Johannes-Sebastian Strauss

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Johannes-Sebastian Strauss (* 1965 in Berlin ) is a German guitarist and singer .

Life

Strauss attended the Wilmersdorf music school from 1977 to 1979 and belonged to the first generation of rockabilly revival musicians in Germany in the mid-1980s . In the early 1990s he founded and played in various bands such as the Sundowners, with which he a. a. toured with Johnny Legend in Germany and the Netherlands. In June 9, 1992, Strauss and the Sundowners were given the opportunity to accompany Carl Perkins at the 21st anniversary party of the Hard Rock Café in Berlin. Three days earlier, George Harrison had taken on the part of the accompanying guitarist in London. In 1992 the band "Nimm 4", which for legal reasons had to rename itself to "The Graduates", won the " SonyUX-S Talent Award “, for which the video U-Bahn fahr'n , produced and broadcast in Jochen Bendel's music program POP on TV Tele 5 . In 1997 Strauss met Ray van Zeschau , where he played a couple of times for van Zeschau's band Ray & The Rockets . At the same time, both still operated the joint side project The Legendary Rockin 'Satellites . In addition to his work as a musician, he also worked as a booker and promoter at Club Tränenpalast and at Huxley’s .

After the turn of the millennium, Strauss founded the band “ Big Bad Shakin ' ”, who toured with Wanda Jackson , as well as the Hannes & The Vinyl Freaks , with whom he went on a US tour for the first time in 2006 and a. participated in the 7th Rockabilly Festival in Jackson, Tennessee .

2007 followed recordings for the record The SUN recordings and more in the legendary SUN Studio in Memphis (Tennessee) for which he was able to win Wanda Jackson for a song, which was released the following year on TCY Records in Switzerland. In 2008, Strauss accompanied Wanda Jackson again on their tour , this time with the vinyl freaks . From 2002 to 2007 he accompanied actor Rolf Zacher with “Big Bad Shakin” , who performed songs by Gene Vincent , Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley at his readings . In 2007 he founded the swing band "Long John & his Ballroom Kings". In 2011, Strauss, with fellow musicians of the Long John & his Ballroom Kings , got a six-month permanent engagement for the show Peppermint Club at the Wintergarten Theater in Berlin, in which she appeared as Mint Tones in the show Peppermint Club performed in front of over 55,000 spectators on 140 evenings. Under the abbreviation HoH (for Hombre Hannez) he reviewed records for the Dynamite music magazine for 20 years (1995-2015) .

In January 2010, Strauss established an irregular swing music event under the motto Capital Swing at Ballhaus Berlin on Chausseestrasse

Johannes-Sebastian Strauss lives and works in Berlin.

Sound carrier (selection)

  • 1989 The Sundowners-Berlin , "Uranium Rock", compilation: Best of Neo Rockabilly Vol.7, Rockhouse Rec. Netherland, 12 "vinyl released 1989, CD released 1992, compilation
  • 1994 Johnny Legend & the Sundowners , "Are You Hep To It", live at Knust Hamburg, Part Rec. GER / Dynamite Magazine 7 "Vinyl, (flip side:" High Noon ", USA)
  • 1994 Doc Thomas & his Honky Tonkin 'Music Lovers , "John Henry", Part Rec. GER / Dynamite Magazine 7 "vinyl single (flip side: Rose Maddox, USA)
  • 1995 The Sundowners-Berlin , "Wrong Side Of The Tracks", compilation: Guitar Riot, Apecall009, Jungle Noise Rec. GER, 12 "vinyl compilation
  • 1995 Doc Thomas & his Honky Tonkin 'Music Lovers , "Jimmy's Diner", Part Rec. GER, 7 "vinyl EP
  • 1995 Doc Thomas & his Honky Tonkin 'Music Lovers , "Hillbilly Passion" feat. Ray Campi (USA), ARCD001, Armadillo Rec. Switzerland, CD
  • 1996 Doc Thomas & his Honky Tonkin 'Music Lovers , "I came from Alabama", Das Beste des Deutschen Rockabilly '96, Part Rec. GER, 10 "vinyl compilation
  • 2002 Big Bad Shakin ' "Oh Babe", compilation: Best of Fury R'n'R, Fury Rec. UK, CD compilation
  • 2003 Big Bad Shakin ' "Bad At Being Good", 17 songs, RAUCD150, Raucous Rec. UK, CD
  • 2006 Hannes & the (Blue) Vinyl Freaks "R'n'R All Night", Part Rec. GER / Dynamite Magazine No. 47, CD compilation
  • 2007 Hombre Hannez & the Pink Shots , "Jeanny Got Lost", Part Rec. GER / Dynamite Magazine No. 50, CD compilation
  • 2007 Hannes & the (Blue) Vinyl Freaks , "Dance Baby Dance", demo version 2006, Part Rec. GER / Dynamite Magazine No. 50, CD compilation
  • 2007 Hannes & the (Blue) Vinyl Freaks , "Dance Baby Dance", Cajun version rbb Radio 1, Part Rec. GER / Dynamite Magazine No. 55, CD compilation
  • 2008 Hannes & the (Blue) Vinyl Freaks , "The SUN recordings and more", TCY Rec. Switzerland, LC18609 / IRSC 18609, CD
  • 2009 Hannes & the (Blue) Vinyl Freaks , "Dance Baby Dance", SUN, Memphis USA, compilation: Country Music Messe 2009, Bluebird Café Berlin Rec. GER, CD 09-0036, LC11845, CD compilation
  • 2010 Long John & his Ballroom Kings , "Rip It Up", compilation: Walldorf R'n'R Weekender Soundtrack, Part Rec. GER, CD compilation
  • 2012 Long John & his Ballroom Kings , "Hep Cat Baby" / "Dragnet", 7 "vinyl, Mirgraine Rec. GER
  • 2015 Long John & his Ballroom Kings , “Blue Suede Shoes” (feat. Huelyn Duvall, USA) / “Is It True… About Dixie”, 7 "vinyl, Rydell's Rec. France
  • 2016 Long John & his Ballroom Kings , "Blue Suede Shoes", "60 Minute Man", compilation: Zum Schwarzen Raben - die Musik, Zerberus Music GER, LC13470, CD compilation

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Daniela Martens: Show in the winter garden, Johannes-Sebastian Strauss: Main thing energetically In: Der Tagesspiegel. May 24, 2011.
  2. ↑ MTV News At Night report of June 17, 1992. Carl Perkins in joined by George Harrison at the Hard Rock Cafe in London on June 15, 1992.
  3. ↑ a b Mariann Martin: a rendition of 'Blue Suede Shoes' in German and even more rockin' fun. In: The Jackson Sun. 215, August 3, 2006.
  4. ↑ The final examiners U_Bahn Fahrn.mp4. Retrieved January 19, 2016 .
  5. ↑ Julia Kull: - Humanly Seen - Rock'n'Roller, Johannes-Sebastian Strauss. In: Berliner Morgenpost. October 14, 2000
  6. ↑ Old cheese or noble mold. The blue vinyl freaks in the hallowed halls of Sun Records. In: Dynamits Magazin. 2006.
  7. ^ Tip city magazine Berlin. Issue No. 11/2003.
  8. ^ Rolling Stone. Issue 216, October 2012, Sound Carrier Reviews Wolfgang Doebeling
  9. ↑ rbb Radio Eins, 95.8 MHz, Long John & his Ballroom Kings - RADIO EINS 07/2015 podcast, interview with Malte and Long John
personal data
SURNAME Strauss, Johannes-Sebastian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German guitarist and singer
DATE OF BIRTH 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin