Tommy Schneller band

The Tommy Schneller Band is an absolute force live. With the DVD "Live in the City of Peace" the Osnabrückers bring their crisp mix of soul, blues, funk and rock with a picture into the living room.
Anyone who has only listened to the band on tinned food up until now will have a look around: Tommy's distinctive voice sounds a lot more scratchy and gritty than on the record, and the enthusiastic audience gives the band that extra portion of humor that is hard to get away from the stage . In spite of the maximum joy in playing, every note fits - everything comes out of the speakers as it was played in the Rosenhof. The songs from the strong current album "Backbeat" dominate the setlist, but selected pearls from the older releases should not be missing.

01 Trust In Yourself (live)
02 Cream Of The Crop (live)
03 Tipsy's (live)
04 backbeat (live)
05 Let the soul fly (live)
06 as cold as ass (live)
07 Love Is The Key (live)
08 I hear you thinking out loud (live)
09 Tryin 'To Let Go (live)
10 Barefootin '(live)
11 Higher And Higher (live)
12 The Sun Is Shining Again (live)

"Backbeat": The sixth album by the Tommy Schneller Band comes around the corner with full steam. Off into the slot with CD 1 of the two-part digipack: Jens Filser's dirty slide guitar starts cutting, after a few seconds the blues / soul locomotive rolls through the brain and does not stop for the next 49 minutes.
"Rhythm is truth", Tommy creaks into the microphone at the opener "Backbeat". A line that could be tattooed. Leaning far back, the seven-piece band grooves its way through ten great songs. This is timeless blues music with a rocky edge, which always has one foot in soul. The focus is on Tommy's distinctive voice - the cigarette on the cover is not a decoration - and his unmistakable saxophone.
The Tommy Schneller sound breathes the air of Beale Street, but on CD 2 Tommy dares an experiment and sings three songs in his mother tongue. Blues-rooted music with German lyrics - can that go well? It can. The translated versions are at least as authentic and casual as the English-language numbers. The big advantage: you can start singing along even faster.

CD 1
01 backbeat
02 Trust In Yourself
03 I Know What You're Thinking
04 Tipsy's
05 barefootin '
06 Let Your Soul Shine
07 Cold Attitude
08 The Sun Is Shining Again
09 Love Is The Key
10 tryin 'to let go

CD 2
01 Ass cold
02 Let the soul fly
03 I hear you thinking out loud
04 Ass Cold Art (Radio Edit)
05 Let the Soul Fly (Radio Edit)
06 I hear you thinking out loud (Radio Edit)

Soft, warm sand tickles between your toes, the rays of the sun glisten on the sea. In time for the beginning of summer, the Tommy Schneller Band takes you on a relaxed stroll on the beach with their new single Barefootin ’from the award-winning album Backbeat.
Just let time stand still and enjoy the peace and quiet. Tommy Schneller loves that summer feeling. It is a great honor for him that he can now share this musically in Barefootin ’also in a duet with Dorrey Lin Lyles from the Weather Girls. Together the two transform Barefootin ’into a feather-light song that reflects vacation, relaxation and harmony with every single note.
The walk on the beach is complemented by exclusive live versions of two songs from the album Backbeat. The title track "Backbeat" and the cheeky "Loud I hear you think" come directly from the album release concert in the Rosenhof Osnabrück on the CD. On the guitar you can hear none other than Carl Carlton from Peter Maffay's band, who supported the Tommy Schneller Band on stage at this special gig in February 2016.
Backbeat has just been awarded the German Record Critics' Prize. As “one of the artistically outstanding new releases on the sound carrier market”, the album made it onto the best list of the quarter.

01 Barefootin '(single version)
02 backbeat (live version)
03 I hear you thinking out loud (live version)

Data Tracks:
04 Video "Barefootin '"
05 Video "as cold as ass"

In February 2016 the new album "Backbeat" by the Tommy Schneller Band will be released. Schneller supports the documentary film project “Newcomers” by Syrian refugees and artists Anis Hamdoun and Maan Mouslli with the preliminary single “Arschkalte Art”. The song pleads for more humanity and togetherness and denounces the egoism that runs through our society in an “ass-cold way”. The proceeds from the sale of the song flow 100 percent into the film project, which aims to educate people about the migration situation in Germany and take away fears. Fast label Timezone Records supports the campaign. “The song is predestined to support such an action and speaks to me from the bottom of my heart. I'm in a bad mood and angry when I see how fearful or even ignorant people portray the victims of the war as perpetrators or possible perpetrators, ”says Tommy Schneller. “The opportunity to stimulate thought with a film about the refugees and their situation in schools etc. fascinates and motivates me. I see a great opportunity and necessity here to achieve change and rethinking, ”the artist continues.

The song can be downloaded at the end of the order.

What happens when two "giants" of the German blues scene and a "Young Lion" on drums cross paths at a jam session and realize that they are "made for each other"? They decide to present the fantastic groove in a joint project from now on - and because the whole thing was born out of sheer joy of playing, a trio emerges that is unparalleled in terms of spontaneity and freshness.
When tenor saxophonist and singer Tommy Schneller, the already legendary pianist Chris Rannenberg and drummer Alex Lex make music together, it is a completely new, exciting and stimulating experience, even for experienced blues freaks. By chance, in February 2012, the three met the Australian trumpeter Adam Hall, who was touring with saxophone legend Big Jay McNeely at the time. After a short jam session it was clear! We have to do something together.

01 Let's have a party
02 Mess around
03 I'll be satisfied
04 Night time is the right time
05 Jambalaya
06 Reet small
07 Jump children
08 Goin' to Chicago
09 Tommy s
10 Fools fall in love
11 Big chief
12 All of me