Inga Rumpf is a german singer somewhere between
Chi Coltrane and Janis Joplin. I'll never understand, why she didn't reach real fame with her powerfull voice. Even
"Frumpy" made a name then - labeled as "krautrock" ignoring her real influences like Brian Auger & "Trinity" - but was very shortliving and "Atlantis", the follow-up band, didn't made a big impression - so she slowly dissapeared from the public view and gives another example for the endless "A Beautiful Loser"-saga.
The City Preachers
Dagmar Krause was also a member of "The City Preachers", later more known for her work with Kevin Coyne, Henry Cow, Slapp Happy and The Art Bears
Frumpy
Atlantis
with Udo Lindenberg: 7 Days In April
Fun Fact:
Udo Lindenberg, singing and playing drum (as he did in Klaus
Doldinger's Passport) in this "One Shot Kid" is viewed over here
as the one who've added the german language to german rock - which is wrong, there are phantastic bands like "
Ihre Kinder"
or even "T
on Steine Scherben" singin years before him german lyrics
combined with a better kind of music But Lindenberg gained the audience needed for rock in german.
He's successful even today. Inga's went more religious and acts as a gospel singer.
Inga & Kravetz
Inga Rumpf
1999 Luxembourg Kathedrale (SAT->Tape->PC)
01 Higher And Higher
02 Turn Me Up
03 Walking In The Light
04 Only God Makes Stars
05 Your Love (Is Lifting Me Up
06 You've Got A Friend
07 Track
08 Go Tell It On The Mountain
09 What Will I Do
10 Saved
11 Saved (Reprise)
12 Knocking On Heaven's Door
2007 with Friends - At Rockpalast (SAT->PC)
01 Let's Get On The Road Again
02 Get On Board
03 Rock'n'Roll Preacher
04 Indian Rope Man
05 Friends
06 It's A Man's World
07 Undercover Agent For The Blues
08 Come And Go
09 No Cross - No Crown
10 How The Gypsy Was Born
11 Goin' To The Country
12 Backwater Blues
13 My Life Is A Boogie
PS: I've labeled that "Krautrock" buuut ... That's not really Krautrock it's more blues & jazz or progressive music, the old "Hamburg School". But it's listed on almost every Krautrock-Sampler, so okay, let's call it "Krautrock" and enjoy her voice.
