inLauterbach, Germany - 17 December 2011
inEvent: SAILOR
In Concert Photos
by: Werner Blessing, Katrin Wagner, Karsten Wagner, Frank
Schwedler, Karin Christiansen, Roland Löffler, Wolfgang
Wöhrlin
Many SAILOR fans from Germany, Denmark and
Switzerland friends had travelled from far to be part of
this special event, which eventually became the longest
SAILOR concert ever, including all the hits and live
favourites plus several songs that weren't performed live
for many years and, in one case, never before (see video
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A message from Phil Pickett: SAILOR wishes
all the fans a very merry Christmas and are now -
especially with Tom & Ollie on board - more than ever
looking forward to playing throughout Germany and Europe
in 2012. A message from Henry Marsh: Last Saturday
was a celebration of all that is great about being in
SAILOR. We had a chance to play exclusivley to our fans,
many of whom had travelled a very long way. |
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SAILOR and audience during "One
Drink Too Many"
Captain Oliver
Henry, Phil and Tom
Das Publikum bei "The Old Nickelodeon Sound"
Die Erste-Reihe-Crew :-)
Henry, Phil and Tom
Henry, Phil, Tom and Oliver during "Vera From Veracruz"
Henry, Phil and Oliver during "Vera From Veracruz"
Hello Phil...
Phil at the wheel...
Tom
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Phil and Henry
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SAILOR and audience
Here they go...
Henry and Phil during "Karma
Chameleon"
SAILOR during "Karma Chameleon"
Henry, Oliver and Phil
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Henry, Phil, Tom and Oliver during
"La Cumbia"
Phil and Henry during "La Cumbia"
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Phil and Henry enjoying "La Cumbia"
Phil, Henry and Oliver during
"La Cumbia"
The "Full Monty" a.k.a. the threesome
Phil, Henry and Oliver during the "Full Monty"
Phil, Henry and Oliver during the
"Full Monty"
Phil, Henry and Oliver during the "Full Monty"
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Oliver
Henry, Phil, Tom and Oliver during
"Let's Go To Town" encore
Henry and Phil
Henry, Phil, Oliver and Tom
Henry, Phil, Oliver and Tom during "Let's Go To Town"
encore
The end of the show
The end of the show
The end of the show
Let's Go To Town
Blame It On The Soft Spot
One Drink Too Many
Give Me Shakespeare
The Old Nickelodeon Sound
Vera From Veracruz
Cool Breeze
Mack The Knife
Traffic Jam
Wooly Bully
Girls Girls Girls
Karma Chameleon
Stay The Night
Panama
La Cumbia
encores:
Tom's Moment (Drum Solo)
The Full Monty
Con Te Partirò - Time To Say Goodbye
A Glass Of Champagne
The Secretary
Let's Go To Town
Before and after the show...
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The venue
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Soundcheck - and a nautical stage
Before the concert, host Werner organized a little pre-show-party
for the fans and sponsors at the hotel
The pre-show-party
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The front row crew: Karin, Heiner, Michael, Susi, Katrin,
Karsten, Richard and Rolf
Katrin, Patrick, Michael, Karsten and Susi
Phil, Henry, Tom and Oliver sign the golden book of Lauterbach -
with major Norbert Swoboda
SAILOR play "Cool Breeze", "Girls Girls
Girls" and "Let's Go To Town" at the
after-show-party
With thanks to the official photographer... Katrin with the
SAILORs
Susi with the SAILORs
SAILOR in the Black Forest: fun guaranteed! - A concert report by Susi Akinci
When the news from
Werner arrived that he was going to get SAILOR to the Black
Forest for a headline conert I could hardly believe it. Soon it
was clear, I had to get there. Werner hat organized everything so
well that there was no need to worry about getting there, really
great. So my journey started on the motorway to Stuttgart on
Saturday at 8.15 am. You can't imagine what you experience as a
woman travelling on her own when you just stop at a filling
station, but that's another story.
Just as I arrived at the hotel, SAILOR arrived too, as well as
Werner and Renate. Having checked in quickly and being on the way
to my room I met Phil who welcomed me nicely. Then I looked out
of the window and saw Katrin and Karsten arrive outside. Super,
we were all on the same floor of the hotel. A quick break to
refresh and then the three of us went downstairs to the
restaurant to welcome SAILOR who were just about to eat. Slowly
but clearly the other fans arrived, and we spent a lovely time
together. Then off to the rooms to get changed and off to the
concert. Here I'd like to add a bug thanks to Richard for taking
me with him and for the good careful driving, which meant that I
could have a beer or two. At the venue we also met Heiner, and it
was great to also see the "old and well-known" faces.
At the hotel Werner had already told us that some luggage pieces
of SAILOR hadn't arrived with British Airways. The Nickelodeon,
or better said, the frame of it only arrived with a later flight
and got here now. At least it arrived just on time. Only the
beginning of the show got delayed a little, but we didn't care,
being in a very good mood. Phil's son Harry was also there to
help setting up everything - a very nice and good-looking young
man.
Then the time had come, and Werner announced SAILOR (we kept an
eye on the time, it was longer than the 3.48 minutes he had
promised), and they started really strong from the first moment.
The fans were in a really good mood, everybody sang and danced.
The boys truly surprised ud with "Let's Go To Town" and
"Cool Breeze", I never thought that I'd ever hear those
great songs live. Oliver was simply fantastic. His voice has
become even better, if that's possible at all - it's great to
have you back! My personal highlight was "Stay The
Night", my big favourite. We, and it was obvious for all of
us, SAILOR as well, had a lot of fun. Katrin and I especially
enjoyed our 'dance' during "Wooly Bully". It was my
first concert with Tom, Henry's oldest son, and I must say that
I'm impressed. Tom is very nice and just right. Only once we felt
a little sad: During "The Old Nickelodeon Sound" one
just has to think of Grant. Of course Oliver truly impressed the
audience with "Con Te Partiro". And here I also had the
same impression again: his voice has become even better. SAILOR
had to play encores and even more encores and nobody wanted to
let them go.
But unfortunately this great concert had to end eventually. For
us this meant going back to the hotel for more, though. A short
speech from Werner, good food. The speech of the major, Norbert
Swoboda, was extremely nice, and he proudly asked SAILOR to sign
the golden book of the town. Then the fans could take photos with
the band. The absolute highlight of the after-show-party was when
Henry, Phil, Oliver and Tom sang "Cool Breeze",
"Girls, Girls, Girls" and Let´s Go To Town" for
us again, just great!! The modd was amazing and everybody joined
in. Afterwards we had some more fun hours with nice conversations
and one or more nice drinks. I'd like to use this opportunity to
thank Michael for the glass of champagne!
At about 3.30 am the last remaining people went to bed and the
night was way too short for all of us. In the morning we said
goodbye to SAILOR and drove home after a nice breakfast. It was a
very nice weekend and an indescribably great concert. For me it
was a wonderful SAILOR concert, as good as I hadn't seen it in
many years.
Susi Akinci
Here you can see some of the many great newspaper reports that were published about the concert before and afterwards:
And last but not least, some snow impressions:
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, this is probably the greatest
line-up (obviously apart from the original) that the
group has enjoyed, and the power, enthusiasm and sheer
vigour Henry's sons have injected into our music is
incomparable! (Whether Henry and I can keep up is another
matter however!) Having said, that of course we will
always miss and appreciate the uniqueness and great
company of Grant and Georg - but hey, none of us can go
on doing this forever!! Can we?
