Lane Tietgen (born

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in California. He died on 14 July 2020, as reported in the Sonoma News A number of Tietgen's songs have been

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by famous musicians, including "Captain Bobby Stout" and "Martha's Madman" by

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, "Early Bird Cafe" by

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, "It Can't Make Any Difference to Me" by

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, and "Red and Black Blues" by

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. In 2006

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used a melody by Tietgen for his song, "Click, Clack – Get Back!," on the album ''

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''. Tietgen began his musical career as the guitarist and primary songwriter for The Serfs, who achieved some fame in and around the band's home state of

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. In 1970, the

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-rock band, The Jerry Hahn Brotherhood, recorded seven Tietgen compositions, including "Captain Bobby Stout", "Early Bird Cafe", and "Martha's Madman". The Jerry Hahn Brotherhood featured Hahn,

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, Clyde Graves and George Marsh. In 2009 The Serfs were inducted into the Kansas Music Hall of Fame. That same year, Tietgen released a solo album, ''Wheels of Fortune,'' featuring all original songs. Tietgen regularly performed live as a folk singer and guitarist in music venues.

Discography

Selection

The Jerry Hahn Brotherhood

Seven of the ten songs were written by Lane Tietgen: # "Martha's Madman" # "Early Bird Cafe" # "One Man Woman" # "Time's Caught Up With You" # "Thursday Thing" # "What I Gave Away" # "Captain Bobby Stout"

Lane Tietgen: Wheels of Fortune

Folk-rock record of Lane Tietgen, published in 2009 Artists *Lane Tietgen: Accordion, Bass, Composer, Executive Producer, Guitar (Acoustic), Harmonica, Horn Arrangements, Mandolin, Organ, Slide Guitar, Trombone, Vocals, Wah Wah Guitar *Adam "Bagel" Berkowitz: Associate Producer, Drums, Engineer, Mixing, Percussion *Stephen Hart: Mastering *Terry Ann Gillette: violin Songs: # "Wheel of Fortune" # "Deep Waters of the Heart" # "Sweet Alchemy" # "Some Call It Evil" # "My Heart's One Desire" # "Love and Redemption" # "Raindrops On the Page" # "Eight-Ball Blues" # "Mama Bring That Good Thing Over Here" # "MLK Riot 1968"

Links

Lane Tietgens Discography on discogs.comKenny Bloomquist and Lane Tietgen accept the Kansas Music Hall of Fame award.
YouTube-Video

References

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