The third ear

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Artistically alienated photo of the quartet The Third Ear in a simulated live situation

The Third Ear is the longest existing blues band in Germany. It was founded in 1968 by Udo Wolff , who is still a member of the band. In 1981 the group was the first German blues band to receive the German Record Critics' Prize .

history

At the beginning of their career the band did their apprenticeship as an accompanying group of the European tours of black blues musicians from the generation of Muddy Waters and Howlin 'Wolf , as a result of which the "ear" on the world's best-selling sampler in the history of blues music at the legendary Chess Label appeared. In 1981 the group was the first German blues band to receive the German Record Critics' Prize , among other things because of exclusively German blues texts. The Third Ear was the first German blues band to perform in the Eastern Bloc, the USA and Central America; to this day, the “ear” LP payday is still the best-selling German blues production. Typical Wolff quote: “Definitely agree, to paraphrase Molière : We are there to entertain. Not at any price, though. In the end it means: like it or leave it. "

The Third Ear has been performing at Christmas in their hometown of Hildesheim for around 40 years , for many years for example in the be bop discotheque on the Rottsberg.

occupation

Discography (excerpt)

  • Blues & Boogie Pur (1978, digitally edited 2008)
  • Payday (1980, digitally processed 1997)
  • Heaven or Hell (1982, digitally edited 1997)
  • Black on White Live (1995)
  • The eleventh commandment (1997)
  • Negro Kisses (1998)
  • The Scent of the Night (2003)

literature

  • Brigitte Tast, Hans-Juergen Tast: be bop - Wilhelmshöhe rocks. Disco and concerts in Hell Verlag Gebrüder Gerstenberg GmbH & Co. KG, Hildesheim 2007, ISBN 978-3-8067-8589-0 .
  • Brigitte Tast, Hans-Juergen Tast: be bop - Rock-Tempel & Nachtasyl - Volume 2 on the legend . Hildesheim: Verlag Gebr. Gerstenberg 2009. ISBN 978-3-8067-8733-7 .

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