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Michael Holm owes him a lot, this little place in California. "It's a charming little fishing village nestled on the cliffs," he says. "It was a hippie place in the 60s."
He was there three times – most recently 14 years ago. Having brought to the scene "Mendocino" much more often. He wrote the story of the hit with this success. His German version of the song, originally from Sir Douglas Quintet, brought him the breakthrough as a singer in 1969.
Because Holm sang songs like "Do not tie tears" and "Barefoot in the sand", He is now descending the title "Schlagerlegenden" with fellow musicians on
tour . "You can not call yourself a legend, of course," says Holm in an interview with the German news agency shortly before his 75th birthday on July 29. "It would be embarrbading and ridiculous, but when others do that, you can not have anything."
Holm, who was born Lothar Bernhard Walter, spent his life
music : at home in the family, from Stettin to Erlangen moved when he was two years old, to school in pubs with his band – and finally as a successful composer. Hossa: The world also owes Holm Rex Gildo's "Fiesta Mexicana" success. In his career, he has written more than 800 songs. His instrumental project "Cusco" was even nominated for Grammy.
He was famous for the tubes that he sang himself: "Baby, you're not alone," for example, or "Lucille." His latest album, titled "When the Old Days were Young", did not appear until last year. But Holm knows what his audience wants to hear when he's on stage: "I find it selfish and rude to the public when the musicians refuse to play their big hits." People are waiting for that, they can not wait to be there, they look pretty for that. "
He had already personally experienced what it was like to wait in vain for the favorite song:" As Bob Dylan was the last time in 19659009] Munich was, he was on Jesus' journey and just did not play his legendary numbers. "He wanted to spare such an experience to his own audience. "When I'm done with the concert, I have my successes repeated." But: "I'm already cheating on one or two new titles."
Today, Holm lives with his wife Beate (called Bimbi) in Weilheim, Upper Bavaria, both were married for 26 years, children Max (23) and Anna (22) study in Munich, and his son is also involved in music: he is DJing.
With interest – but also with a certain distance – Holm follows what his young colleagues are doing on stage. "I come from another era, but Helen Fischer is indescribable, it's just pop, the others in other countries do not do it better either." Gabalier "" strong ".
Holm can not understand Schlager's criticism – then and now. "People like that – and that's what makes the entertainment industry – after all, we do not claim to be creating big plants for the next 100 years."
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