Richard Koechli

Holy Blues

Die 400-jährige Reise
einer Musikseele

Inhalt

Holy Blues – Richard Koechli, das Audio-Album

Holy Blues (Prolog)

Die 400-jährige Geschichte des Holy Blues

Slave Songs, Work Songs

Call and Response und Polyphonie

William Wells Brown (1814 – 1884)

Spirituals

Isaac Watts (1674 – 1748), die musikalische Revolution nur mit Worten

Afroamerika beginnt sich zu emanzipieren

Spirituals als politisches Instrument

Harriet Tubman (ca. 1820 – 1913)

Go Down Moses

Down by the Riverside

Deep River

Wade in the Water

Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

Follow the Drinking Gourd

Steal Away

Der Bürgerkrieg

Spirituals auf der Bühne

Fisk Jubilee Singers

Lieder des Überlebens

Gospel

Die ersten Aufnahmen von schwarzer Musik

George W. Johnsons (1846 – 1914)

Unique Quartette

Dinwiddie Colored Quartet

Minstrel Shows

Die Schwarzen flüchten in den Norden

Die Barbershop Quartette

Die Pfingstbewegung

Azusa Street Revival

Holy Blues wird vermarktet

Homer Rodeheaver (1880 – 1955)

Jack L. Cooper (1888 – 1970)

Race Records

Strassenprediger und Evangelisten, die Musikrevolution
des 20. Jahrhunderts

Arizona Dranes (1889 – 1963)

Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1915 – 1973)

Robert Johnson (1911 – 1938)

Blind Joel Taggart (1892 – 1961)

Reverend J.M. Gates (1884 – 1945)

Blind Willie Johnson (1897 – 1945)

Mahalia Jackson (1911 – 1972)

Thomas A. Dorsey (1899 – 1993)

Sallie Martin (1895 – 1988)

Holy Keyboard, die Hammond B3 Orgel

Der Durchbruch, die Gospel Quartette

Black Gospel Quartette

Golden Gate Quartet

Dixie Hummingbirds

The Soul Stirrers

Samuel ’Sam’ Cooke (1931 – 1964)

The Fairfield Four

McCrary Sisters

Blind Boys of Alabama

Mountain Gospel

Bill Monroe und seine Bluegrass Boys

Southern Gospel

Charles Davis Tillman (1861 – 1943)

(Poor) Wayfaring Stranger

James D. Vaughan (1864 – 1941)

Stamps Quartet (Give The World A Smile)

Blackwood Brothers

Statesmen Quartet

Allan ’Charlie’ Rich (1932 – 1995)

Schlussworte

Mississippi John Hurt (1892 – 1966)

Blessed Be The Name (of the Lord)

B.B. King(1925 – 2015)

Ry Cooder

Kelly Joe Phelps

Richard Broadnax (1948 – 2020)

Underrated – Unterschätzte Stars

Arizona Dranes (ca. 1889 – 1963)

Vera Hall (1902 – 1964)

Reverend Gary Davis (1896 – 1972)

Doc Watson (1923 – 2012)

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Downloads

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Album Credits

01 Feel Like Going Home (Charlie Rich)

Richard Koechli: Vocals Part 1, Backing Vocals, Guitars

Bruno Amstad: Vocals Part 2

Michael Dolmetsch: Hammond B3

Fausto Medici: Drums

David Zopfi: Bass

Big thanks to the fantastic special guest contribution by Bruno Amstad, a musician friend from the old days who is now one of the best jazz, soul and world singers in Switzerland.

02 What Kind Of Man Jesus Is (Traditional)

Richard Koechli: Vocals, Guitars, Percussion

03 Blessed Be The Name Of The Lord (Traditional)

Richard Koechli: Vocals, Guitars

4 Holy Blues (Richard Koechli)

Richard Koechli: Guitars

Fausto Medici: Drums, Percussion

David Zopfi: Bass

05 Down In The Valley To Pray (Traditional)

Richard Koechli: Vocals, Guitar

06 Jesus Make Up My Dying Bed (Traditional)

Richard Koechli: Vocal, Guitar, Percussion

07 Schacher Sepp (Otto Wolf, Ruedi Rymann)

Richard Koechli: Vocal, Guitars

Fausto Medici: Drums

08 Lord I Just Can't Keep From Crying (Traditional/Blind Willie Johnson)

Richard Koechli: Vocals, Guitars, Bass

Fausto Medici: Drums

09 Nishlam (Gerd Bingemann, Richard Koechli)

Gerd Bingemann: Harmonica

Richard Koechli: Guitar, Percussion, Noises

Gerd Bingemann, a blind musician and brother in faith, improvised and recorded this piece live with the harmonica, at the Good Friday service of the evangelical Lifechurch in Wil SG (Switzerland), on April 2, 2021. We then arranged the number together and searched for a suitable name. Gerd, Ursi (his wife) and I had the theme «Es ist vollbracht» (It is finished) in mind, and thanks to the loving help of expert friends we finally found the most suitable title:«Nischlam» or «Nishlam» from Hebrew.

Many thanks for helping us with the research:

Marianne Frischknecht (Protestant religion teacher)

Prof. Dr. Jacob Thiessen (Rector and Professor for New Testament at the University of the Theological College Riehen)

Seyde Barsimon (Christian of Aramaic origin living in Switzerland)

10 Jesus On The Waterside (Traditional)

Richard Koechli: Vocals

Bonus Tracks (free download):

Lamentation (Richard Koechli, 2002 & 2021)

Bruno Amstad has produced a wonderful and very mystical video for this song (info: www.richardkoechli.ch/de/news/125-lamentation-new-video)

You Never Lie To Me, Lord (Richard Koechli, 2018)

Deep Water, Vers. 2 (Richard Koechli, 2007 & 2020)