Georg Schroeter (musician)

Georg Karl Schroeter (born April 21, 1964 in Koblenz ) is a German blues musician (piano, vocals).

Georg Schroeter recorded in Portland, USA 2011

Childhood and youth

Georg Schroeter spent his childhood together with four siblings at Gut Panker in Schleswig-Holstein in the Plön district . At the age of four he received classical piano lessons. After completing school at the Cooperative Comprehensive School in Lütjenburg , Georg Schroeter completed an apprenticeship as a piano maker at the Schimmel company (1980 to 1984) in Braunschweig .

biography

At the end of the 1980s, Georg Schroeter met the young harmonica player Marc Breitfelder and the Kiel blues guitarist and singer Daffy for the first time at a concert by Gottfried Böttger (ex-pianist of Udo Lindenberg's Panik Orchester, TV pianist at 3 after 9 ) Deblitz. Both played with Gottfried every now and then and founded the blues duo "Blues Manner", which later became the "Blues Manner Band". Peter Weise played the drums, Tommy Jahnke the bass and Georg Schroeter later took over Buggie Braune's job on the keys and traveled with the “Blues Manner Band” to Tallinn, Estonia . It was also Daffy who put Georg in touch with the Southern Rock Band "White Lightnin '". On a Korg CX-3 in combination with a Leslie and a Roland RD 300 digital piano, he expanded his experience in combination with a band that specializes in songs, among others, BB King , Lynyrd Skynyrd , ZZ Top and the Allman Brothers to play . In addition to the "Blues Manner Band" and "White Lightnin '", Georg often played with Marc and Daffy as a trio under the name "Jambirds". A musical collaboration was also established in 1995 with the singer and guitarist Barni Söhnel from Kiel. Barni was spontaneously invited to recording sessions in the supersonic recording studio in Kiel and so the CD Movin 'On was born . Georg Schroeter developed into a popular session musician and played in many different formations and bands, but mostly in a duo with Marc Breitfelder. In 1999 Georg Schroeter met the Beatles discoverer Tony Sheridan and several tours and concerts followed, some of them with Marc Breitfelder on the harmonica. Georg Schroeter was most influenced musically by Abi Wallenstein , with whom he also appears with Martin Röttger and Marc Breitfelder under the name “Spirit of the Blues” . In 2011 "Georg Schroeter & Marc Breitfelder" won the International Blues Challenge in Memphis in the solo / duo category.

Discography

• 1995: Movin On, CD
• 1996: “Jambirds”, CD
• 1997: "42 Minutes" CD
• 1998: "Live in Lahnstein" CD
• 1999: "Jubilee" CD
• 1999: "Since I fell for you" CD
• 1999: "Piano Boogie Quartet - Live in Prague" CD
• 2000: "Still Alive", CD
• 2001: “Piano Boogie Quartet”, CD
• 2002: "Take a butchers knife", CD
• 2005: The GerMans “That's Allright”, CD
• 2007: Live in Sweden, CD
• 2010: Sugar & Spice LP, CD
• 2011: Live at BluesBaltica, CD
• 2012: The German Blues Project "Through The Storm", CD
• 2012: The 4 Pianeurs "Big Boss Man", CD
• 2014: "Dixieland Jubilee", CD

Prizes / Awards / Accolades

• 2016: Winner German Blues Award Category Solo / Duo
• 2013: Winner German Blues Award Category Piano
• 2011: 1st place "International Blues Challenge" Memphis
• 2010: Winner German Blues Award
• 2009: 1st place "Baltic Blues Challenge"
• 2009: 1st place " German Blues Challenge "

Web links

• Official website of "Georg Schroeter & Marc Breitfelder"

• German Blues Award 2010
• Boogie online artist portrait
• Blues Festival Basel
• Southwest Press
• Rocktimes CD Review Sugar & Spice
• Bluesnews Switzerland article
• Deutschlandfunk playlist
• SHZ article about Tony Sheridan with Georg Schroeter

Individual evidence

1. ↑ musik-sammler.de: CD Movin 'On
2. ↑ Eckernförder Zeitung: A virtuoso with a base cap
3. ↑ Winner of the International Blues Challenge - page of the Blues Foundation, Memphis - see 2011
4. ↑ German and Baltic Blues Challenge 2009  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.