Happy Birthday – 15 Jahre Kilians & Ned Kellys

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15 JAHRE KILIANS & NED KELLYS- „CELEBRATE THE KILIANS BIRTHDAY“

Es war anno 2000, genauer gesagt am 20. November, als das Kilians samt Ned Kelly’s erstmals die Pforten öffneten. Zuvor stand das ehemalige Weinlokal über vier Jahre leer. Heute zählen das Irish Pub und die Australian Sportsbar, im Schatten der Frauenkirche, zu den beliebten Hotspots bei Münchnern und Touristen. Ob die tägliche Livemusik – immer noch for free – oder die Karaoke-Partys, gefeiert wird hier immer. Nicht zu vergessen natürlich die zahlreichen internationalen Sportevents, die live übertragen werden. Live-Sport reicht hier von der Bundesliga über die Premier League bis hin zur NFL. Und nicht zu vergessen: Rugby. Die gerade zu Ende gegangene WM sorgte stets für ausverkaufte Tribünenplätze.

Darum wollen es sich die beiden Chefs, Paul Daly und Paul Fleming, auch nicht nehmen lassen das Jubiläum mit einer fetten Sause zu feiern. Als besonderes Highlight treten daher im Kilians Mississippi Queen (Zagreb) auf, die zu den bekanntesten ERockabilly Bands Kroatien zählen. Auch im Ned Kellys gibt es kleine Geburtstagsüberraschungen.

Mississippi Queen (Zagreb/Kroatien)

The story of Mississippi Queen began in the fall of 1989, in Zagreb, capitol of Croatia. The band was formed by Jurica Štelma (upright bass), Karlo Starcevic (rhythm guitar, vocal), Renato Zgrablic-Pit (second rhythm guitar, harp, vocals) and Vedran Žanko (lead guitar, vocals). They played  together for over a year, and recorded a few sessions from which tree songs were published on the compilation tape „Rock this town“. These were  first official recordings of Mississippi Queen.

1990 was a very successful year for Mississippi Queen, because no other band ever had that line-up with a slapping bass in Croatia. They had hundreds of concerts and several  appearances on national TV! By the end of 1990 Vedran left the band, and from that period on, Pit took  the lead guitar. The next couple of years, the band performs as a trio, but just one session was recorded in that  period. Those tree songs came out as bonus tracks on the first album, „Golden years“ in 1993.

At that time, two new musicians joined the band:  Gorana Cehic (fiddle, vocal), and Igor Balent (drums). This album features the first self-penned song of Mississippi Queen, but no record company  showed any interest in it at that moment, so the boys produced it on their  own. After a year, the drummer left the band, so they decided to proceed as a trio again.

The next album, „Ten Years After“ was recorded in 1999, with all cover  songs, similar to what they usually played on concerts. But after a few  years, the band got fed up with doing covers. They wanted to perform their own songs, and find an audience that would appreciate them. So the band  started to write and the album „Did You Say Love“ is now a fact. The CD  was entirely recorded at the Lightning Recording Studio in Berlin, 2004. For Rhythm Bomb Records, with Ivan Semes-Sammy on the lead guitar. The  things started to steam up for the band ‚cause the critics were great, and the band took part of the festivals, and clubs around Europe.

2008: Sammy left the band,and Axel Praefcke took on the lead guitar. With him, MQueen recorded new album, „Rock-a-Billy Heaven Bound“ (Rhythm Bomb Records).

Mississippi Queen are: Jurica Štelma – Upright Bass / Karlo Starčević – Rhythm Guitar, Vocal / Gvozden Šopp – Lead Guitar / Kruno Krapec – Drums