Here in our German/Austrian home turf hardly anybody pronounces our band name correctly. We've been given names like 'The Espandrillos', 'The Chapaleno Brothers” or other Spanish sounding names. We won't stop makin' music till everybody calls us by our real name - and this won't probably happen until we're six feet under!

The JALAPEÑO COMPADRES have become a real band in the summer of 2008. Starting out with the acoustic duo Guenter & Alex in 1996, it took many years to pave the way for Americana Music in Germany and Austria. During that time the first CD “Texas Tales & Other Lies” came out. With Christian Muenzker & Robert Schoblocher the JALAPEÑO COMPADRES won some of the most proficient local musicians and extra nice guys around. We're in the process of winning more and more folks for Americana Music in our region!

Where it all began:
Back in the early 80s I heard Waylon & Willie sing “Back To The Basics of Love, Let's Go To Luckenbach, Texas”. “Well”, I thought to myself, “if this place is anywhere near to what the song is all about, Luckenbach must be my center of the world”. It didn't take long till I headed out for my first-time-ever trip to Texas and the Hill Country - must've been in the late 80s. As soon as I got there I knew them outlaws were right about what they sang. To me the Hill Country turned out to be a whole other country than I had expected – a wonderful stretch of smooth rollin' hills where Folk, Country, R & B, Blues, Rock, Conjunto etc. blended into a unique musical atmosphere inspiring to anyone who has ever strummed a six-string. I caught fire immediately, became a fan of the FAN, Texas Rebel Radio, and Americana Music. J. D. Gilmore, J. Ely, R. E. Keen, G. P. Nunn, Texas Tornados - thank you guys, I owe you many a good time. 

A leisure time songwriter myself, I kinda grew into that Texas and Americana musical spirit. I kept writing songs, but needed someone to give 'em that Texas kickin' edge. Then, along came Alex, a string wizard with his musical roots deeply planted in Ireland. Though playing a whole other music before (Rory Gallagher – the Irish Blues legend; Jethro Tull …), it didn't take more than a few shots of ol' Irish whisky to talk him into that Texas thang: Born were the JALAPEÑO COMPADRES!

In fall 2010 we have released our first CD as a band: JALAPEÑO COMPADRES – The Ride”. Six of the songs were recorded in July 2009 in Nashville’s Bayou Studio with some of their great studio pros. The other nine songs were recorded with my bandmates in the Klangwerk Studio, Haiming, Germany in early 2010.

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