was HW: Live 79, now Cosmic Jokers

[Marshall Wood]

On Tue, 23 Mar 1999 12:37:37   Keith Henderson wrote:
>Larry asked...
>><< Cosmic Jokers>>
>>vas is dem, den?
>The 'supergroup' of Ash Ra Tempel & Wallenstein members (and vocalist Gilles
>Lettmann aka the 'Sternenmddchen' or Starmaiden) put together by Rolf-Ulrich
>Kaiser (Kaiser of Ohr) in his acid-induced vision (they hung out with Leary
>after all) of creating 'the Cosmic Couriers.'  Apparently, the releases were
>made unbeknownst to Manuel Gvttsching (guitarist of AshRa) and pissed him
>off to no end.  This was also about the time when AshRa's bassist Hartmut
>Enke quit playing in the middle of a performance, and stood and watched the
>others finish the set. I guess he came to the conclusion that they had
>reached some sort of perfect moment, and from that point on lost the desire
>to perform again.  Needless to say, he ceased to be an AshRa member quite
>abruptly.

That's a great story - where did you hear that one, Keith?  Got a recommendation for a first Cosmic Jokers CD?  There are several.

MWood

NP: HW: IYA



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