BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Gratis-in-Berlin//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.14// METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Gratis-in-Berlin Tip Kalender X-WR-CALDESC:Erhalte Gratis-in-Berlin Tips in deinem Kalender BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20261001T060507UTC-23656aUhpG@Gratis-in-Berlin DTSTAMP:20261001T060507Z DESCRIPTION:' Speiches R&\;B Kneipe ' Raumerstr.39\, 10437 Berlin-Prenzl ´Berg(Mo\, Mi - Sa ab 19.30Uhr\, Di ab 18 Uhr\, So jetzt ab 17Uhr 030/44456 24'...writes strong songs' '...a fine performer with good vocal identity.' '...played an immaculate set that was at times both exciting and enthusia stic.'MUSIC CONNECTION\, LOS ANGELES '...convincing with honest songs\, a dense guitar sound and an emmaculate voice.'DER TAGES SPIEGEL\, BERLIN Way ne Grajeda began developing his soulful\, melodic rock style in the music clubs and studios of his home town Los Angeles. It was there that\, as a m ember of the band Eastfield Meadows\, he signed a record contract with VMC Records and released his first album. Among the players on the sessions w ere Kent Henry\, lead guitarist from Steppenwolf\, and Mike Botts\, famous for his drumming with Linda Rondstadt\, among many others. Wayne's early travels led him to Munich\, Germany. There he began performing in what wou ld become countless clubs and concerts throughout the country and elsewher e in Europe. When he was offered the understudy part of Jesus in the music al Jesus Christ Superstar he headed for the then 'walled city' of Berlin t o join the cast. After the show lowered it's final curtain he decided to s tay. In Berlin\, Wayne is still known as being a member of the Hagelberger s\, a collection of singers\, songwriters and musicians who acquired their name from the celebrated Hagelberger Strasse 14 address where many of it' s founding members once lived. These artists performed every night of the week until the wee hours of the morning during the most exciting years of the city's music scene. In 1996\, some of them\, including Wayne\, reunite d to collaborate on an essentially 'live in studio' album titled Hagelberg er Street ? Americans In Berlin. Recorded in Los Angeles\, Toronto and Ber lin\, the CD and accompanying booklet containing personal Berlin stories w ritten by each of the songwriters captures much of the intimate sound and atmosphere of that unique period. The Berliner Morgenpost newspaper wrote: 'HAGELBERGER STREET' IS NOT ONLY A FINE COLLECTION OF HIGHLY-CRAFTED ACOU STIC-SONGS\, IT IS ALSO A DOCUMENT OF A TIME WHEN\, BETWEEN TWILIGHT AND T HE EARLY MORNING GREY\, GREAT MUSIC RANG FROM SMALL STAGES. It was in Berl in that Wayne teamed up with singer/songwriter Tom Cunningham and\, armed with a demo they recorded together with then Donna Summer producer Pete Be lotte\, headed for England. One night Gerry Rafferty's manager Ray William s and legendary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame producer/writer Jerry Lieber sa w Tom and Wayne perform in London. Within a month Williams and his partner Robert Wace\, who had guided the career of the Kinks\, became their manag ers. With their help Tom and Wayne formed a band and signed a world-wide r ecording contract with Warner Bros. Records. The group subsequently record ed an album with the Who's producer\, Shel Talmy. A single\, written by Wa yne titled Just Like In The Movies\, was released. It seemed like the hard work had paid off and a dream had been realized but over time the members succumbed to the inner-band trials and tribulations suffered by so many m usic groups and they disbanded in disappointment. In the mid-nineteen eigh ties Wayne returned to Los Angeles to begin a career in television but he never stopped performing and writing music. In subsequent years he collabo rated with musicians who had played with the Doobie Brothers\, David Bowie 's\, Bonnie Raitt's and Bruce Hornsby's bands. He also composed music for a number of television programs. Wayne also continued to work with music t alents he had met in Berlin\, most notably songwriter Robert Williams. The y performed frequently in Los Angeles and Germany and recorded an album to gether called Staytrue Street. The title is another reference to their sha red past. One of the favorite haunts of Berlin's music denizens was a club called Go-In. Presenting acts every night of the week until at least four in the morning\, Go-In was located at Bleibtreu Strasse 17. Bleibtreu can be loosely translated to mean 'stay true'. Two of the album's songs\, Wil liam's Jumbo's Clown Room and Grajeda's Number 17 Staytrue Street\, are su rrealistic portraits in sound of the strange\, seductive and beautiful inh abitants of Berlin's renowned decadent nights\, a world that\, once drawn in\, like so many others\, neither artist could ever fully leave. Der Tage spiegel newspaper wrote: THE DUO WAYNE GRAJEDA AND BOB WILLIAMS CONVINCE W ITH BEAUTIFUL SONGS\, A DENSE GUITAR SOUND AND IMMACULATE TWO VOICE HARMON IES'. As if to prove the point\, in 2002 Wayne returned to Berlin to live. He continues performing acoustic solo shows but is particularly excited a bout playing with a great new band comprised of gifted musicians from Engl and and Germany. In 2006 Wayne released Chameleon\, his latest solo CD\, f or the Bluebird Cafe Berlin label. ' I chose the title because one of the album's songs is called Chameleon but also because my influences range fro m latin\, rock and R&\;B to folk\, jazz and even symphonic and 'big ban d' music. The musical colors of these varying styles can be heard in my mu sic.' Wayne also recently produced an album for fellow Hagelberger country /blues/folk songwriter\, Francis Serafini. Meanwhile he continues to be fu lly active working in television\, producing\, writing and directing for b oth American and German production companies and networks.\n\nViel Spass w ünscht Gratis-in-Berlin\n\nLink zum Tip: \nZu den Gratis-in-Berlin Angeboten: h ttp://www.gratis-in-berlin.de\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160610 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160611 SUMMARY:Wayne Grajeda (L.A./Berlin) - Rock Songs - Live in Speiches R&B Kne ipe - Eintritt frei END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR