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Wirz' AMERICAN MUSIC

Wegberg, Jugendheim Dalheim, January 11, 1970

  sound clips

1967: The Matchbox
1968: Crew 66
1969: Crew

Stefan Wirz' nostalgischer Rückblick
auf eine Amateur-'Blues-Band' der späten 1960er Jahre
aus Mönchengladbach, Germany

"The Matchbox" personel:
- Cornel Gielen, voc
- Dietrich Radog, rhythm g
- Stefan Wirz, lead g
- Volker Kamper, b
- Helmut "Schappi" Schafhausen, dr
T h e  M a t c h b o x; creator: Volker Kamper; click to enlarge!
creator: Volker Kamper

"The Matchbox" repertoire:
- I Feel Fine (Beatles)
- Gloria (Them)
- The House Of The Rising Sun (Animals)
- The Very Last Day (Hollies)
- My Friend Jack (Smoke)
- ???
- ??? [erinnert sich irgendjemand?]

Matchbox 'poster' --- first public gig on July 15, 1967; click to enlarge!
The Matchbox 'Poster' --- erster öffentlicher Auftritt am 15. Juli 1967
im Evangelischen Jugendheim Schiefbahn

"Crew 66" (I) personel:
- Michael "Mike" Blosen, voc, rhythm g
- Stefan Wirz, lead g
- Ralf "Daffy" Hallmann, b
- Hans "HE" Eßer †, dr
Ralf 'Daffy' Hallmann; click to enlarge!
Ralf "Daffy" Hallmann
Stefan Wirz, Ralf 'Daffy' Hallmann, Hans 'HE' Eßer; click to enlarge!
die kindischen Drei

"Crew 66" (I) repertoire:
- Red Sails In The Sunset (Fats Domino)
- ??? (The Shadows)
- ???
- ??? [erinnert sich irgendjemand?]

C R E W 6 6 1968; Stefan Wirz, 'Mike' Blosen, 'HE' Eßer, 'Daffy' Halmann; click to enlarge!

'Crew' 66 poster 1968; click to enlarge!
"Crew 66" Poster 1968 (creator: Michael Blosen [?])

C R E W 6 6; click to enlarge!
(Foto courtesy Michael Blosen)

C R E W 6 6; click to enlarge!
(Foto courtesy Michael Blosen)

C R E W 6 6; click to enlarge!
Crew 66 spielt im Waisenhaus
(Foto courtesy Michael Blosen)

C R E W 6 6 Zeitungsausschnitt März 1968; click to enlarge!
March 1968 news: Crew 66 im "Haus Pauen"

"Crew 66" (II) personel:
- Hartmut "Hardy" Houben, voc
- Walter Schmitz †, rhythm & lead g, keyb, org, accordion
- Stefan Wirz, lead g
- "Ronnie" ?, b
- Hans "HE" Eßer †, dr

C R E W 6 6 schedule 1968; click to enlarge!
Crew 66 "Spielplan" 1968

"Beat-Festival Viersen" 11. Oktober 1968

Beat-Festival Viersen; October 11, 1968; click to enlarge!
Vorankündigung

Beat-Festival Viersen; October 11, 1968; click to enlarge! Beat-Festival Viersen; October 11, 1968; click to enlarge! Beat-Festival Viersen; October 11, 1968; click to enlarge!
Bewertungsblätter:         1. Ali Haurand --- 2. Siemes --- 3. Bruysten

Beat-Festival Viersen; October 11, 1968; click to enlarge!
Ergebnisse

Beat-Festival Viersen; October 11, 1968; click to enlarge!

arundo Nr. 10 - Dezember 1968; click to enlarge! C R E W 6 6 arundo Interview; click to read !
Crew 66 Interview in arundo Nr. 10 - Dezember 1968
Interviewer: Helmut Schafhausen, UIa2

Haus der Jugend, Krichelstr. 4, Mönchengladbach; click to enlarge!
Haus der Jugend, Krichelstr. 4, Mönchengladbach

Weihnachtsball in Haus Heiligenpesch, Hehn, December 26, 1968; click to enlarge!
Weihnachtsball in Haus Heiligenpesch, Hehn, December 26, 1968

"budike" Mönchengladbach Dez. 1968 / Jan. 1969 / Febr. 1969 Programm

budike' Mönchengladbach December 1968; click to enlarge! budike' Mönchengladbach January 1969; click to enlarge! budike' Mönchengladbach February 1969; click to enlarge!

Großer Faschingsball Fa. Schlafhorst, Holter Jugendheim, February 14, 1969; click to enlarge!
Großer Faschingsball Fa. Schlafhorst, Holter Jugendheim, February 14, 1969


C R E W  6 6   Februar 1969 Photoshooting in Alex' "budike", Alter Markt

C R E W 6 6 1968; left to right: 'Ronnie'; Hans 'HE' Eßer; Stefan Wirz; Hartmut 'Hardy' Houben; Walter Schmitz

C R E W 6 6 1968; left to right: Walter Schmitz, rhythm & lead g, keyb, org, accordion; Hartmut 'Hardy' Houben, voc; Hans 'HE' Eßer, dr; 'Ronnie', b; Stefan Wirz, lead g
left to right: Walter Schmitz †, rhythm & lead g, keyb, org, accordion; Hartmut 'Hardy' Houben, voc; Hans "HE" Eßer †, dr; "Ronnie", b; Stefan Wirz, lead g

C R E W 6 6 1968; left to right: Stefan Wirz; Hartmut 'Hardy' Houben; unknown display dummy; Hans 'HE' Eßer

C R E W 6 6 1968; left to right: Walter Schmitz; Stefan Wirz

C R E W 6 6 1968; left to right: Walter Schmitz; Stefan Wirz

C R E W 6 6 1968; Hartmut 'Hardy' Houben

C R E W 6 6 1968; Hartmut 'Hardy' Houben

C R E W 6 6 1968; Ronnie; Hartmut 'Hardy' Houben

C R E W 6 6 1968; Ronnie C R E W 6 6 1968; Ronnie

C R E W 6 6 1968; Ronnie; Walter Schmitz

C R E W 6 6 1968; Stefan Wirz C R E W 6 6 1968; Stefan Wirz

C R E W 6 6 / C R E W schedule 1969; click to enlarge!
Crew 66 / Crew "Spielplan" 1969

Blue Note Kaisermühle, Viersen, March 29. & 30, 1969; click to enlarge!
Blue Note Kaisermühle, Viersen, March 29. & 30, 1969

newspaper

"Riverboat-Shuffle Mettmann" am 13. September 1969

Riverboat-Shuffle Mettmann September 13, 1969; click to enlarge!

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C R E W rehearsing at the Countdown, November 9, 1969; ; left to right: unknown; 'Hardy' Houben, voc; René Fischer, dr; 'Herbie' Reichardt, b; Stefan Wirz, lead g; Walter Schmitz, org; click to enlarge!

C R E W rehearsing at the Countdown, November 9, 1969; left to right: René Fischer, dr; 'Herbie' Reichardt, b; Stefan Wirz, lead g; Walter Schmitz, org; click to enlarge!

C R E W rehearsing at the Countdown, November 9, 1969; left to right: René Fischer, dr; 'Hardy' Houben, voc; 'Herbie' Reichardt, b; Stefan Wirz, lead g; Walter Schmitz, rhythm / lead g; click to enlarge!
Crew rehearsing at the 'Countdown', Rheydt [?], November 9, 1969
photographer: Maternus Dreimüller

C R E W at the Countdown, November 9, 1969; ; left to right: René Fischer, dr; 'Herbie' Reichardt, b; Stefan Wirz, lead g'; Hardy' Houben, voc; click to enlarge!

C R E W at the Countdown, November 9, 1969; ; left to right: René Fischer, dr; 'Herbie' Reichardt, b; Stefan Wirz, lead g; 'Hardy' Houben, voc; Walter Schmitz, g; click to enlarge!

C R E W at the Countdown, November 9, 1969; ; left to right: René Fischer, dr; 'Herbie' Reichardt, b; Stefan Wirz, lead g; 'Hardy' Houben, voc; Walter Schmitz, org; click to enlarge!

C R E W at the Countdown, November 9, 1969; ; left to right: 'Herbie' Reichardt, b; 'Hardy' Houben, voc; Stefan Wirz, lead g; click to enlarge!
(Fotos courtesy Herbert Reichardt †)

"Crew" personel:
- Hartmut "Hardy" Houben, voc
- Walter Schmitz †, rhythm & lead g, keyb, org, accordion
- Stefan Wirz, lead g
- Herbert "Herbie" Reichardt †, b
- Reinhard (René) "Fösch" Fischer, dr

 "Crew" repertoire:
- All Your Love ("John Mayall & Eric Clapton" - Willie Dixon/Otis Rush)
- The Same Way ("John Mayall & Peter Green" - Peter Green)
- Purple Haze (Jimi Hendrix)
- Dust My Broom ("John Mayall & Peter Green" - Elmore James)
- Shake (Otis Redding)
- Candy Man (Candy Men)
- Oh Pretty Woman ("John Mayall & Mick Taylor" - A.C. Williams)
- Summertime ("Billy Stewart" - George Gershwin)
- You Keep Me Hanging On (Vanilla Fudge)
- Mercy, Mercy, Mercy (Joe Zawinul)
- A Whiter Shade Of Pale (Procul Harum)
- Midnight Hour (Wilson Pickett)
- Hideaway ("John Mayall & Eric Clapton" - Freddie King/Sonny Thompson)
- instr. (?)
- Kansas City (Leiber/Stoller)
- Strange Brew (Cream - Eric Clapton/Felix Pappalardi/Gail Collins)
- Get Out Of My Life, Woman ("Paul Butterfield Blues Band" - Lee Dorsey)
- Mustang Sally ("Wilson Pickett" - Mack Rice)

sorry for sound quality !!!
Die "Aufnahmen" wurden mit einem Mono-Tonbandgerät gemacht,
das im Publikum postiert war

'Crew' poster 1969; click to enlarge!
"Crew" Poster 1969 (creator: "Baars")

contract Diskothek 'flashlight' Rheydt, September 21, 1969; click to enlarge!
(courtesy Herbert Reichardt †)

flashlight
(courtesy Hartmut Houben)

Diskothek 'flashlight' Rheydt, September 21, 1969; click to enlarge!
Diskothek "flashlight" Rheydt, 21. September 1969

Crew geht in den Untergrund
(courtesy Hartmut Houben)

underground' Mönchengladbach, October 18, 1969; click to enlarge!
"underground" Mönchengladbach, 18. Oktober 1969

C R E W schedule January 1970; click to enlarge!
Crew "Spielplan" Januar 1970

Jugendheim Waldhausen Mönchengladbach, January 11, 1970; click to enlarge!
Jugendheim Waldhausen Mönchengladbach, January 11, 1970

contract Jugendheim Dalheim-Rödgen, January 18, 1970; click to enlarge!
Vertrag Jugendheim Dalheim-Rödgen, 18. Januar 1970
(courtesy Herbert Reichardt †)

 

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... a few years later (i.e. 2009): Grandpa still got the blues ...



Wer noch irgendetwas beizutragen hat --- immer her damit !!!

Vielen Dank an Michael Blosen, Hartmut Houben, Volker Kamper und Herbert Reichardt †, die mir zusätzliche Erinnerungen / Memorabilien zur Verfügung gestellt haben !!!

 

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