HENISCH, PETER - Blues Plus (Sealed) (CD)

Hallo Welt, from the Henisch-songbook of the early days, sounds new in blues and yet familiar. It carries wind into his hair, he wrote it at the age of 18, the 34 blues in the early 70s of the previous millennium - and it is at least as valid today in its updated form as it was then. So is the Ultimo, it's always there. Whenever I ham kumm and I huck into my room are descriptions from the inside of a poet, Kumm and let di fallln with me the expansion. A love song, a tempting song, a spark of hope for a new better time in a new better world. Skyline and Dancing Star - English title for songs in Viennese dialect which are valid everywhere. I've been studying Walther von der Vogelweide at school,"recalls Peter Henisch. The original text is translated and completed - the minstrelsinger would probably sound exactly the same as in Vogelweide-Blues. Nikolaus Lenau is considered by many to be one of Austria's most gifted poets. Henisch and Strutzenberger turn one of his poems into the Lenau-Blues. The Hollerbam-Blues is about life and death and - very importantly - about "my closeness to cats". The harp solo picks up the "cat language". Polvere di Gesso - chalk dust is a homage to the Italian singer-songwriter Gianmaria Testa. Peter Henisch was fortunate to meet him personally and developed a special affinity for his songs and lyrics. "I wanted to use my language to approach him. I like Italian because of the sound anyway ". He therefore honours the original by singing the song in Italian and adding his Viennese interpretation. And I sit in the caf? - because it fits there, too, with the blues