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On the Rhine and Ruhr.
Peter Schreiner has sung in cover bands for a long time. Now the 60-year-old is releasing his own songs for the first time. Why so late? you are good
Peter Schreiner has had a fairly typical German professional musician’s life. As the frontman of various cover bands, he has sung his way through the repertoire of renowned colleagues thousands of times over the years. Even if it was sometimes enough for the big stages in the “Circus Krone” or the “Große Freiheit”, he was more in the penumbra of fame – loosely based on the book “Fleisch ist mein Gemüse”.
The man is now a whopping 60 years old – and with his new band “Die Relevant” he is actually presenting his first album with his own songs. Significantly, he calls this “1” (Donnerwetter Musik, out September 30), and after listening through the twelve songs and an attached “hidden” song (named “Zwetschge”) one wonders: Why so late?
Handmade songs
Because the production offers a lot of handmade, way of life, material that is above all worth listening to. Schreiner wants to offend, open eyes. The long paralysis of the music scene by the corona pandemic may have contributed to the general mood that things are quite rebellious and angry. But you can also hear from the recordings that they were created in a certain jam mood. Apparently there were countless “open days” in the studio, at which a bagpipe player (Martin Leopold) trumpeted along or (with Thomas Sälzle) a saxophonist who, stylistically, unmistakably sees himself in the tradition of Springsteen’s longtime companion Clarence Clemons. At that time, all non-systemically relevant artists had enough time for sessions in the small room, because there were no concerts.
Schreiner starts with pure Rock’n’Roll (“just hang around”). Musically, however, it also becomes slightly jazzy as the relaxed Dixie slider “Everything goes by”, rocky as in “Ohne mich (count on me)”, anthemic (“Sommerregen”) or also fragile (in waltz time: “Fatherland”).
Deep Bavarian accent
Similar to many Cologne bands, the linguistic aspect could be an obstacle to attracting attention across the board. Schreiner doesn’t just have a deep Bavarian accent, he also grumbles and sands in such a way that his stories can sometimes hardly be understood by the common listener north of the Main. Good thing there’s a textbook.
But maybe there’s also a good omen: none other than Klaus Voormann is responsible for the cover artwork. He also designed the cover of the Beatles album “Revolver” a long time ago. And it really wasn’t a flop…
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