Gustl Lütjens

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Gustl Lütjens (born June 22, 1952 in Flensburg ; † September 28, 2017 in Werneuchen ) was a German guitarist. He was first known as the guitarist of the prog rock band Agitation Free and also worked as a film composer .

Life

Gustl Lütjens started out as a jazz musician before joining the progressive rock band Agitation Free in 1973 . With these he played the two albums 2nd (1975) and Last (1976, released after the dissolution) until the dissolution in 1975 .

After the dissolution, he mainly worked as a session musician. So he performed with Shirley Bassey and was heard on the singles Far too much luck (1993) and Halt dich fest (1994) by Nena . His own band Living Mirrors , which played New Age , was particularly popular in the United States. He also wrote the music for the films I know, I know, I've been! (1981), Five Beers and One Coffee (1990) and Fallwurf Böhme (2014).

In 1998 he took part in the reunion of Agitation Free and released with them the reunion album River of Return . From then on he was on tour with the band several times. He also founded the rock band Station 3 and Die wilden Buben , a band that is dedicated to folk music and performs at Oktoberfest .

Lütjens died on September 28, 2017 at the age of 65.

Works

  • Carnival: Tango (Music: Gustl Lütjens. Piano arrangement: Gustl Lütjens) - Score. Piano edition with accordion melody. Berlin: Bang Bang 2004.
  • Man overboard: Medium Rock (Music: Gustl Lütjens. Piano arrangement: Gustl Lütjens) - Score. Piano edition. Berlin: Bang Bang 2004.

Discography

With Agitation Free
  • 1973: 2nd (Vertigo)
  • 1976: Last (Barclay)
  • 1995: Fragments (BMG)
  • 1998: At the Cliffs of River Rhine (Garden of Delights)
  • 1999: River of Return (Prudence)
  • 1999: The Other Sides of Agitation Free (Garden of Delights)
  • 2011: Shibuya Nights - Live in Tokyo (Esoteric Records / Cherry Red)
Solo and colloquial publications
  • 1984: Follow Your Heart (with Joey Albrecht , Blackbird Records)
  • 1989: The Sleeper (Single, Castor)
  • 1993: Contacts (as Contacts, Pool Music Production)
  • 1993: No love, no advance (Boogietunes music production)
With Living Mirrors
  • 1993: In the Heart of the Stone (Higher Octave Music)
  • 1996: Tales of White Magic (in-house production)
Guest contributions and session musicians
  • 1983: Glenn Müller's Streamline - Streamline (View Records)
  • 1984: Mario Hené - Inside and Outside (RCA Records)
  • 1985: Manuela Mechtel - The song pudding (Funkuchen)
  • 1986: Alphaville - Afternoons in Utopia (WEA Records)
  • 1986: Herrey - Different I’s (Laser Music)
  • 1986: Veronika Fischer - Mirror Images (WEA Records)
  • 1987: Ralf Nowy - Colors of Holidays (Palm Records)
  • 1987: Ralf Nowy - Colors of Crime (Palm Records)
  • 1993: Nena - And everything turns (RMG Music Entertainment)
  • 1993: Tom Cunningham - Lost in Thailand (Boogietunes music production)
  • 1994: Manuela Mechtel - The whale Jonathan: Elephantastic for children (Jumbo)
  • 2006: Lüül - time travel (basic sound)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ I hold you tight. NENA.de, accessed on April 5, 2018 .
  2. ↑ a b Rock guitarist Gustl Lütjens has died . In: Der Tagesspiegel Online . October 4, 2017, ISSN  1865-2263 ( tagesspiegel.de [accessed April 5, 2018]).
  3. ↑ Gustl Lütjens † September 29, 2017 - The wild boys. Accessed April 5, 2018 (German).
personal data
SURNAME Lütjens, Gustl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German guitarist and film composer
DATE OF BIRTH June 22, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Flensburg
DATE OF DEATH 28th September 2017
Place of death Werneuchen