Kalla Wefel

This article is about Kalla Wefel. For more people with the family name Wefel see Wefel (disambiguation) .

Kalla Wefel 2012

Kalla Wefel (born Karl-Heinz Wefel in Osnabrück on October 9, 1951 ) is a German cabaret artist , author and musician .

Live and act

Kalla Wefel studied German , sports and philosophy .

In 1974 Wefel founded the Hamburg political rock band Oktober , with which he released four albums. The third album was created together with the Austrian folk rock band Butterflies . 1980 October disbanded. In 1982 he founded after a brief stay in Canada , the new-wave band clinch and published in the same year the LP feeling alarm and the single outcoupling Hello, Father! .

Wefel worked as a taxi driver for a long time . These experiences culminated in his first book publication in 1987 with the taxi driver biography Are you free? published by Metta-Kinau. He had other book publications at Geest-Verlag and Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf Verlag, and in the 1990s as a translator from English of eleven titles each by Tom Holt and James White ( Orbit Hospital ) and one title by Kathryn Harvey alias Barbara Wood . He published self-publications with Books on Demand and under the label “VIH Verlag Internationaler Heimatabend”. Wefel also published articles for Tempo magazine as a journalist .

Together with Claus Dethleff, he founded the Kabarattduo Spvg.Turn & Taxis in 1989 . Are you free with the programs ? and someone got on? the duo toured German-speaking countries until 1996. In 1997 Wefel's first solo program Always stay relaxed premiered at the Theater am Küchengarten in Hanover , which was followed by numerous other solo programs. Since 2012, Wefel has appeared on special occasions with the guitarist and singer of the Blues Company , Todor “Toscho” Todorovic, in the satirical rock / pop revue “Known from radio and television!”.

Since 2006, Wefel has organized the Osnabrück Heimatabend several times a year in the Osnabrück Kulturzentrum Lagerhalle . He discusses city-specific issues with politicians , athletes , scientists and other guests. Guests included the Lord Mayor Wolfgang Griesert , the Lower Saxony Interior Minister Boris Pistorius , the Secretary General of the Federal Environment Foundation Fritz Brickwedde and (former) active members of the Vfl Osnabrück . These include Ansgar Brinkmann , Stefan Wessels , Thomas Reichenberger , Dr. Dirk Rasch, Prof. Dr. Christian Kröger, Dr. Hermann Queckenstedt and Manager Lothar Gans . Helmut Niekamp and Wilfried Witte from Medium Terzett and the multiple dance world champion Michael Hull were also among the guests. Under the motto “Osnabrücker Heimatabend presents…”, CDs and books were also published as self-publications under the label “VIH Verlag Internationaler Heimatabend” under Wefel's direction .

In 2013 he ran as a non-party member for the office of Lord Mayor of Osnabrück. With the slogan Only the future is certain! , the title of his cabaret program at the time, Wefel achieved 2,153 votes (2.5%) despite a "0-cent election campaign" and was thus able to place himself ahead of the FDP candidate (2.2%).

Kalla Wefel has lived in Osnabrück again since 2002.

Awards

• 1999: Kleinkunstpreis Reinheimer Satirelöwe in the category “Solo cabaret ”.

Cabaret programs

Kalla Wefel 2017 - press photo for the program In the beginning there was the music!

Spvg.Turn & Taxis

• 1989: are you free? - by taxi between Rock and Reeperbahn
• 1993: someone got on board? - a groundbreaking train number with point-setting derailments

Wefel & Todor "Toscho" Todorovic

• 2012: known from radio and television! - a colorful rock & pop revue

Solo programs

• 1997: Always stay relaxed!
• 2000: Views of a clone
• 2003: does it finally ring?
• 2006: The Exhaustion Story
• 2009: If you don't know anything, you have to believe everything!
• 2013: only the future is certain!
• 2014: The Exhaustion Story - Part 2
• 2015: Motzen is my yoga!
• 2018: In the beginning there was music!

bibliography

prose

• Are you free? By taxi between Rock and Reeperbahn. Metta-Kinau-Verlag, Hamburg 1987. ISBN 978-3-920641-68-3 ;

Reissue: Are They Free? By taxi between Rock and Reeperbahn. Version 4.0 - XXXL reloaded. VIH Verlag Internationaler Heimatabend, Osnabrück 2018. ISBN 978-1-71776-202-3 .

• Only the future is certain! Satirical science fiction stories. Books on Demand, Norderstedt 2015. ISBN 978-3-7347-4034-3
• God liked me because I blocked him too late. Books on Demand, Norderstedt 2017. ISBN 978-3-7431-1731-0
• Motzen is my yoga. VIH Verlag Internationaler Heimatabend, Osnabrück 2018. ISBN 978-1-71980-909-2 .
• Incredibly true stories - when everyday life turns into satire. VIH Verlag Internationaler Heimatabend, Osnabrück 2018. ISBN 978-3-9817807-9-6 .

Non-fiction

• My VAU-EFF-ELL! A VfL reading book. Independently published, 2017. ISBN 978-1-5207-3678-5 .
• 111 reasons to love VfL Osnabrück - a declaration of love to the greatest football club in the world. Add. with Peter von Koss. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2016. ISBN 978-3-86265-556-4 .
• Kär, Kär, Kär! The new Osnabrück wannabe dictionary XXL. VIH Verlag Internationaler Heimatabend, Osnabrück 2017. ISBN 978-3-9817807-3-4 .

(Co-) editorships

• Kalla Wefels Heimatabend presents: Osnabrück - hometown between Alma Ata and Rio. Add. with Heiko Schulze, Alfred Büngen. Geest-Verlag, Vechta-Langförden 2011 (2nd edition, 2012). ISBN 978-3-86685-333-1 .
• Kalla Wefels Heimatabend presents: Osnabrück - hometown between Quakenbrück and Kattenvenne - a reading book from Osnabrückers for Osnabrückers. Add. with Heiko Schulze, Alfred Büngen. Geest-Verlag, Vechta 2012. ISBN 978-3-86685-385-0 .

Translations

• Kathryn Harvey aka Barbara Wood : Butterfly . Novel. Schneekluth, Munich 1990 ISBN 3-7951-1149-8 ;

New edition: Fischer-Taschenbuch-Verlag , Frankfurt a. M. 2009. ISBN 978-3-596-51096-2 .

• Tom Holt : Who's Afraid of Beowulf? . Novel. Heyne Verlag , Munich 1993. ISBN 3-453-06586-7 .
• Tom Holt: The Flying Dutchman . Novel. Heyne, Munich 1993. ISBN 3-453-07243-X .
• Tom Holt: The garden behind the wall . Novel. Heyne, Munich 1994. ISBN 3-453-07800-4 .
• Tom Holt: If the time but now has a hole ... . Novel. Heyne, Munich 1995. ISBN 3-453-08531-0 .
• Tom Holt: darling of the gods . Novel. Heyne, Munich 1995. ISBN 3-453-08002-5 .
• Tom Holt: Hell is going on in heaven . Novel. Heyne, Munich 1995. ISBN 3-453-08540-X .
• Tom Holt: The goat choir . Novel. Heyne, Munich 1995. ISBN 3-453-07793-8 .
• Tom Holt: Snotty's Grail . Novel. Heyne, Munich 1996. ISBN 3-453-10972-4 .
• Tom Holt: Faust and company . Novel. Heyne, Munich 1996. ISBN 3-453-09487-5 .
• Tom Holt: Richard's Blockbusters - of the life and suffering of the immortal heroes of Bayreuth . Two novels in one volume. Heyne, Munich 1997. ISBN 3-453-12232-1 .
• Tom Holt: Gods are only human too . Novel. Heyne, Munich 1997. ISBN 3-453-11935-5 .

• James White : The Federation . Science fiction. Heyne, Munich 1991. ISBN 3-453-05013-4 .
• James White: Hospital Station - Orbit Hospital . Vol. 1. Science Fiction. Heyne, Munich 1993. ISBN 3-453-06219-1 .
• James White: Star Surgeon - Orbit Hospital . Vol. 2. Science Fiction. Heyne, Munich 1993. ISBN 3-453-06220-5 .
• James White: Major Operation - Orbit Hospital . Vol. 3. Science Fiction. Heyne, Munich 1993. ISBN 3-453-06219-1 .
• James White: Ambulance Ship - Orbit Hospital . Vol. 4. Science Fiction. Heyne, Munich 1993. ISBN 3-453-06222-1 .
• James White: Sector General - Orbit Hospital . Vol. 5. Science Fiction. Heyne, Munich 1993. ISBN 3-453-06598-0 .
• James White: Emergency Code Blue - Orbit Hospital . Vol. 6. Science Fiction. Heyne, Munich 1994. ISBN 3-453-07766-0 .
• James White: The Faith Healer - Orbit Hospital . Volume 7. Science Fiction. Heyne, Munich 1995. ISBN 3-453-07969-8 .
• James White: Radical Surgery - Orbit Hospital . Vol. 8. Science Fiction. Heyne, Munich 1996. ISBN 3-453-09462-X .
• James White: Chef de Cuisine - Orbit Hospital . Vol. 9. Science Fiction. Heyne, Munich 1997. ISBN 3-453-12636-X .
• James White: The Final Diagnosis - Orbit Hospital . Vol. 10. Science Fiction. Heyne, Munich 1999. ISBN 3-453-13336-6 .

Discography (selection)

• 1976: Uhrsprung - LP - Trikont, Munich (October)
• 1977: Paris Commune - double LP - Antagon, Hamburg (October)
• 1978: All doors open - LP - Antagon, Hamburg (October & Butterflies (Austria))
• 1979: Heaven on Earth - LP - Eigelstein , Cologne (October)
• 1981: Utopia / Auenland - Single - AL-Records, Hamburg
• 1981: Lola / Hell is going on in heaven - single - AL-Records, Hamburg
• 1981: Us Udo - Sampler - Teldec, Hamburg
• 1982: Hello, Father! / Rail Maintainer - Single - Teldec, Hamburg (Clinch)
• 1982: Emotional alarm - LP - Teldec, Hamburg (Clinch)
• 1987: Wagen 58 / Sumpffieber - Single - PPS, Hamburg (Spvg.Turn & Taxis)
• 1992: Nature strikes back - CD - PPS, Hamburg (Spvg.Turn & Taxis)
• 1994: are you free? - Video - Heller Productions (Spvg.Turn & Taxis)
• 2005: The Exhaustion Story - Double CD - Jump Up Records
• 2005: Viva Maria! - Maxi-CD - Jump Up Records

As a producer and performing soloist

• 2010: We are VfL - VfL is Osnabrück - benefit CD for terre des hommes

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Kalla Wefels Osnabrück Homeland Evening: 1968 in Osnabrück - When exactly was that actually? - Events noz.de. Retrieved August 5, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Osnabrück home evening: Once upon a time there was VfL ... , report in HASEPOST online newspaper for Osnabrück from March 4, 2018, online at hasepost.de
3. ↑ Osnabrück elects a new mayor . ( noz.de [accessed on August 5, 2018]).
4. ^ Official final result of the OB runoff election. (PDF) City of Osnabrück, October 2013, accessed on August 5, 2018 . 

Web links

Commons : Kalla Wefel  - Collection of Images

• Homepage of Kalla Wefel
• Literature by and about Kalla Wefel in the catalog of the German National Library
• Kalla Wefel at Discogs (English)