Today we call it „unplugged“, that type of purely acoustic concert that has become immensely popular, even a kind of „in“ music phenomenon. Well the group Autumn Leaves had been playing unplugged since back in 1983 and sometimes they still did. Later on they were known as a top-notch band that was opening new musical dimensions and had been praised my music critics.
Starting off as an acoustic quartet Autumn Leaves built up to a full size band. The main factor that led to the expansion of the group was the CD Together we’re strong, recorded in Austin with the help of first-rate professionals like Paul Glasse, John Inmon, Fred Krc and others. The second CD Friends around the World was recorded in Austin and Nashville with top players like Albert Lee, Buddy Emmons and Mitch Watkins.
The various members of the group have logged decades of experience all over the world – a combined total of more than 1,500 concerts and shows. The founder and bandleader Ulli Möhring shared the stage with celebrities such as Emmylou Harris, the Bellamy Brothers, Commander Cody and George Strait to name just a few.
What distinguished the band from other groups is what had actually become their trademark: group vocal excellence. The group also didn’t limit itself to straight copy renditions of popular pieces, for they had at their command an extensive repertoire of their own material. In Ulli Möhring the group Autumn Leaves had a songwriter and composer with a reputation far beyond the borders of his home country. Action Magazine in Austin called him one of the best foreign songwriters in country music.
Within a couple of years Autumn Leaves had reached more recognition than other bands in their whole career. 14 national and international awards and lots of nominations plus the fact, that their Live Shows were just brilliant had made them a bona fide member of the European music elite.
You'll find more info about Autumn Leaves in the blogs:
Mehr Infos über die Band in den Blogs.
German version:
- AUTUMN LEAVES STORY in Deutsch
Band Members/ Bandmitglieder:
- AUTUMN LEAVES - The Band Members
Preise und Auszeichnungen / The Awards:
- AUTUMN LEAVES - The Awards
Enjoy the slide shows
Viel Spaß mit den Dia Shows
Slide show 1: The Early Years
If you don't want to buy the whole album, you can download your favorite Autumn Leaves songs at the iTunes Download store or any other store in the net.
You don't have the iTunes Client installed yet on your computer? No problem: here's the link to install the client.
Install the iTunes clientAnd here's the link to download Autumn Leaves songs out of Ulli Moehring's album MEMORIES. Just click on the picture below.
Download Autumn Leaves songs from the iTunes Store
Slide Show 2: The Glory Years
The official Autumn Leaves Info from 1997
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Das 1997 Info von Autumn Leaves
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