P i c t u r e s

Coming up - Richie live

(Confirmed at this point of time):

16.06. Chattahoochee/HH (Johnny B. Bad)

30.06. Hochstetten/BaWü (Paniker)

01.07. Chattahoochee/HH (Johnny B. Bad)

06.07. Schloß Holte Stukenbrock/NRW (Paniker)

15.07. Berlin (Paniker)

22.07. Chattahoochee/HH (Johnny B. Bad)

12.08. Paderborn/NRW (Paniker)

What's up, Ridge?

Meeting (and rehearsing with) Udo Lindenberg

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Dreams come true. Sometimes. Happened to me in May. No kidding', seriously!

Earlier this year 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:

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, 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:

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 Particularly the floor board was pretty outdated...