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Schicke, Führs Und Fröhling, Oldenburg

Biografie

BiographieSCHICKE FÜHRS FRÖHLINGEduard Schicke (b. 2/14/47), Gerd Führs (b. 11/27/55, d. 11/3/92), and Heinz Fröhling (b. 5/7/51) met for the first time in 1974. Gerd, who at that time was keyboardist for the jazz-rock band Samspel, saw a concert of the progressive rock group Spektakel of which Ede was the drurnmer and Heinz its guitarist. At that time, Spektakel was one of the most successful bands in Northern Germany. The day after the concert, Gerd went to the Spektakel music store and played a Fender Rhodes. Both Heinz and Ede were fascinated by Gerd's musical ideas and technical abilities. lt seemed that the chemistry between the three was perfect from the very beginning and they decided to work as a trio. At that point Spektakel split and SFF began. On reflection, Heinz and Ede agree that SFF never would have been successful were it not for their experiences with Spetakel.
The trio built their own studio an an old farm. where they lived together in order to work day and night to cultivate their common musical ideas. Success came very soon- six months in fact! The first SFF gig at the German Rock Festival, Circus Krone, Munich (1975) fascinated not only the 5,000 people in the audience but also Metronome Records A&R Manager, Hartwig Biereichel. The record deal was signed that very night. lt was planned that Frank Zappa was to produce the band. Zappa was very enthusiastic about the original sounds of the trio with two Mellotrons (Gerd and Heinz), Moog-synthesizer, Les Paul guitar/Rickenbaker bass combination (Heinz), as weIl as Ede's monster drum and percussion arsenal with gongs and knives and anything else you could imagine. SFF had an orchestral sound which was overwhelming and fascinating. Unfortunately, Zappa had to record his own album at the same time as the SFF project so he dropped out. The band found an excellent substitute producer in Dieter Dierks (Scorpions).
The first album, "Symphonic Pictures," was released in 1976 and sold about 12,000 copies. Their popularity grew primarily from their unforgettable live concerts-"lt was a bit like magic and with an overwhelming intensity, which led the audience and the band together into another world." In this context one should mention the SFF gigs in Wiesmoor (1977) and, of course, the Brain Festival (1978), from which two songs appear on this collection.
In 1977 and 1978 SFF recorded and released two morerecords with Dieter Dierks-"Sunburst" and "Ticket To Everywhere".
After the recording of the last album the band developed musical and ideological differences and the trio dissolved. Ede joined the Wuppertal progressive band Hölderlin and two years later opened his own club and disco "Ede Wolf" in Oldenburg. Even today the club is one of Northern Germany's most successful and famous for good live concerts. Heinz and Gerd continued working together as a duo and recorded three albums: "Ammerland" (which was released before "Ticket To Everywhere")' "Strings," and "Diary". After their split they worked in various pop, jazz and blues bands in Hamburg and Cologne.
In 1991, Heinz opened his own music school in Oldenburg, where he lives today with his wife , son and daughter.
Until his tragic death in November 1992, Gerd lived in Bremen. He worked in Japan, USA, England, and Germany for Yamaha, who regarded Gerd as one of the premier programmer/keyboard consultants in the world. This Live-CD release is dedicated to his memory.
[Claudia Fröhling]

[Mit Beiträgen von: Claudia Fröhling, Heinz Fröhling, Thomas Lenger, Stephan Schelle]

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Diskografie

Jahr von	Bezeichnung	Art
0000	Führs + Frähling:	LP
0000	F+F:	LP
0000	Schicke Führs Frähling:	LP
0000	SFF:	LP
1976	Symphonic Pictures	LP
1977	Sunburst	LP
1978	Ammerland	LP
1979	Strings	LP
1979	Ticket to Everywhere	LP
1981	Diary	LP
1993	The collected works of Schicke Führs Fröhling	LP
2001	Führs + Fröhling, Live 1980	LP
2001	SFF Live 1975	LP

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Musiker

1974-1978

Führs, Gerd

* 27.11.1955
+ 03.11.1992
Mitglied von Schicke Führs Frähling
bzw. Führs + Frähling

Fröhling, Heinz

Frähling, Heinz

* 07.05.1951
1973 Gitarrist bei Spektakel
Mitglied von Schicke Führs Frähling
bzw. Führs + Frähling

Schicke, Eduard

* 14.02.1947
1969-1973 Trommler bei Spektakel
1973-1978 Mitglied von Schicke Führs Frähling
ab 1978 bei Hölderlin

1978-1992

Führs, Gerd

Fröhling, Heinz

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Schicke Führs Fröhling
www.SchickeFuehrsFroehling.de