Die Drei Vom Rhein feat.Mel Collins - Cologne.Ger. Stadtgarten 2007.08.27
Drei vom Rhein play Uncle Frank - the songs of Frank Zappa

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Drei vom Rhein play Uncle Frank - the songs of Frank Zappa
"...outrageous grooves and energies between funk and rock
and a little bit of hip-hop."

The last three song are compositions from "Die Drei vom Rhein & Mel Collins"


All four musicians stand for many years already for many national and internationally successful artists on the stage and in the studio, have teaching orders in colleges, are partly even professors. However, in the volume Three of the Rhine one meets to move, which is why one is broken open, actually, sometimes. Since to play the music which one wants to play, far from the question after Kommerzialität or usability. Music as a compelling, more absolutely artistic expression with which the whole is clearly more than the sum of the individual parts.

What began at the beginning of the nineties as a power coalescence trio, an extensive development has worked through up to the today. At that time with the entrance of the singer and guitarist Pit Hupperten in 2002 (from three four became) the musical main focus becomes a verlagert:der song, now the song as a unity from (rock) music and German text stands more clearly in the center, the solo escapades of the 'Musicians-Music' of the early days step more in the background. Besides, the music of Three of the Rhine always remains dynamic and sounding like rock without being dull and (on the other side) cleverly without working, nevertheless, verkopft.

After 6 publications and numerous concerts in Germany and tours through Indonesia, Turkey and Central Asia Three of the Rhine sound as fresh as during the first day. However, at the same time they have worked schlafwandlerische Tightness which searches her equals. Thus Three of the Rhine with each of her concerts burn down true live fireworks, with which they manifest over and over again her excellent call to be since world class on the new one.

Topical CD: Three of the Rhine plays Uncle Frank the musicians of Three of the Rhine bow with her newest publication to Uncle Frank (Frank Zappa) and his work is meant here of course. The quartet does justice playing to the claim to express not just to covern, but virtually ‘ in own words ’ the fascination in Zappa. Thus the earthily sounding Grooves of Helmuth Fass in the bass form the foundation for world-brilliantly rocking achievements of Werner Neumann in the guitar and the drummer Alex Vesper.
Also Pit Hupperten which has it of course with the song interpretation most difficultly creates these splits with bravado. Of course the humor too briefly also does not come here - is, nevertheless, one of the most important elements of Zappas creating. Then remains only to clear the question whether it is a chance that the foundation of Three of the Rhine fell just on Zappas year of death.

The " Uncle of Frank « to whom they turn in her latest program deferentially is Frank Zappa. Not a few before them have set as bare imitators in his repertoire. Zappa is the favorite musician of four of Three of the Rhine, and they were clever enough to choose an especially attractive subset from his extensive work - the songs. Three of the Rhine sum up them freshly, so that also the Zappalogen have her fun in it. Especially for the West German Radio jazz night Three of the Rhine bring another three blowers, among other things the famous King Crimson saxophonist Mel Collins. He works since several years likewise on the Rhine, even if op dr'schääl sick - in the volume with Harald Schmidt. "

For more infos and photos see here :

http://www.manyaks.com/html/drei_vom_rhein.html
http://www.jazzclub-eschweiler.de/Drei%20vom%20Rhein.html
http://www.myspace.com/dreivomrhein


line up :

Pit Hupperten - leadvocals, guitar
Werner Neumann - guitar, backvocals
Helmuth Fass - bass, backvocals
Alex Vesper - drums, backvocals

special guests playing from track 10 to the end of the show.

MEL COLLINS - sax,flute
Fred Köster - trumpet
Herbert Schmitz - trumpet
De Wending - sax,trumpet

setlist :

01.I have been in you
02.Flakes
03.Broken hearts are for assholes
04.Stick it out (Sofa)
05.Dead girls of london
06.Lucille has messed my mind up
07.Doreen
08.Camarillo Brillo
09.Muffin man
10.Heary dirty Judy
11.Fine girl
12.Love of my life
13.Dirty love
14.Outside now
15.Any kind of pain
16.Let`s move to Cleveland
17.Drum Solo
18.Watermelon in easter Heazy (fades out)

19.Unknown song
20.Unknown song
21.Unknown song



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