Kurt Ostbahn

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Willi Resetarits alias Dr. Kurt Ostbahn
Dr. Kurt Ostbahn, retired singer, marionette by  Karin Schäfer

Dr. Kurt Ostbahn , vulgo Ostbahn-Kurti , is a fictional character invented by the copywriter Günter Brödl in jest, who developed a public life of its own. She was personified from 1983 until her preliminary retirement in 2003 by the musician Willi Resetarits . Since August 2011 he has been reviving the fictional character Ostbahn in concerts.

history

In the mid-1970s, a musical review of the year could be heard on the radio station Ö3's Musicbox program . Wolfgang Kos asked his co-moderator Günter Brödl what American suburban musicians like Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes would be called in Vienna . Brödl replied " Ostbahn -Kurti & die Chefpartie".

In 1979 Brödl's play Who Owns Rock 'n' Roll? Premiered. Kurt Ostbahn already had a complete biography in this piece. The character was then embodied by Erich Götzinger . Allegedly Kurt Ostbahn had already produced two out of print LPs, song texts were published in various literary magazines, the Arbeiter-Zeitung published a portrait and the Musicbox broadcast an interview with Kurt Ostbahn.

In order to increase the authenticity of his fictional character, Brödl advertised such as: "Search Ostbahn-Kurti-LPs!" Or sprayed his graffito "Kurt Ostbahn lives!" On motorway bridges . Brödl claimed to be his contact person.

In 1983 Brödl met Willi Resetarits, who was doing socially critical folk with the butterflies at that time ; Resetarits now embodied the character Kurt Ostbahn in public. From then on, Brödl concentrated on the lyrics, Resetarits and band took over the musical part. Brödl translated blues , country and rock classics from various artists into Viennese .

In this context, the many cover versions of Springsteen songs deserve special attention ; What stands out above all is the version of the song Fire , which meant first place in the singles charts for Ostbahn-Kurti:

year Cover version title year original album
1985 Fire Ostbahn-Kurti & Die Chefpartie 1978 Fire (live) (1986) Live 1975-85
1985 Blade shot Ostbahn-Kurti & Die Chefpartie 1980 Point blank The River
1985 City from Stan Ostbahn-Kurti & Die Chefpartie 1977 Hearts of Stone (1998) Tracks
1985 date single 1980 Rendezvous (live) (1998) Tracks
1989 job Liagn & Lochn 1978 Factory Darkness on the Edge of Town
1989 A step vire (two step back) Liagn & Lochn 1987 One step up Tunnel of love
1994 Holidays (live) Consolation & Advice 1980 Independence Day The River

Bands

Boss game

Ostbahn-Kurti and the boss party
General information
founding 1984
resolution 1994
Founding members
Vocals, harmonica
Kurt Ostbahn
Keyboard
Mario Adretti
Vocals, guitar
Josef Havlicek (until 1986)
Vocals, bass guitar
Karl Horak
Drums
Eduard Jedelsky
Last occupation
Vocals, harmonica
Kurt Ostbahn
organ
Mario Adretti
Vocals, bass guitar
Karl Horak
Drums
Eduard Jedelsky
Vocals, guitar
Lilli Marschall (since 1989)
former members
guitar
Willy Brunner (1986-1989)
Vocals, guitar
Leopold Karasek (1988–1994)

In 1984 there was finally the first (real) line-up of the leading role, consisting of Karl Horak {Leo Bei} , Josef Havlicek {Wolfgang Grünzweig} (guitar), Mario Adretti {Harry Cuny de Pierron} (organ) and Eduard Jedelsky {Helmut Grössing} ( Drums). 1985 the LP Ostbahn-Kurti & die Chefpartie and the live album Live were released . In 1986 Havlicek left the lead role, whose position as guitarist was taken over in the following years by Willy Brunner {Walter Kramer} and - when he went to prison in 1989 - Lilli Marschall {Miki Liebermann} . In 1988 Leopold Karasek {Karl Ritter} was added. Live concerts, Ostbahn Kurti comics and novels followed. After ten years the band broke up and on October 29, 1994 Ostbahn-Kurti played the last concert with the lead role in Neusiedl am See . On December 30, 1994 the world premiere of the play The Gas Station of the Damned by Georg Ringsgwandl took place, in which Ostbahn-Kurti took on the role of Tino.

Combo

Kurt Ostbahn and the combo
General information
founding 1995
resolution 2003
Founding members
Vocals, harmonica
Kurt Ostbahn
Vocals, guitar
Klaus Trabitsch (until 1996, since 1996)
Vocals, bass guitar
Erich Buchebner
Keyboard
Roland Guggenbichler
Drums
Christian Eigner (occasionally replaced)
guitar
Stefan Bernheimer (until 1996)
Last occupation
Vocals, harmonica
Kurt Ostbahn
Vocals, guitar
Klaus Trabitsch (until 1996, since 1996)
Vocals, guitar
Karl Ritter (since 1996)
Singing, percussion
Alex Horstmann (since 1996)
Vocals, bass guitar
Erich Buchebner
Keyboard
Roland Guggenbichler
Drums
Christian Eigner (occasionally replaced)
occasional replacement for Christian Eigner
Drums, congas
Silvio Berger (1997, 1998-1999)
Percussion
Stephan Maass (2001)
Drums
Herbert Pirker (2001)
Drums
Eduard Jedelsky (2001)
Drums
Robert Baumgartner (2003)
Percussion, cajon
Thomas Tinhof (2003)

In 1995 Ostbahn recorded Espresso Rosi, the first album with the combo, which consisted of Stefan Bernheimer (guitar), Klaus Trabitsch (guitar), Roland Guggenbichler (keyboards), Erich Buchebner (bass) and Christian Eigner (drums). In addition, from April 9, 1995, he designed the radio program Trost und Rat by and with Dr. Kurt Ostbahn on Radio Vienna , where he could prove his talent as an entertainer . In 1997 he played the leading role in the film Blutrausch and in 1998 he published a songbook entitled Ostbahn - Auslese .

After Günter Brödl died suddenly on October 10, 2000, at the age of 45, Kurt Ostbahn and the Kombo went on a farewell tour in 2003. On New Year's Eve 2003 Resetarits played the role of Kurt Ostbahn for the last time for the time being.

On the fifth anniversary of Günter Brödl's death, a banner hung on a bridge over the Vienna Belt at the AKH with the inscription “Ostbahn lives!” Neither the responsible municipal department nor the police dismantled the banner. On the evening of October 10, 2005, the banner was removed again and later handed over to Willi Resetarits . The banner was last seen on October 11, 2010 in the Orpheum in Vienna at the presentation of the entire Ostbahn work.

Kurt Ostbahn & the musicians he trusts

On August 27 and 28, 2011 ("20 Years of the Eastern Railway XI"), on August 22 and 24, 2014 ("30 Years of the Eastern Railway") and on August 19 and 21, 2016 ("Class Reunion") took place in Vienna Prater on the Kaiserwiese again Ostbahn concerts with members of the chief part and the combo as "musicians of his trust" instead. On August 5, 2017, the concert originally planned for 2016 (“class excursion”) took place in the Burgarena Clam . On August 25, 2018, the first of two “Class Excursion 2018” concerts took place on the donauBühne Tulln .

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Ostbahn-Kurti & the boss party
  AT 20th April 15, 1985 (2 weeks)
Liagn and lochn
  AT 9 
gold
gold
10/15/1989 (10 weeks)
1/2 so wüd
  AT 2 
platinum
platinum
01/27/1991 (18 weeks)
A blede Gschicht ...
  AT 1Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / NR1 link
platinum
platinum
09/06/1992 (25 weeks)
Juice & Strength - Electro-Therapy
  AT 2 
gold
gold
03/13/1994 (16 weeks)
Consolation & Advice - The Nature Cure - guaranteed without electricity!
  AT 1Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / NR1 link
gold
gold
03/13/1994 (17 weeks)
Espresso Rosi
  AT 4th 
gold
gold
10/01/1995 (16 weeks)
The greatest hits from 10 years
  AT 12 10/20/1996 (8 weeks)
Reserved fia between
  AT 4th 05/18/1997 (14 weeks)
Fifty years given away
  AT 2 
gold
gold
04/25/1999 (12 weeks)
Oh yeah
  AT 1Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / NR1 link 05/06/2001 (13 weeks)
Courtesies
  AT 4th 06/30/2002 (12 weeks)
When the music ...
  AT 5 05/25/2003 (14 weeks)
... vuabei is
  AT 4th 05/25/2003 (15 weeks)
High Waiting Live 1
  AT 17th 10/26/2003 (5 weeks)
High Waiting Live 2
  AT 9 10/26/2003 (5 weeks)
High Waiting Live 3
  AT 20th 10/26/2003 (5 weeks)
High time
  AT 24 12/18/2005 (6 weeks)
Ois wosd need
  AT 5 02.09.2011 (9 weeks)
2014 Live on the Kaiserwiese Vol. 1 & 2
  AT 8th 
gold
gold
12/12/2014 (6 weeks)
2014 Live on the Kaiserwiese Vol. 3 & 4
  AT 4th 02.09.2016 (6 weeks)
Singles
Fire
  AT 22nd 05/15/1985 (8 weeks)
I hea di knock
  AT 28 10/01/1988 (2 weeks)
Sugar bowl
  AT 12 07/19/1992 (11 weeks)
Bertl Braun
  AT 14th 11/29/1992 (6 weeks)
Santa Klaus
  AT 24 07/12/2003 (5 weeks)

Albums

year tape title Remarks
1976 Antifrost boogie all fictional
1977 Next shift
1978 In the thigh market
1985 Boss game Ostbahn-Kurti & the boss party
Ostbahn Live Live (October 1985, backdrop, Vienna)
1988 A beautiful corpse goldgold
1989 Liagn & Lochn
1991 1/2 so wüd
1992 A blede Gschicht ... Oba we want!
1994 Consolation & Advice Unplugged (April 20-25 , 1993, Vindobona , Vienna)
Juice & strength Live (October 11-13, 1993, Bank Austria tent, Vienna)
1995 The gas station of the damned Play by Georg Ringsgwandl (as "Tino")
Combo Espresso Rosi
1997 Reserved fia between
Bloodlust Soundtrack
1999 50 (fifty years given away)
2001 Oh yeah
2003 When the music ...
... vuabei is
High Waiting Live 1 Live (July 5th & 6th 2003, Casino Stadion Hohe Warte, Vienna).
Ostbahn 11 = combo + wind section ("East Train Horns") + ladies' choir ("Kurtlettes").
All encores and on Live 3 from "Pay attention": Ostbahn 11 + boss game.
Boss game High Waiting Live 2
Ostbahn 11 High Waiting Live 3
2004 Combo Kurt Ostbahn meets Sivan Perwer Live (January 31, 2003, Burgtheater , Vienna)
2005 High time - an evening at the Quellen Inn Live (October 11 & 12, 2003, Gasthaus Quell, Vienna)
2014 ... and the musicians he
trusts
2014 Live on the Kaiserwiese Live (22nd & 24th August 2014, Kaiserwiese, Wiener Prater )

Singles

year tape title Remarks
1975 Ollas where I need fictitious
1985 Boss game Ois hod is the end c / w defect
Fire c / w Caorle
date c / w Stern vom Praterstern (live)
1988 Frog ned wos muagn is c / w There are streets
I hea di knock c / w Take di Fiaß in hand
1989 Schee, Schee, Schee c / w Chili Con Carne
A step vire (two step back) c / w Below zero
Because joker c / w stay allaa
1991 57 Chevy c / w Quite afoch
1992 Sugar bowl c / w Where am I? ("Harvest 72" version) / Tequila Sunrise
Bertl Braun c / w Anti-Index-Mix, Trauminix-Mix, Scheißminix-Mix
A difficult case c / w 1na from us 2 / very afoch
1994 Obtained class c / w So a luck / Ka idea / Da Quöla
1995 Combo I know garned know unpublished
2001 57 angels c / w Wos red i / A batzn Hetz / Instrumental
2003 Santa Klaus Kurt Ostbahn vs. Birgit Denk
2008 Don't screw up c / w instrumental

Compilations

year tape title Remarks
1993 Boss game Ostbahn-Kurti & the boss party
1996 The greatest hits from 10 years
1997 The greatest hits of the 80s and 90s from Austria
1998 Boss game / combo Master Series
Boss game Bernie's Pop Collection
2002 1985 - Live & Studio 2-CD: Ostbahn-Kurti & the boss part / Live
Boss game / combo Courtesies Rarities
2004 Boss game Austropop Collection
2005 Boss game / combo Austropop cult
2010 Boss game Consolation & advice + juice & strength + other courtesy
2010 Combo 2 neiche Liada, a Bluatrausch and other beautiful sons
2010 Boss game / combo The complete box 15 CD box
2011 Ois wosd need 3-CD box
I foa o on ... 3-CD-Box: 1985 - Live & Studio / Best of
2012 The Best of Ostbahn Kurti Krone edition
2014 Boss game Yeah look ...
2015 Boss game / combo Austropop legends
2016 Austro Masters Collection

The bass player in the lead role, Karl Horak, covered two songs by Ostbahn-Kurti in the early summer of 2007.

literature

Awards

Nominations

  • 2002: Amadeus Austrian Music Award
  • 2003: Amadeus Austrian Music Award
  • 2004: Amadeus Austrian Music Award

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Cover versions @ Espresso Rosi
  2. Cast of Ostbahn-Kurti & the boss role @ Espresso Rosi
  3. Family tree of Ostbahn-Kurti & die Chefpartie ( Memento of the original from June 20, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @ Ostbahn.at @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ostbahn.at
  4. Biography ( Memento of the original from October 16, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @ Ostbahn.at @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ostbahn.at
  5. Ostbahn is alive! @ PBase
  6. a b Chart tracking
  7. Gold and platinum records in Austria
  8. Hohe Warte Live @ Espresso Rosi
  9. 2014 Live on the Kaiserwiese @ Espresso Rosi