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The word Schelmish means about the same like beeing cheek. And it is a rather ancient impression, not beeing used too often nowadays in german language. Our Boys and Girl here certainly do own an individual special kind of humor, which is spread on to us for the fourth time at the Spektakulum Mundi Club here in Munich. For me myself it's only the very first time checking them out. And I have to confess, that this german middleage rockband have got this special little something, a huge aura, lust for life and entertainment. I presume it is because of inovation, madness and pleasure to play. 

The almost family affair keeps going for about eight years now in the german middleage rockscene and performs their special kind of music and nonsense. Most of all, everything is very un conventially. Nothing seems artifical and very spontanious. Though I guess, the striptease in the middle of the set, somehow belongs to it and is part of a Schelmish show. 
One thing is for sure, - a Schelmish show is a true comedy persiflage, which made this project to an institution in this circles. 
The big boss give an okay, still dressed in every day's clothes of 2007 or 2002 - never mind... and announces the supportact  named: 'Men who make Love' Strange name, ain't it?!




                                          

Those two paradisebirds come on straight away and consist of one ex-Schelmish guy, and one Schelmish Road dog. But they are the best prove, that you can make big things of little occasions. It starts wie the fancy instruments and the even more fancy clothes, probably designed from themselves. Gianni Versage would turn around in his grave if he could spot this.The result of this suportslot is a very often used backpipe and some drums and  these two are more than entertaining  and we are having a good laugh..

                                      


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Almost immidiately, when they have finished, the stars of tonight hit the stage. And they are: Daddy Dextro (nicht Energen) - Sackpfeifen, Bouzouki, flut, Drehleier, Bombarde, Schalmei, voc, guit), Mama DesDemonia – (Sackpfeifen, Schalmei, Bouzouki, voc) Sprössling Rimsbold von Tiefentann – (voc, Sackpfeifen, Schalmei, flut, Harfe, Percussion), Luzi das L an  (Sackpfeifen, Schalmei,Bouzouki), Dschieses (Drums, Schlagwerk, Percussion, violin), Marquis DeGuis -(guit,  Bouzouki), Johannes der Säufer (Bass), Picus von Corvin -(Davul, Percussion, Sampling, E-percussion) and finally Fragor der Schlagfertige (Schlagwerk, Percussion, Sampling, Key´s). 

Wauw – that was hard now, and I bet with myself, in at least two days I have forgotten who is who and playing whatsoever. But in the end it doesn't matter,
because within the Schelmish Family everybody does everything anyway.  

But who has said, that they are fat and antisocial? Yeah okay, the big boss has some nice little beerbelly which certainly belongs to the latest middle age phantasy fashion line and within this sophisticated atmosphere. And like father like son - congratulation, the evolution is throughout visible. Small, bit and comfortable is a saying over here, whereby the word small rather fits to the little Something on the very left on stage. But this one dosn't care, takes the fun outta himself and does a striptease in the middle of the set, that even Pamela Anderson would become pale in her breast implants.


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Holy shit! Little Luzi L. is a real professional indeed. He should think about getting a second job within the Chippendales besides this one here of course. Because noone here would like to miss him as the highlight of the show. And again... inbetween all these luvely melodies, Papa  Dextro entertains the audiance with funny, sometimes ironic stories, like for instance his love for stupid journalists, followed by the song 'Pank'. Or about the fact, that he and DesDemonia are dealing with each other for almost a quarter of a century within a relationship. The answer is '22 Jahre'. The audiance is grateful, cheers the band up, and receives compliments again like: 'I can remember the name of your horse but not about your one'. Or he remembers a bet, where the guy who can drink 8 pints of beer at once, will spend three days with the band on the road. This man is here tonight and gets the deal now.

No honestly, this here has nothing to do with antisocial, but rather with some tough humour, which castrates normal things in a nice way. Only the attitude towards America, I don't agree really. The Americans voted their politicians, so they wanted this government - right?! But apart from that, politics is politics, and entertainment is entertainment, so leave the politics at home for now. Me for my part will continue to fly to Hawaii, no question and no matter who is leading this country. The answer comes straight away with a rather amusing version of June Carter-Cash's Hymn 'Ring Of Fire'. The song, her husband Johnny Cashrose up to fame with. It is already the second of two encores. The last one is a track named 'Kalifenzorn' with the Outro 'So Allein', and an really entertaining evening with a middle age atmosphere is coming to an end and last but not least Papa Schelmish's comment: 'I have never talked that much like tonight'.

And now a nice little cigarette outside the building. By the way, our bavarian bees seems to be quite popular by this lot from the Rheinland (further north part of Germany) Okay that's it, I don't wanna do any ads for beer here alright?! Except Schelmish of course. 


http://www.schelmish.de/
or go and have a listen on their MySpace page http://www.myspace.com/schelmishband  


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