In this project I was inspired by early Country Blues, Gypsy Swing, Shakti, Folk Rock, the great songwriter poets, to name just a few. In 1991 “Chief Broom” started as a trio with David Kunz on violin, Jo Epper on percussion, and myself on guitar, harmonica, and vocals.
Next came a period as a duo without percussion, which allowed for more intricacy.
But then Erich Schwyter on drums was welcomed on board, and when Katrin Doppler joined us on vocals we were a full size band and really thriving for the next two years. In 98 David dropped out and a little later also Erich left, so Katrin and I continued as a duo for a while, but in 2002 it was over.
The project was no-budget, with little equipment, very much improvised, unpolished, chronically under-rehearsed. Everything was pretty lose and wild and archaic. But it allowed me to develop and perform my own music. We never went to the studio, but there exist some decent demo and live recordings to convey a fair impression of our work.

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Tango #3