I was born and raised in West Germany in the 1970s. Due to my father’s musical preference I grew up on American Rock’n’Roll of the 50s and Country & Western of the 60s and 70s. I listened to Hank Williams, Fats Domino, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Smiley Lewis, Elvis Presley, Chet Atkins, Jerry Reed, and a whole parking lot of Jerry Lee Lewis and listened to it on Vinyl, Cassette and the Armed Forces Network Radio (AFN). There was no way out and I really sucked it in.
When I turned sweet little sixteen I flew over the Atlantic and spent a full year as an exchange student in South Point, Ohio and Tulsa, Oklahoma. Yes, I know, not quite the epicenter of American culture, but I learned a lot about the all American psyche during my time at these places. The next summer I returned to Germany with the capability to speak, read and write fluently in American English and had went through a truckload of experience, some good and some not so good. I also had a drivers licence in my pocket, skater cloth on and a flat top hairstyle, but that grew out over time. Weiterlesen




