Coming up - Richie live
23.08.24 Solingen (Paniker)
24.08.24 Eppingen (Paniker)
05.09.24 Maschen (Johnny B. Bad)
What's up, Ridge?
Meeting (and rehearsing with) Udo Lindenberg
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Dreams come true. Sometimes. Happened to me in May '22. No kidding', seriously!
In April '22 I got a call from Andy, a guy who turned out to be a member of the „inner circle“ of Udo Lindenberg’s tour production team. In essence: „The artist wants to meet you, Richie! And bring your guitar...“.
Wait... WHAT?!?
Fou...
So, this happened on May 1st 2022:
I drove to Timmendorfer Strand, where UL and the Panikorchester were rehearsing for the tour ’22, and met all these icons I knew from concerts and articles and the telly. I met the man himself and we rehearsed his music all day long. Mark well: Not a tribute band, I was part of the real deal!
I met a totally friendly, overwhelmingly nice guy, professionally well informed about this Richie Jones he was making music with. A man who’s absolutely reflected and aware about his attribute being a national treasure, totally committed to make everybody in the room feel comfortable and easy, including himself.
Maybe the purpose of having me at a rehearsal was to check out some plan B on guitar players against the background of the pandemic.
Since the tour took place without any virus incident (hence me not playing on this tour), you might ask: „Okay, now what’s next?!?“ Frankly, I dunno, but I keep dreaming of being part of Germany’s greatest Rock’n Roll circus. But whatever may come, hey, I’m already on the bright side of life. I played with Udo Lindenberg, he liked what he saw/heard, and nobody will ever take that away from me.
Surely, a dream came true…
Hamburg, May 2022
Update log - The latest enhancements:
24.10.2023
Welcome the Ridgeboard 2023 (aka "Kemperboard") to the Gear page!
06.05.2023
Pics and Vids on the Paniker page.
17.08.2022
Pics page: Some substitutions done.
01.08.2022
Some pics here and there added.
14.05.2022
What's up, Ridge?
"Meeting Udo Lindenberg" - Short Story.
11.01.2022
The Gear page needed an update wich was long overdue. Particularly the floor board was pretty outdated...