Richie Jones

Richie's Bands:

Present (excerpt):

Der Udonaut und die Paniker

Udo Lindenberg Cover project, started in 2014. All the hits and more. Expect a big show and a mighty band...

Go for 'em online here!

JonesGang

Rock, Oldies, Cover from Hamburg/Lüneburg

Link JonesGang's Homepage

Johnny B. Bad

'A Crash Course in Rock' is the slogan, and that's what you'll get. All the ever-hits, stripped down to a three-lads-firework. 60ies going shred, the 70ies un-glamed, 80ies over-glamed, the 3rd millenium re-glamed. There's a song you haven't heard of? Get outta here!!!

Sammy's Saloon

Country music with a bite since... I dunno. Ages, ha! I joined in 2000.

YONKS

Hard 'n Heavy Rock from Hamburg Rock City

A 3-piece coverband doing chartbreakers from Lady Gaga, the Sugarbabes, Christina Aguillera, Madonna, and the such.

Link YONKS's Homepage

Past:

UsBest

Hard Rock Band from the 90s, released a cd on Rats Records in '93. Had a 2nd attempt in 2008/09 for some charity shows.

Coming up - Richie live

22.03. 2025 - Schwetzingen (Paniker)

26.03. 2025 - Kiel (WKDK, Güterbahnhof)

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