Germany's first independent & acoustic rockband (1969 - 1974)

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Biography: Short Cuts

 
The early history of the band
 
1966: Wolfgang Michels (singer & guitarist, composer & writer) solo
 
1967: Michels solo as "One Plus None"
1968: Michels with Klaus Kaumann (piano) as "One Plus None"
1969: Michels, Kaufmann and Jojo Ludwig (drums, guitar, flute) as "One Plus None"
 
In the beginning of 1969 "One Plus None" became "Percewood's Onagram".
 
1970: Michels, Kaufmann, Ludwig and Eddy Muschketat (percussion, mouth harp) as "Percewood's Onagram"
 
Further coming ...
1971: Thomas Moench - flute
1972: Peter Conant Schaffer (USA) - electric guitar and Nick Bloodget (USA) - bass
1973: Rainer Kosch - bass, Friedrich Thein - drums, Kaka Neumann - Percussion and Ala Dietrich - drums
1974: Gerald Heinemann - harmony vocals, Geary Priest (USA) - drums and Uwe Meyer - bass
 
 
The first important steps of success
 
As "One Plus None":
BBC, London (1967)
Radio Bremen (1967)
Hamburg "Danny's Pan" and Bremen "Lila Eule" (1967/68)
 
As "Percewood's Onagram":
BBC, London (1969): Interview with Peter Sahla, broadcasted by many european radio stations
Zurich, Switzerland (1969): International jazz-festival
Radio Bremen (Summer 1970): TV-Portrait, Open Air Live
Studio Bremen (1970): TV-Session with interview and music
London (1970): Invitation by Alexis Korner
Radio Bremen (1971): Interview together with Alexis Korner
Baden-Baden, Südwestfunk (1972): Interview with "Pop-Shop"
France (1972): Concert tour
Berlin (1972): Radio features on RIAS and SFB
AFN Frankfurt and Berlin (1973 and 1974): Interview (Herb Glover) and music
BFBS (1974): Alan Bangs about the band
 
 
Albums
 
"Percewood's Onagram" - April 1969
"Lessons For Virgins" - September 1971
"Tropical Brainforest" - September 1972
"Ameurope" - April 1974


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