According to Fesl himself, his career as a musician began when he found that he could get into small theatres ("Kleinkunstbühnen") in Munich free if he showed up with a guitar and told the staff that he was one of the musicians who were to appear. One evening, when the actual artistes failed to show up, Fesl was asked to get up on the stage himself and perform. With his funny, chatty manner, he quickly won the audience's favour.
