John O'Brien-Docker

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The German folk band "Die City Preachers" 1968 in Berlin. Bottom from left to right: John O'Brien-Docker, Inga Rumpf, Sibylle Kynast, Bobby Joachim Bobzien, Sepp Plecher, Noldi. Above: Götz Humpf.

John O'Brien-Docker , also John O'Brien Docker (born December 25, 1938 in London - † August 3, 2017 in Hamburg ), was a British - German musician , songwriter , arranger and band leader . The pop rock musician Ian O'Brien-Docker is his son.

Life

John O'Brien-Docker grew up in his native London. After finishing school he worked there as a bank clerk . In the mid-1960s he emigrated to the Federal Republic of Germany and founded the folk rock group Die City Preachers in Hamburg in 1965 , made up of well-known musicians such as keyboardist Jean-Jacques Kravetz and drummer and later singer Udo Lindenberg and singers Inga Rumpf , Sibylle Kynast , Dagmar Krause , Alexandra and the singer, art piper and multi-instrumentalist Eckart Kahlhofer emerged .

From the mid-1970s, after the City Preachers dissolved, John O'Brien-Docker worked primarily as an arranger, including for the music producer Rolf Zuckowski . With his arrangements, inspired by English-Irish folk music, he provided the sound for “Rolf and his friends” and the Finkwarder Speeldeel . But also songwriters Knut Kiesewetter , Fiede Kay , Volker Lechtenbrink and many others sang their songs in his tailor-made arrangements. The brilliant guitarist also worked as a studio musician and was a role model for young guitarists and arrangers.

John O'Brien-Docker was at home in Blankenese . He died after a long illness at the age of 78.

Discography

Albums

  • 1965: Folklore ( Teldec ), with the City Preachers
  • 1966: The City Preachers ( Decca ), with the City Preachers
  • 1966: why? ( Philips ), with the City Preachers
  • 1966: Gypsy Swing , Columbia - SMC 74 182, with Jacques Montagne , Helmut Weglinski , Sibylle Kynast, Stuff Combe , Johnny Fischer and Bob O'Brien from The Casuals
  • 1967: Cool Water - International Folk Hits (Decca), with the City Preachers
  • 1967: Maikäfer Flieg (Mein Vater War Im Krieg) , Electrola - SME 74125, with Marianne Therstappen as John & Marianne
  • 1968: The pumpkin, the dream dancers and the transport problem (Decca), with the City Preachers
  • 1971: Back to the City ( Hörzu / Metronome ), with the City Preachers
  • 1971: The Man Of Tomorrow BASF - CRA 118
  • 1982: Inga Rumpf and the City Preachers (Teldec), with the City Preachers
  • 1998: Folklore (CD, Teldec), with the City Preachers

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "Obituary: His life was like a chord full of radiance ..." by Rolf Zuckowski In: Hamburger Klönschnack from August 31, 2017, accessed on October 19, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME O'Brien-Docker, John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British musician, songwriter, arranger and band leader
DATE OF BIRTH December 25, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH London
DATE OF DEATH 3rd August 2017
Place of death Hamburg