend Teddy Weißegger (Joachim Weißegger) , where he played the guitar, often in good company . When Teddy got a good offer, he asked Cisco if he wanted to take over his dance band. Cisco replied that he had to learn something first. Teddy showed him a lot on the guitar and Cisco began to learn to play the guitar more intensively after work.

Cisco and the Houserockers

After more than a year he also took guitar lessons from a guitar teacher named Addy Hauck, whom he paid from the apprenticeship salary and the earnings of the band appearances. In the meantime he had taken over the band The Houserockers . The band was taken over in July 1959. At first only dance music was played, but the reorientation towards rock 'n' roll quickly took place .

Cisco and his Dynamites

In 1961, Cisco Berndt founded the band Cisco and his Dynamites . Three months later, in 1962, Uwe ( Jimmy ) Beckedorf joined as drummer. They played rock 'n' roll and then twist . In order to stay in tune with the times , the band was renamed Cisco's Twistmen , but when the popularity of the twist faded very quickly after a short time, the band got their old name again. It was the time of beat music , which also had an impact on the band's music. The band became well known in northern Germany because the band performed in many cities. The most famous clubs in Hamburg where the band played were the Top Ten Club , the Kaiserkeller and the Star Club . The appearances in larger clubs in Hamburg began in spring 1962 in the Tanzpalast Club OK , the first Twist Club at the end of the Große Freiheit , in the former Stern-Kino , which was bought by Manfred Weissleder . On April 13, 1962, his Star Club was opened there. Soon after the were in other cities license stores Star Club opened the first and Star-Club were called, but the star of the course of a dispute Star Club in Star Palace have been renamed. These star palaces , in which the band performed, were in all of northern Germany, including in Buchholz in the Nordheide , Lüneburg , Kiel and Berlin .

  • Cisco and his Dynamites in Carl Miosga's dance hall in Hamburg-Hamm , from left Mike, Cisco Berndt, Jürgen Stapelfeld, Uwe ( Jimmy ) Beckedorf

  • Cisco and his Dynamites in Carl Miosga's dance hall in Hamburg-Hamm, from left Cisco Berndt, Mike, Uwe ( Jimmy ) Beckedorf, Jürgen Stapelfeld

  • Cisco and his Dynamites in the Top Ten Club , Cisco Berndt

  • Cisco and his Dynamites , from bottom left Cisco Berndt, Uwe ( Jimmy ) Beckedorf, from top left Mike, Jürgen Stapelfeld

  • Cisco and his Dynamites , late 1964, from left: Uwe Pelzer, Cisco Berndt, Uwe ( Jimmy ) Beckedorf, Jürgen Stapelfeld

  • Cisco and his Dynamites as a trio in 1964 on the Lüneburg Kalkberg , from left Cisco Berndt, Uwe Pelzer (with Cisco's cowboy hat ), Uwe ( Jimmy ) Beckedorf

  • Cisco and his Dynamites as a trio in 1964 at the former Ilmenau port in Lüneburg, from left Uwe (Jimmy) Beckedorf, Uwe Pelzer, Cisco Berndt

  • Actually The Skyriders , but contractually again as Cisco and his Dynamites in Beat-Club Menke under Café Menke , Reeperbahn , Hamburg, winter 1967, from left Cisco Berndt, Uwe Pelzer, Josef ( Jupp ) Schwarz

The Ravers

In 1964, during his time with Ciscos and his Dynamites , Cisco Berndt met briefly with the group The Ravers to record an album with them, or two songs on the album, where he sang and played guitar. The album was released in 1965 with the title Beat Party with the Ravers . The Ravers was actually the band The Tonics , who made records under many names.

The Skyriders

From 1966 to April 1967 Cisco Berndt and Uwe ( Jimmy ) Beckedorf were in the band The Skyriders . Other band members at the time were Eobert Hormann and Josef ( Jupp ) Schwarz, who played the saxophone.

Gigi and the Night Shadows

In mid-1968 Cisco joined the band The Night Shadows , which was renamed Gigi and the Night Shadows , when Gigi , bourgeois Helga Weber , whom he already knew from Club OK , joined the band as a singer. Uwe ( Jimmy ) Beckedorf, who was a founding member of The Night Shadows , but left the band in an argument, was also back as a drummer. Former drummers of the band were Jimmy's brother Hartmut Beckedorf and Horst ( Hotte ) Kupczyk, who switched to the band The Blizzards in 1965 . Manager of Gigi and the Night Shadows was Thomas Glantz in Cisco's time, and other band members Jürgen Weber and Günther Timm. From 1968 to 1969 the band performed on board the ships Peter Pan and Nils Holgersson between Travemünde and Trelleborg . Cisco remained loyal to this band until the spring of 1972, but then his desire to only make country music won out and he left the band. The band members who joined later were the drummer H. ( Teddy ) Engel and the bass player Siggi Raskop. Gero Becker was also a former bass player in the group.

Released singles by Gigi and the Night Shadows (without Cisco Berndt):

The song Amanda (take your hand away from there) by Gigi and the Night Shadows was also featured on compilations with various interpreters, including on the long-playing record Alaaf & Helau in 1976 by S * R International and in 1979 on the long-playing record, as well as the compact cassette Die große Gag - Parade from RCA Records .

  • The Night Shadows in Otto Hopp's dance hall in Hamburg-Wilhelmsburg 1963, from left Hartmut Beckedorf, Hans Jürgen Weber, Kurt Mehner, Bruno Borchart

  • Gigi and the Night Shadows in Grömitz around 1968, from the left Uwe ( Jimmy ) Beckedorf, Günther Timm, Gigi, Hans Jürgen Weber and upside down Cisco Berndt

  • Gigi and the Night Shadows in Grömitz around 1968, from left: above Gigi and Hans Jürgen Weber, below Cisco Berndt, Uwe ( Jimmy ) Beckedorf and Günther Timm

Truck stop

Cisco Berndt with Truck Stop on July 13, 2013

As early as 1971, Cisco Berndt met with Lucius, bourgeois Burkhard Reichling and Erich Doll, the first members of what would later become the formation Truck Stop , to make country music. In 1972 the first official truck stop formation was founded with Claus-Dieter (also Klaus-Dieter ) Eckardt. A little later, two more musicians were added, Teddy, civil Wolfgang Ibing and Rainer Bach . At first the band was called Schröder goes Country , but was then renamed Truck Stop in 1972 , 1973 being the official date of foundation. CD Eckardt left the band in 1974, but stayed with the band as a lyricist. Forty, unofficially forty-one, Cisco stayed in the band and released over forty albums and several singles with it. The band's success was evidenced by several awards, including three gold tuning forks , as well as gold records and platinum records. At the end of 2013, Cisco decided to leave the band because, at the age of seventy-one, he was no longer physically able to cope with the mostly long and exhausting trips to the concerts and the concerts themselves. He also wanted to go back to where his love for country music began, while at the same time following his inner love for traditional country music. The last joint concert with Truck Stop took place on December 21, 2013 in the Congress Center Hamburg . Cisco was the only one at Truck-Stop who always wore cowboy clothes in his private life.

During his time at Truck Stop , Cisco was involved with Teddy Ibing from Truck Stop on the album Nach Hamburg by Hannes Wader , which was released in 1989.

Discography with Truck Stop (selection)

Albums in the charts

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE
1981 The cowboys DE44 (2 weeks)
DE
First published: September 1981
1982 Unable to be stopped! DE3 (9 weeks)
DE
First published: March 1982
rodeo DE65 (1 week)
DE
First published: September 1982
1990 Arizona DE42 (11 weeks)
DE
First published: July 1990
1996 Against the wind DE81 (4 weeks)
DE
First published: July 15, 1996
1999 Ladies choice DE71 (1 week)
DE
First published: August 16, 1999
2001 Cowboy alert DE89 (1 week)
DE
First published: April 23, 2001
2002 Wild riders DE78 (1 week)
DE
First published: June 24, 2002
2004 Lot of freedom DE69 (1 week)
DE
First published: September 6, 2004
2006 Always straight ahead DE64 (2 weeks)
DE
First published: January 20, 2006
2007 Welcome in the family DE56 (2 weeks)
DE
First published: February 16, 2007
2008 35 years of country from Germany DE80 (1 week)
DE
First published: July 25, 2008
Live your life DE74 (1 week)
DE
First published: September 26, 2008
2010 6 correct DE45 (2 weeks)
DE
First published: September 17, 2010
2012 Country band DE32 (3 weeks)
DE
First published: July 20, 2012
2013 40 years ... great times DE44 (2 weeks)
DE
First published: June 28, 2013

More albums

  • 1973: Truck Stop
  • 1974: Can't Stop Truck Stop
  • 1977: Truck Stop Live
  • 1977: at home
  • 1978: On the move
  • 1978: Highway 59 (2 LP)
  • 1979: Kindly please
  • 1980: Truck Stop
  • 1983: Potz Blitz
  • 1984: All right
  • 1986: Louisiana Ladies
  • 1987: staying friends
  • 1988: Firm in the saddle (2 LP, anniversary album 15 years)
  • 1989: Keep It Country
  • 1991: All bingo
  • 1991: Christmas in the wild west
  • 1992: High Noon
  • 1994: hot as chili
  • 1995: No. 1
  • 1997: hands up
  • 2000: On the Road
  • 2009: The greatest country medleys

Compilations

  • 1975: Keep on Truckin '
  • 1977: Truckin 'on New Tracks
  • 1980: Portrait (2 LP)
  • 1981: Hello Josephine
  • 1984: Up and Down the Highway - Great Hits
  • 1985: In Concert
  • 1988: I really want to hear Dave Dudley
  • 1989: Hello Mary Lou
  • 1991: Take It Easy, old house - Our German successes
  • 1993: 1000 miles of dust - 20 years of Truck Stop (2 CD)
  • 1994: masterpieces
  • 1995: Master Works (3 CD)
  • 1996: Masterpieces II
  • 1998: 25 years of Truck Stop on Tour
  • 2000: Take It Easy, old house
  • 2003: 30 years of Truck Stop
  • 2004: Starboulevard (2 CD)
  • 2005: The wild, wild west (3 CD)
  • 2010: your great successes
  • 2011: country romance

Singles in the charts

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT
1978 I would really like to hear Dave Dudley DE20 (16 weeks)
DE 		-
First published: April 1978
1979 Take It Easy, old house DE38 (12 weeks)
DE 		-
First published: March 1979
1980 The wild, wild west DE15 (24 weeks)
DE 		AT4 (8 weeks)
AT
First published: March 1980
1981 Let the girls know ... DE60 (5 weeks)
DE 		-
First published: April 1981
Easy rider DE53 (6 weeks)
DE 		-
First published: September 1981
1990 Arizona-Arizona DE65 (8 weeks)
DE 		-
First published: July 1990
1991 All bingo DE52 (10 weeks)
DE 		-
First published: May 1991
1992 When night falls in Old Tucson DE79 (1 week)
DE 		-
First published: June 1992
1993 Men with hat DE86 (2 weeks)
DE 		-
First published: September 1993

More singles

  • 1973: Hello Josephine
  • 1974: Orange Blossom Special
  • 1975: Rip It Up
  • 1976: Is Anybody Goin 'to San Antone
  • 1977: The woman with the belt
  • 1978: The tramp
  • 1978: America
  • 1978: The King of the Autobahn
  • 1979: Rosie
  • 1980: Old Texas Town, the western town
  • 1981: No thanks, I don't smoke anymore
  • 1982: My grandpa, that's me
  • 1982: The sun is low
  • 1982: It's only available in Dallas
  • 1983: Hillybilly Country Lilly
  • 1983: father and son
  • 1984: a day like a friend
  • 1984: fishing relaxed
  • 1985: Happy Birthday
  • 1986: Louisiana Lady
  • 1988: Big White Diesel
  • 1988: Großstadtrevier , theme song of the television series Großstadtrevier
  • 1989: Never let your day spoil you
  • 1990: Square Dance Darling
  • 1992: You are always on the move
  • 1993: Erwin, the fat snowman
  • 1994: Marry Jonny Hill
  • 1995: Emmylou, Emmylou
  • 1996: Route 66
  • 1997: Then don't give a damn
  • 1999: women's choice
  • 1999: Lady Harley
  • 2001: Please redeem us, Elvis
  • 2001: Waterkant
  • 2002: Fancy a pickup truck
  • 2003: From Arizona to Old Texas Town
  • 2004: Through Saxony without Anhalt
  • 2004: the bill please
  • 2006: Everyone does it
  • 2006: straight ahead
  • 2007: I am your man
  • 2008: It's the sheriff's birthday today
  • 2008: Live your life
  • 2008: Country summer night
  • 2010: Just do nothing
  • 2010: What are we supposed to do in Nashville?
  • 2010: freedom around the nose

With Truck Stop as a guest musician

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH
1999 Chain-link fence DE1
Triple gold
× 3
Triple gold

(14 weeks)DE 		AT1
platinum
platinum

(15 weeks)AT 		CH2 (15 weeks)
CH

Cisco

After leaving Truck Stop , Cisco worked on his first solo album, on which he recorded and sang fifteen of his favorite songs, including three pieces by Johnny Cash , who had been his greatest idol for decades. He was supported in this by his friend Nils Tuxen , who represented Rainer Bach at Truck Stop for six months in 1979 . Nils Tuxen played various instruments during the joint production, including a steel guitar and a five-string banjo . The album was produced and mixed in the Lick Lab Studio in Maschen. It was released in 2014 and is entitled I've done it all - Vol. 1 ( I've done everything before ).

After the release, he worked on his second solo album Everything is Fine ( Everything is fine ), because he died, but which he no longer ended at the age of seventy-two years. Contrary to many media reports that his daughter Andrea found him in his house in Maschen am Ginsterweg in the afternoon on December 31, 2014, sitting lifeless in the living room armchair and that an emergency doctor who was called up could only determine that he was dead, it was also reported that he was, instead of Daughter who found a friend. It is also alleged that this friend was his long-time friend from Los Angeles , which is not proven, but is conceivable, because only the boyfriend or daughter will have had another house key. For Raclette -Eat New Year's Eve at the former Beat Club presenter Uschi Nerke to which he was invited, he could not appear more.

His funeral service took place on January 23, 2015 in Hamburg's St. Michaelis Church . Pastor Julia Atze gave the address, accompanied by well-known Truck-Stop songs, played on an organ, just as after the address Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen and Amazing Grace rang out on an organ. For decades, Cisco was not seen in public without a cowboy hat, and so one was enthroned on his coffin. Among the approximately two hundred and fifty mourning guests were his former band colleagues from Truck Stop , Knut Bewersdorff, Andreas Cisek, Teddy Ibing and Uwe Lost. Nils Tuxen, with whom he recorded the last album, was also present.

Contrary to a press release and his wish, he was not buried afterwards in the Maschener Heidefriedhof, where Joe Menke's grave is also located. His grave is said to be in a Hamburg cemetery or in the Hamburg area.

Cisco was married once but then lived apart. He had his first name officially changed to Cisco, including in his identity card.

Shooting and equestrian sports

Cisco Berndt also did shooting and equestrian sports. He was a member of the Schützenkorps Stelle und Umgebung eV and remained loyal to the pistol department of the club for almost thirty years until his death. In March 2001 he became Hamburg national champion in Hamburg and the surrounding area in the pistol and revolver category . His riding instructor was Thomas Hoppe, who founded the first western riding school in Hamburg in 1978 . Cisco had been an honorary member of the First Western Equestrian Union , or EMU for short , since March 1981 . Cisco owned two horses of its own for a while. The last one was a palomino .

literature

Web links

Commons : Cisco Berndt  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Biography according to information from Cisco Berndt ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ Mention of Cisco's home stay in More Stories from Over by Petra Burghardt, page 82, Books on Demand , on Google Books
  3. ↑ a b Cisco interview part 1, interview page 1 (page 16), with Thomas Fürst from Music-Eagle , Monday Music Magazin, interview from June 26, 2001 (printed, not on the website)
  4. ↑ a b c d e f Cisco interview part 1, interview page 2 (page 17), with Thomas Fürst from Music-Eagle, Monday Music Magazin, interview from June 26, 2001
  5. ↑ a b c Source: Uwe ( Jimmy ) Beckedorf , telephone calls and exchange of messages
  6. ↑ Mention of Cisco and his Dynamites on the Keiserkeller subpage on Große Freiheit36.de
  7. ↑ Photo of the Club OK advertising with description (middle of the page)
  8. ↑ Cisco interview part 1, interview page 3 (page 18), with Thomas Fürst from Music-Eagle, Monday Music Magazin, interview from June 26, 2001
  9. ↑ a b c d biography ( memento of February 9, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) on Cisco's website
  10. ↑ Beat Party with the Ravers at Discogs
  11. ↑ Siggi Raskop's website
  12. ^ Proof of Gero Becker
  13. ↑ Single 1967 (February) Gigi and the Night Shadows
  14. ↑ Proof of Peter Poll aka Berry Lipmann
  15. ↑ Georg Rüssman 1969, the single on Gigi and The Nightshadows from 1976 is G. Rußmann
  16. ↑ Single 1976 Gigi and the Night Shadows
  17. ^ Alaaf & Helau 1976
  18. ↑ The big gag parade long-playing record
  19. ↑ The big gag parade compact cassette
  20. ↑ a b biography ( memento from March 1, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) of Truck Stop on countrynews.de
  21. ↑ Interview with CD Eckardt
  22. ↑ Claus-Dieter Eckardt at Discogs
  23. ↑ a b Article on Cisco Berndt's exit from Truck Stop on country.de
  24. ↑ a b c Chart sources: Singles Albums Maschen-Draht-Zaun / Gold- / Platinum-Databases: DE AT
  25. ↑ Information ( memento of February 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) on the production of I've done it all - Vol. 1 on Cisco's website
  26. ↑ Mention ( memento of February 9, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) of the work on the second solo album on Cisco's website
  27. ↑ Article on the death of Cisco Berndt from the Hamburger Abendblatt
  28. ↑ Article on the death of Cisco Berndt on countrymusicnews.de
  29. ↑ Archive link ( Memento from September 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  30. ↑ Proof that his girlfriend came from Los Angeles (text under the picture with the American flag)
  31. ↑ Article from t-online.de from January 6, 2015
  32. ↑ Article from January 23, 2015 by the picture
  33. ↑ See discussion page: Discussion: Cisco Berndt
  34. ^ Funeral service ( memento of February 6, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), burial, name change
  35. ^ Schützenkorps Stelle und Umgebung eV ( Memento from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  36. ↑ Cisco interview part 1, interview page 4 (page 19), with Thomas Fürst from Music-Eagle, Monday Music Magazin, interview from June 26, 2001
  37. ↑ Report ( memento from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) about Cisco's riding instructor on western-journal.de
  38. ↑ Page 3 of the third PDF file on the ewu-westernreiten.de page
  39. ↑ in person: Truck stop at the video after 5 minutes and 26 seconds
personal data
SURNAME Berndt, Cisco
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Berndt, Günter (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German musician
DATE OF BIRTH December 12, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH December 31, 2014
Place of death Meshes