'.....Hannes Wader, who arranged old folk German folk songs in a style somewhat reminiscent to the British/Irish folk revival ....'
I played on a number of his Albums in the 70's and 80s.... among them 2 German Folk Albums " Hannes Wader singt Volkslieder" and "Hannes Wader singt Plattdeutsche Lieder". imo Hannes was a decisive influence on the post war generation's rediscovery of the beauty of German Folk Songs by playing them in a more modern style and removing the taint of the Nazi misappropriation during those terrible times. He, more than anyone perhaps of that era had the "believability" through his other brilliantly biting and sarcastic social critical songs tho Franz Degenheart, Dieter Sueverkrupp, Hein und Oss, Peter Roland and others also helped steer us younger musicians towards the beautiful timelessness of our own heritage. In the wake of his work new and exciting Folkgroups of different ethnic regions began to flower.....Singspiel, Lilienthal, and so many more. I often describe Hannes as the "Bob Dylan" of Germany tho in truth he was more than that......he gave us back a part of our own history. Btw, I joined the Mandolin Cafe just to post this message.... a wonderful thread. Thank you....see you on FaceBook?
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