Pee wee blues gang
| Pee wee blues gang | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Blues rock |
| founding | 1977, May 1, 2010 |
| resolution | December 31, 2008 |
| Website | www.peewee-bluesgang.de |
| Founding members | |
| Thomas Hesse | |
| Heribert Grothe | |
| Reiner Hänsch | |
| Friedbert Falke | |
| Current occupation | |
singing |
Richard Hagel |
Lead guitar |
Thomas Hesse |
Bass guitar |
Andreas Mueller |
| Karlos Boes | |
Drums |
Martin Siehoff |
Keyboard |
Nico Kozuschek |
The Pee Wee Blues Gang (PeeWees) is a group of six that play blues rock .
Founded in Iserlohn in 1977 , the Pee Wees performed mostly with their own pieces. Its members were the singer and frontman Richard Hagel, the guitarist Thomas Hesse, the bassist Heribert Grothe; Martin Siehoff was on the drums and Karlos Boes played the saxophone .
Band history
The band had their first appearance in the Balver Höhle at a jazz festival.
Reiner Hänsch from the band Zoff was the singer and keyboard player for the first two years . In 1979, Hänsch left the PeeWees and Richard Hagel became a singer. Stefan Janke was now on the keyboard, but he left the band after a short time - after a gig at the Onkel Pö in Hamburg.
In 1980 piano tracks from the studio album at that time still had to be recorded, for which the Hamburg keyboardist Thomas Waßkönig stepped in - especially since the record company's rehearsal for the album was imminent and there was no time. After these recordings, which Richard Hagel and Hesse liked very much, Waßkönig became an integral part of the band from 1980 to 1984, after which he switched (back) to the band Grobschnitt .
The first LP was released two years after it was founded . By participating in open-air concerts abroad, the band became known beyond the borders of Germany. They have toured with Chicken Shack , Canned Heat , Jack Bruce and the Stray Cats, among others . In 1980 one was allowed to perform in Poland. In the following year the Pee Wee Blues Gang played in the Rockpalast of the WDR in Cologne.
In the early 1980s, the PeeWees were also Drafi Deutscher's backing band at live concerts.
In the mid-1990s, the saxophone replaced the keyboard.
On December 31, 2008, the group, which had released 15 albums by then, disbanded.
In 2010 the band celebrated their comeback . Since then, the PeeWees have been playing with a different line-up. Andreas Müller replaced Heribert Grothe on bass guitar. Nico Kozuschek is new to the keyboard.
Discography
- "Our Blue Side" (1979 - LP / CD)
- "Live im Jovel" (1980 - LP)
- "Bootlegged in Hamburg" (1981 - LP / CD)
- "Red Socks" (1982 - LP)
- "Absolutely Live" (1983 - LP)
- "Cool Man's Burning" (1985 - LP)
- "A Soft Suicide" (1987 - LP)
- "Jaguar and Thunderbird" (1990 - LP / CD)
- "Parade of Progress" (1992 - CD)
- "Pretenders in Paradise" (1995 - CD)
- "Adoring the Blues" (1997 - CD)
- "Bombay Eyes" (1999 - CD)
- "Blood, Sweat & Tears" (2001 - CD)
- "Live Volume 2 Directors Cut" (2002 - CD)
- "Peewee Bluesgang & Friends" (2004 - CD)
- "Back on the Road Again" (2010 - CD)
- "Boudoir de Luxe" (2011 - CD)
- "Bootlegged in Balve" (2016 - CD)
Web link
Individual evidence
- ^ WAZ of December 4, 2008: Gelsenkirchen-Buer scene whisper: Rocked out . Retrieved December 17, 2012.
- ↑ Pee Wee Bluesgang: Band info ( Memento of the original from January 18, 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. . Retrieved December 17, 2012.
