History Les Sauterelles

1 history

1.1 founding , name
1.2 les-sauterelles sound of 1960s
1.3 off , new start
1.4 1988 , new beginning

history
founding , name

schweizer radio drs, brunnenhof studio in zürich

on 19 september 1962, in lobby of studio brunnenhof of swiss national radio in zürich, 2 unnamed students french-speaking switzerland, dedicated music of shadows, , toni vescoli, aspiring singer-guitarist participated @ trials guitar festival in lausanne mini-shadows : had hardly chance win, @ least first professional studio recording, , never met again. françois garzoni, drummer, , toni vescoli rehearsed first songs @ garzoni s home, , les sauterelles born, grass-hoppers or more precisely locusts . peter frey, in fact jazz musician , former classmate of vescoli, acted third member instrumental guitarist in style of shadows experienced , oldest guiy. bass guitarist günter sohr, which, however, not play bass guitar, latter played peter furrer, sound @ youth center zürich-bachwiesen convinced. otto ritschard, friend of toni vescolis sister vera, shortly thereafter joins sauterelles bass guitarist, although has never played guitar; toni quero, former music teacher, taught him.

the les-sauterelles sound of 1960s

toni vescoli planned band earn income, françois risky, , toni quero brings otto bumbacher in band, 2 ottos , 2 tonis , s complete again. toni vescoli s sister vera joined singer, agent mediate gigs. on 26 december 1963, sauterelles have first professional engagement, week in laax, must terminated due lack of snow , therefore guests on 1 january 1964. on 1 june 1965 les sauterelles had 3 consecutive months of various gigs in club bagatelle in zürich beat band . in august, peter steffen played drums, , recording session single hong kong / forget began. in interlude of cliff richard & shadows @ hallenstadion, jürg has medically holidays again, drummer acted mandi trappletti, , goes on tour british band casey jones , governors . manager, hans-ruedi jäggi replaced on best terms freddy burger, , on 15 september 1965, first record of sauterelles published, , sold out in half hour – song hong kong first beat-single @ top of swiss hitparade. along counts zürich , dynamites basel album swiss beat - live recorded , mixed, again hans wettler. jürg stocker, meanwhile lung shadows healed, , sound engineer paul delisle realize single m prisoner / pretty baby tonight in november 1965. in sample number of pop magazine, toni vescoli on front cover, , article on counts düde dürst, became new drummer. sauterelles played thereafter pot collection of salvation army, , band got international attention photographs published.

willy replaced peter rietmann, toni started compose on harmonium after accident, , rolf antener new songs created. daily newspaper blick covers costs production @ studio bauer in ludwigsburg, ernst kunz writes string arrangements , conducted in studio 16-piece string orchestra; s dixie-band , children s choir other guests in studio. live concerts, fritz trippel joined sauterelles keyboardist, , little fritz more recordings done in multi-week tour through switzerland, singer arlette zola fribourg. single heavenly club appears on 9 july 1968, first swiss production in media control charts, dominated official singles chart 13 weeks, of 6 @ 1st place, , in handset hit parade of radio stations, radio luxembourg , südwest radio baden-baden, les sauterelles played again , again, , single played in european countries, in , in japan. meanwhile, sauterells performed in swiss television s hits à gogo permanent guests, , gianni paggi realizes short film, regarded first video clip of pop era. in august 1968, album view heaven , , band produced decca germany. after more 300 performances year, drummer düde dürst , rolf antener burnt out, , les sauterelles resolved.

the off , new start

mid-december 1968 last appearance of success lineup in zürich, new year s eve started toni new lineup planned vocal group pony-sisters fioretta , bernadette wälle, drummer mike (martin) stoffner , bassist werner fröhlich: cbs single station on third avenue / alone recorded in biel. bassist werner fröhlich replaced turo paschayan, , followed single crazy , dance, part 1 / part 2 . rolf antener , confident keyboard player italy joined in: high-notes singer roberto carlotto, known unca-munca in italy. yes , mike oldfield s super session new paragons, band developed own arrangements. few concerts given successful, in clubs disc jockeys have taken place of live bands; new style of sauterelles still unknown in switzerland, , play old style of swiss beatles no more asked band members. final single on own label can not save sauterelles: , sun shine / threw away remained. still working on concept album, no appearances, , publicated obituary concluded: sauterelles dead.

toni vescoli started solo career, until learned düde dürst, 1 last concert organized peter zumsteg, founder of concert agency news , , les sauterelles (preferably in formation of end of 1965) have participate. toni, düde, bruno , enzo les sauterelles again @ volkshaus zürich great success, followed 4 more concerts, düde preferred crocodiles , , toni promoting first solo album information . teddy meier, then-discoverer, brings band re-recording of hong kong studio, hongkong73 unsuccessful, except few television appearances.

1988 , new beginning

bruno merz 50 years old, , wants les sauterelles play @ birthday party, in same formation of 1971, project can not pursued, family member became heavenly diseased. toni vescoli celebrated 25 years of music! in 1990, , planned full-length concert, sponsored radio 24, in sauterelles original line-up bruno merz, freddy mangili, jürg stocker, düde dürst , enzo ernst in kaufleuten zürich event restaurant. supplemented max lässer, tobi tobler , bassist ficht tanner , vescoli & co . 4½-hour concert recorded local station hasli tv, , beat hirt produced swiss television 45-minute documentary-compilation old film clips, video 25 years toni vescoli created. album view heaven first released cd, , kurt felix, les sauterelles played medley in successful saturday night program super hits .

andré béchir, 1992 chief of news , organized @ hallenstadion zürich international oldies night , sauterelles düde, freddy mangili , marc portmann substitute bruno, performed single re-union. in 1993 polo hofer organized open-air concert in interlaken, marc portmann went andreas vollenweider on world tour, , peter glanzmann occurred guitarist band idiom. sauterelles rehearsed again more or less regularly, although followed 1996 few gigs. despite announced rock night florian ast, amber , les sauterelles, first concert had 100 visitors, next day, 15,000 spectators beyond castello grande bellinzona. in 1997 sauterelles-medley including hits recorded, band opened exhibition walk on wild side (30 years of youth culture) in lenzburg, , played @ various festivals , former favorite club, in café atlantis in basel. year later, les sauterelles seem risen again opening act bob dylan , joe cocker in out in green open-air festival frauenfeld, , more gigs , concert halls performances. singer eric st. michaels covered heavenly club , , swiss television toni , eric song in prix walo duet, followed other appearances.