Time: 71:53
File: Flac
Released: 1994
Styles: Blues
Art: Front
1. You Ain't Nothing But A Hound Dog ( 4:33)
2. Trouble In Mind ( 4:00)
3. Ball & Chain ( 9:12)
4. It Ain't Right ( 3:33)
5. Further On Up The Road ( 6:30)
6. Summertime ( 5:00)
7. Crazy 'bout You Baby ( 4:36)
8. On The Road Again ( 4:01)
9. Mother Earth (14:02)
10. Everyday I Have... ( 8:57)
11. Did You Ever ( 7:23)
Around 1982, the two Moser brothers, Harald and Helmut, and Hermann Rack, a friend of both, decided to make music together.
Hermann played drums, Harald played blues harp and a little guitar, and Helmut also played guitar and was kind enough to sing a little.
A bassist and various other amateur musicians were quickly found and the band played whatever was fun with a changing line-up. Even then, however, the blues ran like a red thread through the sessions.
During this time, the three main actors spent a lot of time in the region's music clubs, and the Klimperkasten (now Colos-Saal) in particular became the most popular meeting place. One particular band also became the clear favorite of the three: the Hoochie Coochie Bluesband. The band around the Scondo brothers Steve and Rainer played rousing Chicago blues and awakened in the three the desire to take things a little more seriously.
In the meantime, a regular line-up had also emerged: Guido Helmling on bass and Georg Schmitt, guitar and flute, completed the trio.
A name for the band was quickly found:
the initials of the first names (HHH and GG) were a triplet and a pair - a full house. But since they didn't take themselves too seriously at the time, "Full" quickly became "Fool" and the FOOLHOUSE BLUESBAND was born.
Now serious rehearsals were undertaken and a program was put together, which was given a very special touch not least by Georg's virtuoso playing of the transverse flute.
The men increasingly shared the work on the vocals and Hermann in particular set off with his raspy voice on the trip along the Tobacco Road, which he has not left to this day.
The first performances followed in jazz cellars, Hanau, in youth centers, at regional open air events and festivals, and the band gradually gained more and more audiences. The band also managed to not only perform in front of, but finally also on stage in the beloved Klimperkasten (today the CLOS-SAAL).
At some point a young lady wandered into the rehearsal room and sang the blues as if she had never done anything else. The matter was immediately clear and from then on Jessica Born acted as the front woman of the band. The band fondly remembers the highlights of the era that followed as the opening act for the original Blues Brothers, Eric Burdon, Luther Allison, BB King and the Climax Bluesband.
Live im Colos-Saal FLAC