Jo Steinebach

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Jo Steinebach at the soundcheck in Essen, 2000

Joachim "Jo" Steinebach (born May 5, 1955 in Marburg ; † November 23, 2012 in Cologne ) was a German musician , composer and producer . He played the piano , keyboards and pedal steel guitar , with his musical spectrum ranging from classical music to rock and pop to folk and country music . In the course of his career, Steinebach worked as a live and studio musician with a number of well-known artists, including Ina Deter , Edo Zanki , Bert Smaak , Micki Meuser , Nanette Scriba , Don Wise and BAP . In the new millennium, he finished his in the 1980s interrupted teaching degree and was in addition to his active artistic activity since 2008 as music and geography teacher worked.

Jo Steinebach had two younger brothers and had been married to Kerstin Erle since 2002.

biography

Steinebach grew up as the oldest of three brothers in the Hessian university town of Marburg. He received classical piano lessons as early as primary school age. In 1972 he founded the local rock band Vanity Fair , which placed an emphasis on the processing of classic elements in the style of The Nice or Ekseption . He was part of the group until it was dissolved in 1976 as an organist, keyboardist and musical head.

Inspired by a varied local music scene and eager to expand his musical spectrum, Steinebach turned to country and West Coast music in the mid-1970s, with protagonists such as Jackson Browne , Jack Tempchin , the Eagles , The New Riders of the Purple Sage , Flying Burrito Brothers or the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band he was heavily influenced. He taught himself to play the pedal steel guitar in self-study and was soon a sought-after live and studio musician for formations with a corresponding style. In 1979 he became a member of the nationally known country rock band Winchester 75 and played there in addition to the pedal steel guitar, piano and keyboards until their dissolution in 1982. In the meantime he began to study music at the University of Marburg , but dropped out after a few semesters.

During this time, Steinebach began to compose and produce his own tracks. This led to an engagement in Lubbock (Texas) in 1983 , where he took on the role of keyboardist, composer and producer for the American rock band Radio Zebra . The collaboration with their label Shortwave Music lasted with interruptions until 1989 with the result of a single and LP release.

In the early 1980s, Steinebach got to know the German singer Ina Deter , with whom, in addition to intensive musical collaboration, a very personal relationship developed over many years. He moved from Marburg to Cologne, where he saw more prospects for his work than in the central Hessian province. Here he began to work as a producer and musician for various artists, including the American singer-songwriter Joe Smoke , the country band Detour , the musician Manni Holländer and the drummer and producer Tom Engels . For a few years he also worked as a “Creative Manager” in the A&R division for the Warner / Chappell Music publishing house of the Warner Music Group and also ran his own CD shop.

At the beginning of the new millennium, Steinebach became a member of the Cologne country band City Slickers . He married his partner Kerstin Erle, with whom he shared a great affinity for diving and traveling, and resumed his interrupted music studies at the University of Cologne . He completed this with a thesis on the subject of "The use of the cajón in band projects in schools" and worked as a music and geography teacher at the Bertha von Suttner comprehensive school in Dormagen . He continued to work with local bands and artists, including Scherbenmeer and singer and guitarist Michael Zass . In 2008 he was invited by BAP frontman Wolfgang Niedecken to play the pedal steel guitar on some of the tracks for the production of " Radio Pandora ". Later he was a special guest at the BAP concert for the album “ Live and in Color ” in the Lanxess Arena in Cologne .

Jo Steinebach died on November 23, 2012 at the age of 57 in Cologne without any prior signs of illness or symptoms.

Discography

Excerpts from productions in which Steinebach participated as a musician, composer or producer.

  • 1984 - Ina Deter (With passion)
  • 1985 - Radio Zebra (Different stripes for different types)
  • 1986 - Ina Deter (women come slowly - but powerfully)
  • 1987 - Ina Deter (The Live Album)
  • 1987 - Ina Deter (I want half the world)
  • 1989 - New Mavericks (On the Road)
  • 1990 - Ina Deter (Should love me who wants)
  • 1991 - Ina Deter (I have no regrets)
  • 1993 - Ina Deter (Crazy Times)
  • 1995 - Joe Smoke (Blue)
  • 1998 - Reinhard Mey (message in a bottle)
  • 2005 - City Slickers (Love, Divorce and Pumpkins)
  • 2008 - BAP (Radio Pandora)
  • 2009 - BAP (live and in color)
  • 2012 - ZASS (Zohuss)

Sources and web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Interview with Ina Deter ( Memento from May 20, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ Edo Zanki's website
  3. ↑ a b Interview with Wolfgang Niedecken in the Kölnische Rundschau from March 12, 2009
  4. ^ Radio Zebra in Copyright Encyclopedia
  5. ^ Website of the Bertha von Suttner Comprehensive School, Dormagen ( Memento from January 17, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  6. ↑ Die Südstadt mourns the loss of Jo Steinebach ( memento of the original from November 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on May 22, 2016 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.meinesuedstadt.de
personal data
SURNAME Steinebach, Jo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Steinebach, Joachim Heinz Ferdinand (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German rock and country musician, music producer and composer
DATE OF BIRTH May 5th 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Marburg
DATE OF DEATH November 23, 2012
Place of death Cologne