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\nEs gibt kaum ein besseres Datum f\u00fcr den Launch der Homepage als den 80. Geburtstag des \u201eSpirit of Rhythm\u201c Rick Abao, ein K\u00fcnstler der immer versucht hat out of the Box zu denken und zu handeln. Somit blieb er fern ab vom Mainstream und war sicherlich als Musiker ebenso schwierig einzuordnen. Irgendwo im Netz betitelt jemand ihn als \u201eso eine Art Musik Clown\u201c,sicherlich bezugnehmend auf seinen gr\u00f6\u00dften kommerziellen Erfolg, die Parodie auf \u201eein J\u00e4ger aus Kurpfalz.\u201c
\nRick h\u00e4tte wahrscheinlich dar\u00fcber gelacht und es vielleicht mit \u201eif that\u2019s the way you feel about it,than that\u2019s the way you feel about it\u201c kommentiert, wohlwissend, dass wieso oft im Showbiz – um etwas so einfach und locker aussehen zu lassen es harter Arbeit und einer ganzen Menge Talent bedarf.
\nRick, in New Orleans geboren, wuchs mit dem Baisin Street Sound auf. Sp\u00e4ter nachdem die Familie nach San Francisco umgezogen war studierte er Musik und erhielt 1963 ein Stipendium um bei Jos\u00e9 Tomas,dem Assistenten von Andres Segovia in Spanien Flamenco Gitarre zu studieren.
\nAls G.I. kam er dann nach Deutschland wo er bis zu seinem Lebensende blieb. Mit seinem Trio, lange Jahren bestehend aus Fritz Krisse am Kontrabass und Will Lindfors am Schlagzeug absolvierte er unz\u00e4hlige Auftritte, meist in den Jazz Clubs der Republik.
\nRick war tief im American Songbook verwurzelt und so war der Blues das Fundament seiner Musik, wobei keine Musikrichtung ausgegrenzt wurde, was zu einer musikalischen Bandbreite von Jazz Standards bis hin zu deutschen Volksliedern f\u00fchrte.
\nAber auch der Entertainer Rick Abao war ein echtes Heavyweight. Seine Moderationen waren legend\u00e4r und er konnte einen Saal nur mit seinem Wortwitz und der Gitarre komplett zum kochen bringen, sodass mancher Stand Up Comedian heute vor Neid erblassen w\u00fcrde. Nicht selten ging es nach der eigentlichen Show noch mit einem Jam weiter, bei dem dann kein Auge mehr trocken blieb.
\nDer Menschenfreund und Philosoph in Rick, der mit einem ganz eigenen Blickwinkel die Dinge des Lebens betrachtete und damit oft sein Umfeld verbl\u00fcffte, hat auch auf diesem Gebiet seine Spuren hinterlassen.<\/p>\n
Happy Birthday, Ricky Boy. Rest In Peace<\/p>\n
„And when I play me some old records
\n\u201eRickyboy – where have you been\u201c
\nbrings a tear and a smile back to my face
\nyou\u2019re still the man!<\/p>\n
Had we had a little longer
\nwhat would have been – well, who knows ?
\nthan again it\u2019s just the way all things must go
\nI suppose<\/p>\n
That\u2019s forever on my mind
\nforever on my mind\u201c<\/p>\n
taken from \u201eForever On My Mind\u201c (BaTolba)<\/p>\n
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\nRick was an artist that always tried to be out of the box which naturally separated him from the mainstream and made it difficult to categorize him properly. Somebody someplace in the World Wide Web called him \u201esome kind of music clown\u201c probably referring to his biggest hit, the parody of the \u201eJager aus Churpfalz\u201c. Rick would probably have laughed it off and said something along the lines of: if that\u2019s the way you feel about it, then that\u2019s the way you feel about it – knowing that as usually in showbiz – to make something look easy it takes a lot of skills ,effort and creativity.
\nRick was born in New Orleans and grew up on the Basin street sounds. Later, after his family had moved to San Francisco, he studied music and in \u201963 was awarded a scholarship that led to him studying flamenco guitar with Jos\u00e9 Tomas, Andres Segovia\u2018s assistant, in Spain.
\nWhen it was his turn to follow Uncle Sam\u2019s call, his army stint brought him to Germany where he would stay for the rest of his life. After his discharge, he founded his own trio consisting of Fritz Krisse on double bass and Will Lindfors on drums and together they perform numerous shows on the German jazz club scene. His repertoire was deeply rooted in the tradition of the American songbook with the blues being the common ground and at the same time not excluding anything from jazz standards to German folk songs.
\nHis qualities as an entertainer were also top notch. His banter between songs not rarely brought the house down and it usually took him about 2 songs and he had the audience eating out of his hand.
\nSometimes the real treat would have to wait until the regular gig was over when someplace a spontaneous jam session would unfold\u2026 It didn\u2019t matter if there were five or 5000 people in the room – Rick would reach out to each one of them.
\nThe humanist and philosopher in Rick made him have his own individual take on life, which a lot of times, would surprise his contemporaries. Nevertheless he was not the kind to talk down to anybody or make you feel inferior. He was as real as it gets.<\/p>\n
Happy birthday Rickyboy, rest in peace<\/p>\n
„And when I play me some old records
\n\u201eRickyboy – where have you been\u201c
\nbrings a tear and a smile back to my face
\nyou\u2019re still the man!<\/p>\n
Had we had a little longer
\nwhat would have been – well, who knows ?
\nthan again it\u2019s just the way all things must go
\nI suppose<\/p>\n
That\u2019s forever on my mind
\nforever on my mind\u201c<\/p>\n
taken from \u201eForever On My Mind\u201c (BaTolba)<\/p>\n
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