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Brezel Tour: Day 6 Highlights + Maremma Amara

  • The letter for the sixth day of the tour was L, as in linoleum
  • 9.30AM departure from the Erdmannhausen basecamp at Huober Brezel
  • 2.10PM arrival at the Format D headquartes in Munich
  • 2.20PM a fine home-made slice of cake with a revitalizing cofee, and an embedded presentation on Maremma and the Jug Band Colline Metallifere project, by Wolfgang and Jack O’Malley
  • 3.32 customized “office concert”
  • ore 16.10 farewell and exchange of institutional tokens
  • 1AM-2.30AM-3.26AM (on July 11) touchdown at the JBCM destinations (Pisa, Massa Marittima, Tatti)

To reconnect to the Tuscan setting, the last song from the afternoon presentation…an overall summary of the mission will follow sometime during the week. For more information and booking: jugbandcm@pibinko.org or whatsapp +393317539228

Brezel Tour: Day 5 Highlights

  • The word of the day for July 9 was “Evaporation”
  • 9.31 AM debriefing breakfast with friends from Huober Brezel, after the big party from the day before
  • 12.10PM departure for Stuttgart
  • 3.03PM things start rolling at TATTI STAY AND SEE, in a Lazy Sunday Afternoon atmosphere, and various Tuscany-related explanations
  • 4.30PM end of the performance, followed, in addition to the usual urban dwellers, by a significant delegation of farmers from the surroundings. Several of them are Wolfgang’s friends and ex-colleagues
  • 5PM the team decides to slightly defer the street music session to a later moment in the afternoon, just to have a bit of a cooler temperature…
  • 7PM …the cooler temperature does not really arrive. The team decides to postpone the session to a future date, and returns to the base camp to prepare for the return trip.
  • As a video for today…a time machine back to 2019, always at TATTI STAY AND SEE

For more information and booking: jugbandcm@pibinko.org or whatsapp +393317539228

Brezel Tour: Day 4 Highlights + invitation to Stuttgart today 3PM

  • The word of the day for July 8 was: Zorro
  • 10AM departure from Erdmannhausen (our base camp) to Ludwigsburg
  • ore 10.30 organic breakfast
  • ore 11 cautiously advancing from Lindenstraße to Marktplatz, we reach the East side of the square for one hour of relaxing street music (this event was not inserted in the official program, but we liked the idea and it worked very well). Below is an excerpt from this session.
  • 1PM return to the home base and preparations for the Huober Brezel Sommerfest
  • 3PM …”and…ACTION”…with a progression which brought the participants through 11PM with various musical slots intertwined with food, drinks, and various active pastimes. Awesome unplugged closing session with a big mix of rock’n’roll, pizzica, musical, e some lesser known hits from the Cecina Valley.
  • The next gig will be this afternoon at TATTI STAY AND SEE, Pierre-Pflimlin-Platz 3, Stuttgart. Music starts at 3PM and will end at 4PM. After this (and a short break) we will proceed in one or more of the street music spots in the centre of the city (Königstraße etc.)

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Brezel Tour / Day 3 Highlights

  • The word of the day for day 3 was “Erdmannhausen”
  • 10AM – Animation at the “jubilaeum” fest for Helmut K.
  • 1.06PM Departure for Freiberg, where the closest musical instrument shop is located. Simone needed guitar strings, and the other procured other accessories
  • 4.03PM A very serious damage is found in Dario’s Martin guitar. The song list needs to be revised (but the show must go on)
  • 4.46PM Departure for Waldheim Backnang bei Vesna
  • 5.38PM Bowling lesson with Tony
  • 6PM Setting up the stage with the “total Brezel look”
  • 7PM off we go with the show

The next public event will be in the market square in Ludwigsburg this morning (for more information and booking: jugbandcm@pibinko.org or whatsapp +393317539228).

Brezel Tour / Day 2 Highlights (and reminder for 7PM in the Woods in Backnang)

Next gig for the 2023 Brezel Tour: 7PM tonight in Waldheim Backnang bei Vesna.

  • if you have lost the Day 1 highlights, check this out.
  • the word of the day for July 6 was “Rock’n’Roll”
  • 8.58AM Departure from Lavis, Trento Italy
  • 10.52AM Crossing of the Brenner Pass. Jack O’Malley and Wolfgang proposed an ancient propitiatory ritual prior to entering Austria (see the header image).
  • 1.13 PM Close encounters with the first giant brezels in Irschenberg Sued
  • 7.15PM The action starts at the Krone in Alt Hoheneck (Ludwigsburg). Below you see one of the “geomusical” moments, with Wolfgang explaining about the Metalliferous Hills, supported by Jack O’Malley’s geographic information systems.
  • 9.04PM Crissi Mosselman e Fabian Sorg from Dizzy Bee, enter the stage, adding more rock’n’roll and funk vibes with their Sorgman X combo.
  • 10PM the two lineups merge, for a jam session (excerpt below).
  • 11.32PM The JBCM bids farewell to the friends from Krone.

For more information and booking: jugbandcm@pibinko.org or whatsapp +393317539228.

Brezel Tour: Day 1 Highlights + reminder for Ludwigsburg 8PM

We are now proceeding from trentino towards Baden-Württemberg. See you at 8PM at the Krone di Ludwigsburg Hoheneck!

For more information and booking: jugbandcm@pibinko.org or Whatsapp +393317539228