The Piano Has Been Drinking
| The Piano Has Been Drinking | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Genre (s) | skirt |
| founding | 1989 |
| resolution | 1993 |
| Founding members | |
Singing, percussion |
Gerd Koester |
Grand piano, guitar, congas, accordion |
Matthias Keul |
| Last occupation | |
Double bass, electric bass |
Bernd Keul |
Drums, vocals |
Rico McClarin |
Guitar, grand piano |
Frank stool |
Organ, glockenspiel, xylophone |
Christian Hecker |
Tenor saxophone, alto saxophone |
Heiner Wiberny |
Percussion |
Daniel Moreno |
saxophone |
Bernd Winterschladen |
saxophone |
Florian Schneider |
singing |
Melody Finch |
singing |
Marion Radtke |
Percussion |
Nikki Marrero |
guitar |
Bernd Engelbrecht |
The Piano Has Been Drinking was a Cologne band that performed pieces by Tom Waits in Cologne dialect , among others .
What began as fun in 1989 quickly developed into a kind of cult band in and around Cologne. Gerd Köster , former singer of the Cologne Anarchocombo Schroeder Roadshow , took on the songs of Tom Waits with a few colleagues. He rearranged them and gave the texts a lot of local Rhenish color . Sometimes rough, sometimes funny, but also melancholy, for example, the "Flittche vum Eijelstein", "Knallköppe" or "Warm beer un köhl Wiever" are sung about.
On the first record, the group describes their career as follows:
"Mattes unger d'r shower jewäse - crazy idea jehatt - Tom Waits Leeder singe - Jächt jefroch - Bejeistert jewäse - Rude Jolf jeschnapp - Poll jefahre - Krach jemaat - Bernd and Rico dozojesellt - last concert jemaat - joot jewäse - Cologne lyrics jemaat - Stadtjaade jespillt - Backes jespillt - Musikhochscholl jespillt - even better jewäse - Verdraach jekräje - Plaat jemaat.
PS: No suspicion jekräje hädde - och Plaat jemaat jehatt !!! "
From the second album, the band also took their own compositions into the program. After three successful studio albums and numerous appearances (including at the concert by Cologne musicians against racism and neo-Nazis Arsch huh, Zäng ussenander on November 9, 1992), the band separated in 1993.
Gerd Köster and Frank Hocker still perform together. They mainly play new material, but there are also some The Piano Has Been Drinking pieces in their repertoire.
Discography
- 1990: The Piano Has Been Drinking
- 1991: Night Thoughts
- 1992: Prince Charming
- 1993: Live 1989-1993
- 2015: Rest of Köster & Hocker I and II [two single CDs with live pieces, u. a. also with eight recordings from 1990–1993]