Herbert Dreilich

Herbert Dreilich (2001)

Herbert Dreilich (born December 5, 1942 in Mauterndorf , Reichsgau Salzburg , German Reich ; † December 12, 2004 in Berlin ) was a German rock musician .

Life

Herbert Dreilich grew up in Great Britain and the Federal Republic of Germany . In 1959 he came to the GDR , where he completed an apprenticeship as a commercial advertiser in Halle (Saale) until 1961 and also worked as such at times. Since 1960 he has played guitar in amateur bands, including the Jazz Youngsters in Halle, 1962–64 with Reinhard Lakomy and 1967–68 with the Music Stromers . From 1967 to 1971 he attended the Friedrichshain Music School in East Berlin . From 1968 to 1969 he played with the Henry Kotowski Quintet and the Puhdys , 1969 to 1971 with the Alexanders , 1971 to 1974 with Panta Rhei (with Veronika Fischer among others ), 1973 with the All Star Band and since 1975 with Karat .

From 1977 he was the sole lead singer of Karat. In 1978 he took part in the Grand Prix of the International Schlager Festival in Dresden with Karat and performed for the first time in West Berlin. The LPs Der Blaue Planet (1982) and Albatros (1984) each brought him a gold record for Karat in the Federal Republic of Germany. In 1986 he was also involved in the GDR group Gitarreros , in which he worked as a singer alongside Tamara Danz ( Silly ), Toni Krahl ( City ) and Mike Kilian ( Rockhaus ). By far the most successful carat hit You must go over seven bridges (composition: Ed Swillms / text: Helmut Richter ), which has been covered many times by other artists, will forever be measured against Herbert Dreilich's original vocal version from 1978.

In 1983 he was awarded the National Prize of the GDR III with the other members of Karat . Excellent class for art and literature.

In October 1997 Dreilich suffered a stroke . In August 2003 he developed liver cancer . On the night of December 11th to 12th, 2004, Herbert Dreilich died of cancer at the age of 62. The funeral took place on December 15, 2004 at the Biesdorf cemetery with the participation of artists such as Peter Maffay , Heinz Kahlau , Norbert Kaiser and the Puhdys.

Dreilich was married three times and had four children, including the son Claudius and a daughter.

aftermath

His successor at Karat was his son Claudius Dreilich in 2005 . Since Herbert Dreilich had secured the rights to the name "Karat" in 1998 and Dreilich's widow inherited the rights, the group had to rename itself from January 2006 and has been called "K ...!" A Berlin court ruled on June 19, 2007 that the rights to the name "Karat" belong to the members of the band. Since then the band has been calling itself "Karat" again.

Discography

Panta Rhei , LP, 1973
Carat , LP, 1978
Across Seven Bridges , LP, 1979
Albatros , LP, 1979
Swan King , LP, 1980
The Blue Planet , LP, 1982
The Seven Wonders of the World , LP, 1983
Live - On the Way to You (Live) , LP, 1985
Die Gitarreros Live in Concert , LP, 1987
Fifth Season , LP, 1987
... in the next peace , LP, 1990
Carat 91 , LP, 1991
Fourteen carats , CD, 1992
The given hour , CD, 1995
Balance , CD, 1997
Sixteen carats , CD, 1998
I love every hour , CD, 2000
25 Years - The Concert , CD, VHS, DVD, 2001
Licht und Schatten , CD, 2003
The official Herbert Dreilich commemorative CD , published by SUPERillu in 2005
30 Years of Karat , CD, 2005
and numerous pieces on samplers and singles

literature

HP Hofmann: Beat Lexicon. Performers, authors, technical terms . VEB Lied der Zeit Musikverlag, Berlin (East) 1977.
Short biography for: Dreilich, Herbert . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 1. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .

Web links

Official website of Karat
Sylvia Leese: Dreilich's long way to "seven bridges". In: Berliner Kurier . August 14, 2000, accessed August 14, 2015 .
Radio feature on the creation of Over seven bridges you have to go , MDR KULTUR 2014

Individual evidence

↑ Celebrities: Karat singer Dreilich suffers from liver cancer. In: Mitteldeutsche Zeitung . March 23, 2004, accessed December 10, 2017 .
↑ Peter Maffay at the grave of Karat singer Herbert Dreilich. In: Welt Online . December 16, 2004, accessed December 10, 2017 .
↑ Karat: My father Herbert Dreilich. superillu.de from May 17, 2017, accessed on April 20, 2018

personal data
SURNAME	Dreilich, Herbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German rock musician
DATE OF BIRTH	December 5, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH	Mauterndorf , Reichsgau Salzburg , German Empire
DATE OF DEATH	December 12, 2004
Place of death	Berlin

[1] Celebrities: Karat singer Dreilich suffers from liver cancer. In: Mitteldeutsche Zeitung . March 23, 2004, accessed December 10, 2017 .

[2] Peter Maffay at the grave of Karat singer Herbert Dreilich. In: Welt Online . December 16, 2004, accessed December 10, 2017 .

[3] Karat: My father Herbert Dreilich. superillu.de from May 17, 2017, accessed on April 20, 2018


Studio albums	Carat (1978) • Across Seven Bridges (1979) • Swan King (1980) • The Blue Planet (1982) • The Seven Wonders of the World (1984) • Fifth Season (1987) • … in the Next Peace (1990) • Carat 91 ( 1991) • The gift hour (1995) • Balance (1997) • Light and shadow (2003) • Moving on (2010) • Soul ships (2015) • Labyrinth (2018)
Collaboration albums	Ostrock in Klassik Vol. 1 (2007) • Ostrock in Klassik Vol. 2 (2009) • Ostrock in Klassik Gold Edition (2010) • Rock Legenden (2014) • Rock Legenden Live (2015) • Rock Legenden Vol. 2 (2017)
Live albums	On the Way to You (1985) • 25 Years - The Concert (2001) • Symphony (2013) • 40 Years - Live from the Waldbühne Berlin (2015)
Compilation albums	Fourteen Carats (1992) • Sixteen Carats (1998) • I Love Every Hour (2000) • 30 Years of Carats (2005)


Studio albums	The Puhdys (1974) • Puhdys (1975) • Sturmvogel (1978) • Rock 'n' Roll Music (1976) • Perlenfischer (1977) • 10 Wild Years (1979) • Hot As Snow (1980) • Far from Home (1981 ) • Shadow Rider (1982) • Computer Career (1983) • The Book (1984) • Without Makeup (1986) • New Heroes (1989) • Anniversary Album (1989) • Times Are Changing (1994) • Free As The Vultures (1997 ) • Wild Peace (1999) • Satisfied? (2000) • December days (2001) • Undercover (2003) • Everything has its time (2005) • December nights ( 2006) • Adventure - the anniversary album (2009) • It was beautiful (2012) • Holy nights (2013)
Collaboration albums	Ostrock in Classic Vol. 1 (2007) • Ostrock in Classic Vol. 2 (2009) • Ostrock in Classic Gold Edition (2010) • Rock Legends (2015) • and much more.
Live albums	Live in Friedrichstadtpalast (1979) • Live in Saxony (1984) • Live - 25 years of total action (1994) • Live in flagranti (1996) • Acoustic: The Hits Live (2009) • Live from the O2 World (2011)
Video albums	Musikladen (2002) • The 3000th concert (2002) • December days (2004) • Puhdys - Kultband des Ostens (2009) • Live from the O2-World (2010)