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The same procedure as every year: the Winklepickers play at the Blues’n Jazz Rallye 2010! Join us on July 17! “Blues after Work”: The Winklepickers play at the Abbaye Neumünster on July 16. On the 10th of July, the Winklepickers live in Liefrange! Not to be missed: The Winklepickers will lift the roof of the Ancien Cinéma in Vianden on April 23. Show starts at 20:30h. -> Flyer -> Reserve your tickets via mail to melcherr@pt.lu. Today, Roger Melcher, the lead singer of the band presents himself:
profession: electrician with own company start singing and playing harmonica at 16 Influences: Muddy Waters, Steve Marriott, Dr Feelgood, Lee mc Bee, The Rolling Stones James Harman, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Duke Ellington Bands: 1982-1992: Stoker as Vocalist 1998-2001 Five Pack. First band with mastermind Roland Meyer on guitar The Winklepickers 2001 – 2002 first lineup as a Rhythm ‘n’ Blues band with Roland Meyer, Paul Keltesch (dr) and Michel Mangen (bass guitar) 2002 – 2006: Roland Meyer, Sylvain Schrantz (bass ) Tommy Lehnert (dr) 2006 – 2009: Roland Meyer, Paul Lebrun (bass), Tommy Lehnert 2009– until today: Roland Meyer, Paul Lebrun, Paul Neuen (dr)
Background vocals on cd for nazz nazz, gollo steffen Gigs as guest harp player for the Sayre Brothers Bluesband, the Little Bluesband, Out of Tune
Equipment:
Harmonicas: Hohner, Silvertone Amplifiers: Homebrew tube amps 5,15,40 watts, Weber Speakers Mics: Shure Bullet, JT 30
it don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing We added a special page with bios of the band members. The first band member presented is Paul (Low B) Lebrun. Born August 1954 started playin’ guitar at the age of 10 and played in garage bands until the age of 17. Started playin’ bass after a short time as he got more and more fascinated by the instrument. After finishing school he got more and more involved in Bands: Candy, Mainline, Luke Haas Gang, Luke Haas and Friends, Midlife Crisis, and most of all the Chis Birch Band, and many others. Uses old Ampeg SVT amps and fat Hiwatt 200 and 400 valve Heads. Smaller locations get the bottomy Ashdown 500 Klystron sound. All Amps are used with various enclosures, but mostly 8 x 10 Ampeg or a Hiwatt 4 x 10 1 x 15 cabinet. Basses used: absolute favorite: a custommade 35’ Hot Wire 51 XXL 5 string bass with Pyramid strings. Other basses used: Lakland 55-94 Deluxe, various Musicman 5 and 4 string basses, Wal 5 string as well as various Fender Precision an Jazz Basses, some old and newer Gibson T-Bird and RD Artist basses, Rickenbacker, Yamaha, Epiphone, Alembic, Auerswald, Leduc basses. Mostly basses with a very distinctive and personal sound that really fit in the music and that like to be played hard. Playing the bass is a matter of philosophy! The older you get, the better you play! The Pictures page is updated. We added photos form our concert at the Ferme Madelone (2008).
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