Horst-Peter Schmidt and Ritchie Dunlop has enjoyed massive success with The Different Faces, the Köln based band. Their albums 'The More Things Change' & “Signature” have been described as 'more Rickenbacker than McGuinn with a voice to match' and Chris Hillman of The Byrds is one of many fans.

Back to the Roots

Ritchie and his good friend Luke ... just playing around.

Ritchie & Luke: Dream or Nightmare

Starbyrd (GAT, HP and Ritchie) has created an easy to listen to 1960s retro celebration chock full of dueling electric Rickenbacker 12 strings that bring Roger McGuinn and The Byrds to mind. Lots of great orignals and a few cover tunes that will please just about everybody but especially fans of The Byrds and jangly music! 

Starbyrd: Sick and Tired of You

The Refrain:
It's all about me and my life, the songs I play 
on this 12-string Ric- jingle jangle way
it's this same old sound I've been playing for so long
it's my signature it's my life
and that can't be wrong.

Signature

The Different Faces are mainly influenced by the music of US West-coast groups of the 60ies and 70ies (Byrds, CSNY, Eagles, America etc.). But they also succeeded in deve-loping their own style featured on their albums The Story of Jim Crosman (1995), The More Things Change (2000) and Signature 2003).