Ballermann (1985 – 2006)

Wenn ich hier über Ballermann berichte, geht es nicht um die Partymeile auf Mallorca. Ballermann war eine Band aus Wilhelmshaven. Gegründet wurde die Band von dem Musiker Rolf Buers im Sommer 1985. Aus der Band entwickelten sich im Laufe der Jahre diverse andere Bands und Projekte.

Im Laufe der Jahre wechselten einige Positionen in der Band. Am Schlagzeug war vom ersten bis zum letzten Tag Rolf Buers. Nur in wenigen Monaten wurde das Schlagzeug von Manni Dirks im Jahr 1990 bespielt. Am Bass wechselten sich Klaus Rettkowski 1985-1988 u. 2005, Gunnar Schröter 1992 u. 1995, Ingmar Viertel 1995-1998 und Gerald Creighton 1986-1994 u. 2003-2006 ab. Den Gesang übernahm in den Jahren 1985-1986 Achim Aden, Claus Fischer 1994-1998 und Gerald Creighton. Holger Kaiser spielte von 1986 bis 2006 Gitarre.

† Holger Kaiser verstarb im Dezember 2015.

Die Band veröffentlichte im Laufe der Jahre diverse Tonträger.

Ballermann – Don’t stop Fighting (1987)

Claus E. Rettkowski (Guitars/Bass/Vocals), Holger Kaiser (Guitars/Vocals), Jerry Creighton (Bass/Vocals), Rolf O. Buers (Drums/Vocals)

CR RB GC HK 1

Die Don’t Stop Fighting LP gab es auch mit einer 4-seitigen DIN-A4 Beilage und einem großen Poster.

Side 1

  1. Cold Temptation
  2. Six O’clock
  3. Straight From The Heart
  4. Don’t Stop Fighting

Side 2

  1. Presents From China
  2. The Thief
  3. Let Go
  4. Doin‘ Your Thing

Ballermann – Ballermann (1988)

All Songs By Ballermann (Buers, Creighton, Kaiser)

Palm Records And Songs 729017

  1. Stay With Me
  2. Come On
  3. Clean, Clean
  4. If U Snooze U Loose
  5. Everybody Needs
  6. I Just Got To Know
  7. With You
  8. Take Me Dancing
  9. A Love That Is True

Ballermann – Hände Hoch ! (1990)

Holly Kaiser (Vocals/Guitars), Jerry Creighton (Vocals/Electric Bass/Keyboards), Rolf Buers (Vocals/Drums)

ARTyChoke Music Productions AP 0991

  1. 2.000 Miles From Home
  2. Dream On
  3. Rock mi, Roll mi
  4. Worthless Promises
  5. Uptown
  6. I‘ ve Been Waitin‘
  7. The Gambler
  8. Ab dafür
  9. Straight From The Heart
  10. Wild Love
  11. El Capitane
  12. Seh To
  13. Talk Is Cheap
  14. True Love
  15. Those Days Are Gone
  16. Heart And Soul
  17. Try To Come Back

Ballermann – Get With It ! (1992)

Holger Kaiser (Guitar/Vocals), Gunnar Schröter (Bass/Guitar/Vocals), Rolf Buers (Schlagzeug/Vocals)

All Songs Written By Ballermann BP 01/92

  1. Get With It
  2. A Hollywood Movie
  3. Baby Said
  4. Racing
  5. Stay
  6. Keeping It Straight
  7. Baby Don’t You Want Me
  8. T.G.I.F.
  9. Jackie + Johnny
  10. You’ve Got The Touch
  11. Dancing
  12. Battle Calls

Ballermann – Live Pumpwerk Wilhelmshaven (1993)

BP 01/93 BP 02/93

CD 1

  1. Dream One
  2. Stay Whith Me
  3. Battle Calls
  4. 2000 Miles
  5. Dancing
  6. Cold Temptation
  7. Presents From China
  8. Baby Said
  9. KeepingIt Strainght
  10. Here Comes The Rain Again
  11. Stay
  12. Whisky In The Jar
  13. Crazy Little Thing Called Love
  14. I’ve Been Waiting
  15. Rock Mi Rol Mi
  16. Thunderbird

CD 2

  1. Get With It
  2. Worthless Promises
  3. Clean Clean
  4. Racing
  5. Talk Is Cheap
  6. Baby ‚Don’t You Want Me
  7. The Gambler
  8. With You
  9. Suendig Hus Medley
  10. Heart And Soul
  11. Rock’N Roll

Ballermann – Excerpt From Ballermann Live (1994)

BP 01/94

  1. Get With It
  2. Dancing
  3. Baby Said
  4. Keeping It Straight
  5. Stay
  6. Racing
  7. Talk Is Cheap
  8. Baby Don’t You Want Me
  9. With You
  10. Sündig Hus Medley
  11. Heart & Soul
  12. Rock`’N Roll

Ballermann – Tales Of Big Papa (1994)

Holger Kaiser (Vocals & Guitars), Gunnar Schröter (Bassguitars & Vocals), Rolf Buers (Vocal & Drums), Claus Fischer (Vocals) BP 02/94

All songs written by Ballermann except Nr. 5 Ballermann und Peter Hobbie

  1. Illusions 4 Sale
  2. Big Papa Part I
  3. I Wanna Be With You
  4. Big Papa Part II
  5. Linda Lou
  6. I Wan You
  7. Please Mr. Taxman
  8. Convicted
  9. Chaingang Shuffle
  10. Desert Song
  11. Time
  12. This Heart
  13. Out Of The Ashes
  14. There Is Love
  15. Big Papa Part III
  16. Thank You
  17. Sweet Lovin Lady (Bonus Track)

Ballermann – The First 10 Years (1994)

Side 1 Of Four Oldies & Goldies (1994)

BP 03/94

  1. Hush
  2. Black Night
  3. Soldier Of Fortune
  4. Doors-Medley: Break on Through, Roadhouse Blues, Love Me, Love Me 2 Times
  5. Seh To
  6. Ab Dafür
  7. Stones-Medley: Last Time, Get Off My Cloud, Its All Over Now, I Wanne Be Your Man, Little Red Roaster, Time Is On My Side, Paint It Black, Mothers Little Helper, Have You See Your Mother Baby, Lets Spend The Night Together, Ruby Tuesday, We Love You, Jumping Jack Flash, Honkey Tonk Woman, Out Of Time, Sympathy For The Devil, Satisfaction

Side 2 Of Four Rock´N Pop (1994)

BP 04/94

  1. I Wanna Be With You
  2. Linda Lou
  3. Rock Mi, Roll Mi
  4. Baby, Don’t You Want Me
  5. Because The Night
  6. Illusions 4 Sale
  7. Big Papa I
  8. Big Papa II
  9. Big Papa III
  10. T.Oi.G.I.F.
  11. I Want You
  12. There Is Love
  13. Convicted
  14. Get With It
  15. Into The Great Wide Open
  16. Sweet Chile O‘ Mine
  17. Keepin‘ It Straight

Side 3 Of Four Rock´N Blues (1994)

BP 05/94

  1. Tube Snake Boogie
  2. Sharp Dressed Man
  3. Chaingang Shuffle
  4. Big Boss Man
  5. Racing
  6. Doin’´ Your Thing
  7. Baby Said
  8. With You
  9. El Capitan
  10. Taxman
  11. You’re Got The Touch
  12. La Grange
  13. This Heart

Side 4 Of Four Soft & Mellow (1994)

BP 06/94

  1. Born To Run
  2. Sweet Home Alabama
  3. I Wanna Be With You (acous. Vers.)
  4. Livin‘ On A Prayer
  5. Time
  6. Linda Lou (acous. Vers.)
  7. Runaway Train
  8. Two Steps
  9. The River
  10. Desert Song
  11. Stay
  12. Baby Don’t You Want Me
  13. Hollywood
  14. Dancing (acous. Vers.)
  15. Love Is All Around
  16. When The Children Cry
  17. Tiny Island
  18. Thank You

Ballermann – Best Of The First 10 Years (1995)

All Songs Written By Ballermann except Nr. 10 Kaiser/Leuckert (FDH) BP 01/96

  1. I Wanna Be With You
  2. Linda Lou
  3. Illusion 4 Sale
  4. Big Papa I
  5. Big Papa II
  6. Big Papa III
  7. T.G.I.F.
  8. Desert Song (unplugged)
  9. Baby, Don’t U Want Me (unplugged)
  10. Ab Dafür
  11. Chaingang Shuffle
  12. With You
  13. Taxman
  14. You’ve Got The Touch
  15. This Heart

Ballermann – R.I.C.H. 4Play (1997)

Rolf Buers (Drums), Ingmar Viertel (Bass), Claus Fischer (Lead-Vocal), Holger Kaiser (Guitar)

All Songs Written By R.I.C.H. BP 01/97

  1. Redbeard Smiles
  2. Rockin‘ And Rollin‘
  3. Hermann The German
  4. When She’s Dancing

Ballermann – R.I.C.H. (1998)

Rolf Buers (Drums), Ingmar Viertel (Bass), Claus Fischer (Lead-Vocal), Holger Kaiser (Guitar)

Produced by R.I.C.H. & REDHEAD BP 01/98

  1. You’re So Fine
  2. The Bigher You Climb
  3. Back
  4. Straight Out
  5. Waiting For Someone
  6. Mister Fake
  7. Easy Way Out
  8. After All These Years
  9. Touchy
  10. Come Home – Rather Sleep Alone
  11. I Loose Control
  12. There Is A Time
  13. Playbacks A Bitch
  14. Bird
  15. Ride With Me
  16. Move On

Ballermann – The First 20 Years (2005)

Holger Kaiser (Gesang, Gitarre, Bass), Klaus Rettkowski (Gesang, Gitarre, Bass), Gerard Creighton (Gesang, Bass, Gitarre) Rolf Buers (Gesang, Gitarre, Schlagzeug)

NPR Records Best.-Nr.: 09957

  1. Here Comes The Angel (2005)
  2. Presents From China (live) (1992)
  3. Is It Love (2005)
  4. Six O Clock (1987)
  5. Baby, Don’t You Want Me (live) (1992)
  6. Still No Doubt (2003)
  7. Something I Like To Do (2005)
  8. Mr. Taxman (2005)
  9. Convicted (2005)
  10. Pretty Baby (1989)
  11. For You (2005)
  12. Rosalie (2005)
  13. Cold Temptation (1987)
  14. Worthless Promises (live) (1992)
  15. The Gambler (1992)
  16. Hermann The German (1997)
  17. Big Papa Part II (1994)
  18. Free Like The Eagles (2005)
  19. Stairway 2 Heaven (live) (1992)
  20. Thank You (1995)

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Blue Tales – Blues (1999)

Rolf Buers, Holger Kaiser

Artychoke Artist Productions AP-1099-CD

  1. Move On
  2. Easy Way Out
  3. The Higher You Climb
  4. After All These Years
  5. Moon Over Frankfurt
  6. Belet Huen
  7. There Is A Time
  8. Come Home
  9. This Heart
  10. Waitin‘ For Someone
  11. Ride With Me
  12. Mr. Fake
  13. Straight Out
  14. Goin‘ To The City

Blue Tales – This Is … Blue Tales (almost live)

Rolf Buers: Cocktail-Set, Schlaggitarre, Vocal, Tamburine & Shaker / Holger Kaiser: Melodiegitarre, Bass, Vocal, Mundharmonika, VW-Bus

CD Aufdruck: ACHTUNG! Nicht naß abspielen!

  1. Rock’N Roll Bus
  2. I Don’t Care
  3. Waiting For Someone
  4. Put On The Helmet (Vroni’s Song)
  5. Get With It!
  6. Back
  7. 365503-1
  8. When You Touch Me
  9. Too Bad!
  10. Mr. Landlord
  11. Big Brother
  12. I’ll be The One For You
  13. She’s Got No Mercy
  14. Midnite Rag
  15. Sir Marlowe’s Wedding March

Blue Tales – Radio Songs

Holger Kaiser, Rolf Buers

NPR Records Best.-Nr.: NPR 09926

  1. Born Looser
  2. Angelina
  3. In A Blue Hour
  4. That’s It
  5. Tell Me Why
  6. When She’s Dancing
  7. Don’t You Wand Me
  8. When Redbeard Smiles
  9. A Movie Star She Wants To Be
  10. Slippin‘ & Slidin‘
  11. Payback Is A Bitch
  12. Do It
  13. A Single Shot In One Hand
  14. Mr. Taxman
  15. Back

Blue Tales – Revisited

Holger Kaiser, Rolf Buers, Gunnar Schröter

NPR Records Best.-Nr.: NPR 09962

  1. Get With It
  2. Bound To Fall
  3. Crying Won’t Help Her
  4. Here Comes Mister F.
  5. Twisting And Gliding
  6. Anything
  7. No Mercy
  8. Baby That Is It
  9. Always In My Heart
  10. Chaingang Shuffle
  11. See The Profits Climb
  12. No Meoney No Honey
  13. The Chemical Song
  14. Change
  15. Good Fart
  16. Out Of The City
  17. Too Young
  18. Get Up And Do It
  19. Go West
  20. Out Of The Ashes
  21. MC 65 Germany

Blue Tales – Live The Official Bootleg

Rolf Buers (Drums, Accustic Guitar, Vocals), Gunnar Schröter (Bass, Accustic Guitar, Vocals), Ralf Homfeldt (Accustic Guitar, Vocals)

Recorded Live July 24. 2010 Schwarzer Bär NPR Records Best.-Nr.: 09995

CD 1

  1. Get A Little Closer
  2. On Your Way Home
  3. Blue Trailer
  4. There Is An Angel
  5. The Riders
  6. The Music Police
  7. Is It Love
  8. Always In My Heart
  9. Nothing Is So Negative
  10. Something I Like To Do
  11. Since I Met You Baby
  12. I Miss You
  13. When You Look Back
  14. He Is Going Nowhere
  15. The Piano Man
  16. Little Lonely Room
  17. Be On Time
  18. Rockabillie Thunder Rebels

CD 2

  1. One Day Is Fine
  2. Till The End Of Time
  3. Chaingang Shuffle
  4. To Everything
  5. Out Of The Ashes
  6. Same Old Story
  7. Poor Old Sam
  8. Fatal Error Nr. 1
  9. Lizzy
  10. Visions
  11. Shakey Ground
  12. The Ghost Song
  13. No Compromise
  14. Go West
  15. 21 Century
  16. That Is It
  17. Ease Your Troubled Mind

Blue Tales – Old Songs Lost And Found 1998-2012

Alle Songs sind Rough-Mixes (except Nr. 18)

In Gedenken an Holger Kaiser

  1. When She Is Dancing (Buers/Kaiser)
  2. Live Your Dreams (Buers/Kaiser/Creighton)
  3. Get With It (Buers/Kaiser/Schröter)
  4. Shaky Ground (Buers/Kaiser)
  5. Angelina (Buers/Kaiser)
  6. Blue Trailer (Buers)
  7. Mister Fake (Buers)
  8. No Mercy (Buers)
  9. Feel The Need (Buers/Kaiser)
  10. Willie The King (Buers)
  11. Waiting For Someone (Buers/Kaiser)
  12. Please Somebody Help Me (Buers)
  13. Still No Doubt (Buers)
  14. I Would Do Anything (Buers/Kaiser/Rettkowski)
  15. The Cowboy (Buers/Kaiser)
  16. Go West (Buers)
  17. Ties (Buers/Kaiser/Creighton)
  18. Gotta Move On (Buers/Kaiser)

Greasetime Blues Band – Rides & Rhymes From The Road

Sebastian Schmalz, Klaus Rettkowski, Rolf Buers

  1. The MC Riders
  2. Mr. Pityful
  3. Summerrain
  4. Every time You Come Around
  5. To Look Into Your Eyes
  6. The American Twins
  7. All Alone On Your Own
  8. That Lovin Touch
  9. Hot Rod Queen
  10. Maybe
  11. Ollie The Muffler
  12. She’s Got No Mercy
  13. Free Eagles MC Germany
  14. 49 Tongues

Kaiser Blues Band – Out Of The Ashes (2003)

Holger Kaiser (Guitars/Vocals), Gerard Creighton (Bass/Vocals), Rolf Buers (Drums/Vocals)

NPR Records Best.-Nr.: NPR 09943

  1. Rock’N Roll Child
  2. Live Your Dreams
  3. The Way To Your Heart
  4. Feel The Need
  5. Blue Trailer
  6. Ties
  7. Missessippi River
  8. True Love
  9. Go West
  10. Funnyville
  11. When Love Lies Sleeping In My Arms
  12. Out Of The Ashes
  13. The Cowboy
  14. Shaky Ground

Kaiser (2015)

Holger Kaiser (Vocals/Guitar), Gerry Creighton (Vocals/Bass), Lutz Kempa (Guitar), Oliver Schelling (Drums/Percussion)

NPR Records Best.-Nr.: NPR 10013

  1. I’ve Been Waiting
  2. Farewell To The Pharaohs
  3. Roosevelt & Ira Lee
  4. It’s Time To Go Home
  5. Lough Rea

Shut Up And Fish Gerry And His Fucking Grooving Band

Gerry Creighton (Voc./Git.), Lutz Kempa (Git./Voc.), Andreas Rahmann (Keyb./Voc.), Mathias Diesel (Drums/Voc.) Manuel Rietmann (Bass/Voc.)

Side One: (Studio Version)

  1. Love Grows
  2. Here & Now
  3. Superstitious

Side Two: (Live Version)

  1. Little Wing
  2. Have I Told You Lately

Creighton Featuring The Freelancers – God Sent Grace (2019)

NPR Records Best.-Nr.: 16261

  1. Copperhead Road
  2. Done With Bonaparte
  3. Lough Rea
  4. Fisherman’s Blues
  5. Ive Been Waiting
  6. Time To Go Home
  7. 2000 Miles Away
  8. Sailing To Philadelphia
  9. Grace
  10. Duncan
  11. Vincent