Richie Jones

P i c t u r e s

On Stage...

November 2019 @ Downtown Blues Club, Hamburg

1st gig with Lluna, my Formentera romance...

The Zwick@Reeperbahn/Hamburg, 1/2015, with Hugo Egon Balder

Playing the Saganatt-Festival in Arendal/Norway, 12/2013

My weekly gig: Performing "Hamburg, meine Perle" prior to the football broadcast!

Hamburg 1/2009, rockin' the Fischauktionshalle

A moment I'll never forget: Holding my mother's hand, singing "Angels" for her mother, my granny, who had passed away just some weeks ago. I was so moved I couldn't hit the right notes, and she too was not only close to tears...

Ah, playing the Fischauktionshalle in Hamburg with my buddies from Sammy's Saloon!

Rockin' in the green with Sammy's Saloon in August 2001

That's in '81, performing with my first band Hogweed at a school festival. Not shown is the stage-fright I got back then, at the age of 18...

...and elsewhere

The place to be: Experiencing beautiful Norway at my old friends Vigdis and Stein's house

Norway 2014 - For what it's worth, Slartibartfass is the man!

Coming up - Richie live

22.03. 2025 - Schwetzingen (Paniker)

26.03. 2025 - Kiel (WKDK, Kiel)

17.04. 2025 - Salzburg (Paniker akustisch)

Paniker: Der Udonaut und die Paniker
JBB: Johnny B. Bad
WKDK: Wer kommt der kommt

Sammy: Sammys Saloon

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 making 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, though 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