Music from six Decades
1969 – 1979
Orchestrion 1969 – 1972
Orchestrion
Line Up: Jobst Ricke g, voc
Werner Kracht g
Michael (Mike) Schulze b,
Stefan Liebold dr
My first band. Back then (at the age of 16), I had the amazing opportunity to see bands like The Nice and Taste at Hamburg's Star Club. Yes, Jimi Hendrix, Frank Zappa, Jefferson Airplane, and Pink Floyd performed in small venues. For Yes, there were only about 200 people in the Hamburg Musikhalle. My records from back then: all the bands with Eric Clapton, Santana, and Ten Years After, and later, John McLaughlin.
Svenson 1973 – 1975
Svenson
Line Up:
Stephan Liebold (d)
Fritz Kahl (b)
Uwe Svensson (g + voc))
Werner Kracht (g)
Again, a pure guitar band. Back then, we were often compared to Wishbone Ash. The songs had many parts and, in retrospect, seem somewhat contrived. We were very fortunate to be able to record a demo with Thomas Kuckuck (later Udo Lindenberg’s sound engineer). We practiced a lot and played relatively little. We were well-known in western Hamburg, but unfortunately didn’t get a record deal. During this time, we saw some great concerts by Led Zeppelin and the Mahavishnu Orchestra in Hamburg. My equipment: Gibson SG Standard with VOX AC-30 and “Power Booster.” We smoked a lot…
Yagua 1978 – 1980
Tony Danner (dr)
Max (Pieps) Wulff (kb)
Lou Marignan (b)
Bruce Grant (sax)
Werner Kracht (g)
Demo recording in Conny Plank's studio in Cologne. More rehearsed than played live. Musicians from Hamburg, Paris, Martinique, and Buchholz in der Südheide. Unfortunately, never played in Hamburg.
Yagua
Other Projects
Other projects:
Rock 66 (1975): Blues-Rock with Abi Wallenstein (guitar, vocals), Jan Rieck (drums), Fritz Kahl (bass). Gig at the Rock Against the Right Festival (40,000 people).
Zeitgeist (1978-1979): Jazz-Rock
Tree of Life (1979): Jazz-Rock - demo lost
Habirigum (1976-1978)
Nadir Ibrahimoglu tb
Max (Pieps) Wulff p
Gerd Pitzke dr
Michael Seliger b
Werner Kracht g
Manfred Feuerhak per
Unfortunately, there are no recordings of Habirigum. We played at small festivals and in well-known Hamburg clubs (Logo, Remter, Onkel Pö).
Habirigum
Tree of Life in Onkel Pö