The Four Points Gang (GERMANY)
Rhythm & Booze
PARTCD668012
© Part Records 2006
Christopher Kerth / Lead Vocals, Rhythm-Guitar
Maximilian Rossing / Lead-Guitar, Steel-Guitar,
Julian Witte / Bass-Fiddle, Vocals
On their brand new EP “Rhythm and Booze”, their first record ever, “The Four Points Gang” a young German Rockabilly Trio introduces itself with 7 self penned and one covered song. It is an authentic Rockabilly style, mixed with some Country, and played wild and rough!
For our english speaking friends:
It was the cold month October of the year 2004, when the three boys from Bad Hersfeld/Germany Christopher Kerth (“Crazy Chris”), Maximilian Rossing (“Mad Max”) and Julian Witte (“Judicious Julian”) decided to form a Rockabilly-Band.
All of them were able to play the guitar, but you can’t form no real Rockabilly-Band with three guitars. They needed someone who could play drums and someone who was able to play a bass-fiddle. Julian Witte decided to buy a bass-fiddle and learned to play it rather fast. Luckily they found a drummer, much older, but he was into Rockabilly just the same.
They played their fist gig in February of 2005 in Fulda. Though it was on a Ska-Allnighter, the people liked their style, which was something unusual to them.
They played many gigs on school-events, private parties, in several clubs and even at a newcomer-contest, where they were ranked as the second best band.
Soon the drummer left them and a much younger player named Erik Kayan entered the band.
Some demo Cds where recorded, but the sound wasn’t good enough to make some people from the Rockabilly Scene taking them serious.
No doubt, the 06/04/06 was the best day in the short history of the band, when they had the luck to perform at the weekender in Walldorf. They really enjoyed it, and many people of the crowd liked to see them up on stage.
It wasn’t only the most exciting gig, besides it was their first gig in front of a Rockabilly audience. The weekend after their gig in Walldorf they recorded some songs in Münster/Germany within two days. Unluckily they had to find a new drummer for this session. Finally they found Patrick Rexroth, who did a great job, though he had played the songs only a few times before.
Now they are hot and want to perform more gigs in front of people who like the Rockabilly music just the same.
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