Jot drop

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The band Jot Drop (High German: "gut drauf") is a dialect music group.

history

Jot Drop was founded in Troisdorf in 2003 . The name of the band has existed in its current written form since 2008. The band was founded in 2003 under the name "Jot Drupp". This wording was changed after correction by the Akademie för uns kölsche Sproch . The Jot Drop GbR is a society for the maintenance of musical customs under civil law and is currently represented externally by two managing partners.

Instrumentation and repertoire

The five-person group of musicians is set up in today's line-up with the instruments drums, bass, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, keyboard and accordion. The singing voices are occupied by a lead singer and four background voices. The band makes around 80 appearances per year, around 45 of them during Carnival. Outside of the carnival sessions, the group can be heard with the annual program at city and summer festivals as well as company celebrations. A more than 60-minute repertoire of own compositions includes Cologne, carnival and mood music.

Musician

Current occupation

  • Michael Weidenbrück: accordion, keyboard, vocals (founding member)
  • Michael Heidl: guitar, vocals
  • Till Kleinert: guitar, vocals
  • Martin Wingenfeld: drums
  • Stefan Löffler: bass, vocals


inactive / former musicians

  • Stephan Weidenbrück: keyboard, vocals (2003-2005; founding member)
  • Christoph Bermpohl: keyboard, bass, vocals (2005–2011; former partner)
  • Stephan Schell: drums (2006-2010)
  • Jens Konetzki: electric guitar, vocals (2003–2015; founding member)
  • Thorsten Leyens: drums and vocals (2010-2018)
  • Jan Gassen: bass, vocals (2011-2019)

Appearances

On the way to the carnival, for example, Jot Drop could be heard on November 11, 2009 and 2011 at the opening of the sessions at the Heumarkt in Cologne or on Weiberfastnacht 2009 at the Alter Markt in Cologne . The music group occurs mainly in the Rhein-Sieg district, Bonn and Cologne. Adjacent regions, from the Eifel to Belgium and the Netherlands, have already been traveled outside of the Rhineland. The band was coached and trained by Wolfgang Nagel, known as the meeting president of the “ Laughing Cologne Arena ”. The lyrics of some of the songs on the album Alles op ein Kaat were written by Elfi Steickmann.

Discography

In 2008 the first studio album ( Alles op ein Kaat ) with twelve dialect songs was released . Over the years the group brought several singles onto the market (2003: He, jetz un üvverall , 2004: Wä zom Düvel hät et Kölsch hide?, 2005: Künninge vum Rhing , 2009: The last round , 2012: Jot, dat mer Kölsche sin , 2012: Dä Wääsch zorück , 2014: Hey Marie , 2014: Ausrasten , 2016: Miljönär , 2017: Niemols , 2018: Et brennt en mir )

Jot Drop is represented with titles on the following samplers:

  • Sommer, Sonne, Kölsch (publisher: EMI rhingtön) 2009 / with the title: Ich jon en die Stadt
  • rhingtön episode 2 (publisher: EMI rhingtön) 2010 / with the title: The last round
  • Pub hits die Kölsche (publisher: EMI rhingtön) 2011 / with the title: Zwei Orfelsinen im Haar
  • rhingtön episode 4 (publisher: EMI rhingtön) 2012 / with the title: Jot, dat mer Kölsche sin

Awards

  • 2005: "Silver Oskar" (reader vote (Bonn) of the Express )
  • 2005: 3rd place - Närrische Hitparade ( WDR )
  • 2006: "Silver Oskar" (reader vote (Bonn) of the Express)
  • 2007: "Silver Oskar" (reader vote (Bonn) of the Express)
  • 2007: Newcomer-Band (reader survey of the Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger )
  • 2008: "Goldener Oskar" (reader vote (Bonn) of the Express)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Oscar crowning "Jot Drop" get a lot of gold. Express January 28, 2008.