Mona & die falschen 50er / Mona's Partyband

What a voice!

From Bonnie Tyler to Cher to Conny Francis, Mona does it all! I'm happy to be kind of a first call option axeman, indeed! We played all over Germany, from Bad Kissingen to Kassel to Scharbeutz and the island of Sylt.

With us are Reinhard Kossak on keyboards/MD, and Achim Hoch on vocals and guitar, in Hamburg known as a member of rockin' "Roaring Silence", where he also plays bass.

Coming up - Richie live

22.11. 2024 - Köln Groove Bar (Paniker)

29.11. 2024 - HH Chattahoochee (Sammy)

07.12. 2024 - Casino Lübeck (Mona)

11.12. 2024 - Timmendorf Strand (Paniker)

21.12. 2024 - HH Chattahoochee (JBB)

27.12. 2024 - Hamburg Bhf. Pauli (Paniker)

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