Tony Sheridan CD: Vagabond - Bear Family Records

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1-CD with 20-page booklet, 13 tracks, playing time 50:47 minutes. Tony Sheridan was known... more

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Tony Sheridan: Vagabond

1-CD with 20-page booklet, 13 tracks, playing time 50:47 minutes.

Tony Sheridan was known to me even before I knew of the existence of the "Top Ten" club or the "Star-Club". The leader of the provincial amateur band with whom I played in the early sixties, was a Sheridan fan. His working method ("how would Tony Sheridan do it?") demanded that we busy ourselves with the arrangements until the band leader was satisfied that the result came close to the required "TS" style - then it was alright!

Having become acquainted with the "Top Ten" and the "Star- Club", I was knocked out by both; and seeing Tony Sheridan at last on stage, I immediately knew why countless musicians unconditionally accepted him as the "master": Tony was unique - and miles ahead of his time. Like other young musicians - including the British professionals present - I stood, amazed, in front of the stage. Innumerable guitarists have tried to copy him; but none really managed to do so.

Whenever the "Hamburg Sound" (which, as "beat music", took the world by storm) is mentioned, the name Tony Sheridan automatically crops up. In contrast to many other great musicians who, together with him, braved the same stage in the ruthless routine of typical St. Pauli gigs, Tony continues to perform; and, more importantly, while his music has continued to evolve, he has stayed true to himself.

When Tony performed with his trio during the 40th "Star-Club" anniversary celebration (13th April 2002 at the "Grope Freiheit 36" in Hamburg), many still active colleagues stood - where they had once stood many years before - in wonderment at the foot of the stage.

The songs presented here were all written by Tony, with one exception: "Skinny Minnie". At the initial meeting in the studio, as we were just feeling each other out, I jokingly suggested that we try a loose version of "Skinny Minnie", with absolutely no intention of ever releasing the result. The tape was so convincing that we decided to work more on it with a view to issuing a bonus track. I am certain that this version serves admirably to bridge a gap between the "then" and "now", and thus will delight all Sheridan fans, whether they knew Tony from the "old days", or have only recently become acquainted with his music. Ulf Kruger

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Interpret: Tony Sheridan
Album titlle: Vagabond
Label Bear Family Records
Preiscode AH
Genre Beat
Artikelart CD
EAN: 4000127166166
weight in Kg 0.115

Sheridan, Tony - Vagabond CD 1
01	Ev'rybody's Sleeping	Tony Sheridan
02	Sinking	Tony Sheridan
03	Won't Do It Again	Tony Sheridan
04	Indochina	Tony Sheridan
05	Summer Rainbow	Tony Sheridan
06	Maine And Back Again	Tony Sheridan
07	Four Day Working Week	Tony Sheridan
08	When I Was Young	Tony Sheridan
09	Someone	Tony Sheridan
10	Believe In Love Tonight	Tony Sheridan
11	Beautiful	Tony Sheridan
12	Fool For A Woman	Tony Sheridan
13	Skinny Minnie (bonus track)	Tony Sheridan

Tony Sheridan Tony Sheridan, born Anthony Esmond Sheridan McGinnity in Norwich, England, was... more

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"Tony Sheridan"

Tony Sheridan

Tony Sheridan, born Anthony Esmond Sheridan McGinnity in Norwich, England, was a singer, guitarist and composer – and a key figure of the Hamburg years in which the British beat took shape. For decades it was said that it all began with him, “back in Hamburg”.

Like many teenagers of the 1950s, Sheridan started out in a skiffle group. He later joined British rock 'n' roll singer Vince Taylor; after leaving Taylor's Playboys in 1959 he worked as a session musician in London and appeared as a guitarist on Jack Good's television show Oh Boy!. He supported Cliff Richard and Conway Twitty, and in the spring of 1960 toured Britain with his trio alongside Gene Vincent and Eddie Cochran.

On 5 June 1960 he arrived in Hamburg as a member of the London band The Jets and quickly became a star of the local club scene, first at the Kaiserkeller and then at the Top Ten Club. There he met the young Beatles, who learned a great deal from him and backed him: in 1961, under the direction of Bert Kaempfert, Sheridan recorded My Bonnie with them – one of the first records featuring the future superstars. Sheridan remained bound to the city on the Elbe all his life and died in 2013.

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