Rolly Brings

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Rolly Brings at a demonstration in Cologne-Ehrenfeld (2007)

Rolly Brings (born July 19, 1943 in Cologne ) is a German musician and lyricist from Cologne.

Life

Growing up in Cologne , he left his family at the age of 14 and went to sea. After returning home, he first earned his living as a laborer and then began an apprenticeship as a machine fitter at Ford . As part of the promotion of gifted students, he was able to qualify for admission to the study of pedagogy , successfully complete it and taught English, German and social studies for many years , most recently at the comprehensive school in Weilerswist .

As an active trade unionist and already in contact with music and singing from a young age, the records released by Rolly Brings and his co-musicians since 1986 deal with political issues, people from the working class and historical events such as the March Revolution . For its 150th anniversary, Brings published songs, texts and documents on a record. Today he mainly performs with his son and musician colleague Benjamin Brings (guitar, bass, vocals, percussion).

In the meantime, Rolly Brings reads from her own texts in front of an audience. In spring 2008 he played a supporting role in the independent film Hotep , some of which was shot in Cologne. Rolly Brings is the father of Peter and Stephan Brings, who play together in the band Brings , and Benjamin Brings, who is also a musician.

Honor

In May 2007, Rolly Brings, together with the edelweiss pirates Gertrud Koch , Jean Jülich and Peter Schäfer, was awarded the Rhineland Valley by the Rhineland Regional Council for his work against racism . In 2012 Brings received the Giesberts-Lewin Prize of the Cologne Society for Christian-Jewish Cooperation. V. for its committed fight against racism, anti-Semitism and discrimination.

Publications

  • 1986: irjendwo dovöre, wo de Stroß ophöt CD and text book
  • 1989: Minsche CD and text book
  • 1993: Heinrich Böll: Mer kumme wick her CD
  • 1995: mer vejesse nit CD
  • 1996: Sonnebrell CD
  • 1997: Museum CD
  • 1998: 1848 from a little CD and text book
  • 1999: Logbook 1 CD and textbook
  • 2002: Och dat, mi Hätz es kölsch (collected texts 1971–2002)
  • 2008: Lück sin och Minsche (encyclopedia of Cologne speeches - together with Christa Bhatt)
  • 2008: Mond-Marie CD and text book
  • 2010: coLOGneBUCH II selected texts 1974 to 1990 - photographic search for traces : Michael Maye
  • 2012: Grimms Märchen auf Kölsch book and audio book with 5 CDs (360 minutes)
  • 2013: The Gospel in Kölsch book and audio book with 3 CDs (178 minutes)
  • 2015: Fables in Kölsch audio book with text book Kölsch / High German and 2 CDs (103 minutes)
  • 2016: eo plauen - father & son op Kölsch together with Stephan Brings

Others

In 1982 the Bläck Fööss recorded a song by Rolly Brings with Morje, Morje - Yarınlarda for their album of the same name. The following year they used a text by Brings for the song Edelweißpirate . Reiner Hömig composed the music for this .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ FolkWorld # 67: Happy Birthday. November 2018, accessed December 25, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Rolly Brings and the Edelweiss Pirates receive Rhineland Thaler ( Memento from March 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ^ Cologne Society for Christian-Jewish Cooperation : Gisbert Lewin Prize 2012. Accessed December 23, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Bläck Fööss - Morje, Morje at Discogs
  5. ↑ Bläck Fööss - Always wigger at Discogs
personal data
SURNAME Brings, Rolly
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German musician and lyricist
DATE OF BIRTH July 19, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne