Band:
Albert Lee, git, voc, key
Gerry Hogan, steel guitar, git
Peter Baron, drums, voc
Brian Hodgson, bass, backgr voc
Elio Pace, key, accordion, voc
My brief review:
Noergelbuff, 3rd April. My 2nd visit to this very small venue in the old city of Goettingen which is famous for its university and is also the home of very special hospitals so many students in the audience. Some background information about the club can be found at the bottom of this page
Not far to drive but heavy rain and thick traffic caused some delay. Doors opened at 8 sharp and I was there in good time to share a table close to the stage with my local music buddies the Pertzsch family. Since then, we should meet every year at the Noergelbuff as they shared the same passion for good music.
Noergelbuff, 3rd April. My 2nd visit to this very small venue in the old city of Goettingen which is famous for its university and is also the home of very special hospitals so many students in the audience. Some background information about the club can be found at the bottom of this page
Not far to drive but heavy rain and thick traffic caused some delay. Doors opened at 8 sharp and I was there in good time to share a table close to the stage with my local music buddies the Pertzsch family. Since then, we should meet every year at the Noergelbuff as they shared the same passion for good music.
Nevertheless, the show went well and everybody had great fun. Gerry did a hilarious version of REAL WILD CHILD on guitar while Elio entertained the audience playing the accordion. Elio was is great shape and played with head, hands and feet in the truest sense of the word! Each band member was acknowledged with applause after their solos, the audience was responsive and in good mood. When it was Peter's turn to sing, Albert mentioned his birthday and band and audience sang him HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. Then us Germans added another birthday song in German "Hoch soll er leben" which means "a long and good life to our heroe" (something like that) and is basically the beginning of a toast. That was great fun and I'm sure Peter was surprised and liked it. What a fantastic gig, this band never disappoints.
Set List / not complete and not always in the right order.
Restless
Two Step Too
Tiger Rag
I'll never get over you
Why me
Breathless
Barnyard Boogie
Rad Gumbo
Crying in the Rain
Can your grandpa rock'n roll like this
Leave my woman alone
Till I gain control again
Country Boy
Encores:
Don't
Hound Dog
Tear it up
About the 'Noergelbuff':
The Noergelbuff is a Live Club in Goettingen full of tradition hosting mainly concerts by musicians of the area, book readings, disco nights and other intellectual stuff. The long article below describes how the name 'Noergelbuff' came up. A 'buff' is a small goblin, and the club founder Rolf Linnemann, who was a cabaret artist, used to write poems about goblins. 'Noergel' means nagging, so 'Noergelbuff' is 'a perpetually nagging goblin'. Goettingen is a university town full of students and reportedly they are nagging too much. Rolf said the word Noergelbuff has also a double meaning, it describes 'a goblin who likes to pinch women's bottoms' (tongue in cheek, no offense). Hope I didn't bore your pants off ....
Der Nörgelbuff ist ein traditionsreicher Göttinger Live-Club, der schwerpunktmäßig Konzerte (zum großen Teil von regionalen Bands und Musikern), Lesungen und Disco-Abende veranstaltet.
Geschichte:
Am 28. Mai 1970 eröffnete eine Gruppe Berliner Studenten in einem alten Gewölbekeller in der Göttinger Innenstadt den Club Nörgelbuff. In den Räumlichkeiten des Nörgelbuffs in der Groner Straße 23 existierten im Vorfeld eine Kneipe mit dem Namen "Plaudertasche" (1951 - 1956) sowie ein Weinkeller mit dem Namen Intermezzo (1960 - 1970). Geschäftsführer des Nörgelbuffs war zu Gründungszeiten der Kabarettist Rolf Linnemann, der bis zu diesem Zeitpunkt Leiter eines Göttinger Jugendzentrums gewesen war. Der Name Nörgelbuff entstand, weil Linnemann in seiner Berliner Zeit etliche „Buff-Gedichte“ verfasst hatte (ein „Buff“ ist eine Art Kobold) und außerdem der Meinung war, dass die Göttinger Studenten zu viel nörgelten. In den prä-feministischen 70ern verkündete Linnemann im "Göttinger Tageblatt" außerdem, dass ein Nörgelbuff "ein Kobold sei, der Frauen gerne in den A... kneift". Das Programm des Nörgelbuffs konzentrierte sich zu dieser Zeit vollkommen auf Live-Veranstaltungen, vornehmend aus den Bereichen Folkmusik und Kabarett. Es traten dort Künstler wie Otto Waalkes, Hannes Wader und Ulrich Roski auf.
Im Jahr 1979 wurde der Nörgelbuff von dem neu gegründeten Verein Kleinkunstbühne e. V. übernommen. Weiterhin konzentrierte man sich auf Live-Veranstaltungen; erweiterte das musikalische Spektrum jedoch in Richtung Blues und Rock. An jedem Tag, an dem der Nörgelbuff geöffnet hatte, gab es auch Live-Musik. Im Jahr 1981 entschloss man sich jedoch, ab sofort vermehrt auf Qualität statt auf Quantität zu achten. Dieser Entscheidung gingen mehrere Beschwerden über die mangelnde Qualität des Live-Programms voraus. Ab ca. 1988 wurde das Programm vermehrt in Richtung Independent und Punk geöffnet.
