Jocco Abendroth

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Jocco Abendroth , actually Jürgen Peter Abendroth , (born August 28, 1953 in Bad Camberg ; † June 15, 2007 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a German singer , guitarist and composer .

life and work

His music is often reminiscent of the American musicians such as John Mellencamp , Bruce Springsteen , Southside Johnny . Probably his greatest commercial success was “Hearts must burn” from 1987. According to Robert Lyng (Soundcheck 2/87), Abendroth's music was characterized by “piano, power accordion and a“ laidback backbeat ”that was incomparable in Germany (the 2nd and 4 emphasized). But played so casually that the character is absolutely American ”.

Abendroth's voice had an unmistakable North German sound. Together with the musical mix and the sometimes dreamy wanderlust texts, there were parallels to the later records by Achim Reichel .

Jocco Abendroth succumbed to cancer in June 2007 in the Bürgerhospital in Frankfurt am Main.

Discography

  • 1987: Hearts must burn (S / M, Metronomes)
  • 1987: Much Too Hot (LP / CD, Metronome)
  • 1989: Rauschen / Sometime (S, Teldec)
  • 1989: Flamingo (S / M, Teldec)
  • 1989: Jocco Abendroth (LP / CD, Teldec)
  • 1990: Sheep (S / M, Teldec)
  • 1990: Another piece (LP / CD, Teldec)
  • 2000: Aggayu (CD-M, Metropolitan)
  • 2004: Aggayu (CD-M, CoraZong)
  • 2004: Havana (CD, CoraZong)
  • 2005: Nobody Is Perfect (CD-EP, Empress-Records)
  • 2007: Tomorrow is soon (CD, Empress-Records)
  • 2008: Das Kommando (CD-EP, Empress-Records)

Note: The Empress publications were not authorized by Jocco Abendroth, but were freely available. This is demo material, some songs that have not yet been mixed.

concert

In his honor the memorial concert took place in the Sinkkasten in Frankfurt am Main on his birthday on August 28, 2008 , where his musicians and friends interpreted his songs.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Memorial concert in the sink box ( Memento from June 14, 2009 in the Internet Archive )

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Evening red, Jocco
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Abendroth, Jürgen Peter (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German singer, guitarist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH August 28, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Bad Camberg
DATE OF DEATH June 15, 2007
Place of death Frankfurt am Main