Covers Three

I featured Dirk Darmstaedter a few times at this before during the last years. And yes I really enjoy listening to him. He was the head of Jeremy Days a German rock band that was popular at the end of the 80's and well known for their chart success with Brand New Toy. After the split of the band he started a solo career under the stage name Me And Cassity but never reached the charts any more. During the last years he released podcasts and albums with his favorite songs. It is almost the same Susanna Hoffs and Matthew Sweet doing for several years and I like the way he covers the songs. To cover great songs is not an easy job because everyone compares to the originals. If you can forget them you can feel well with his versions. It is always a superb collection and he makes these songs some kind of his own - not only because he has one of the best voices in German music.
 

Original Podcasts

Dirk Darmstaedter founded German pop-rock band Jeremy Days in the mid 80's and had success with their single Brand New Toys. After their disbandment ten years later he forced his solo project Me and Cassity. All bands were stamped by his voice. He was not a shouter or his voice is destinctiv I liked his retained kind of singing. There was a short period about ten years ago he released a weekly podcast with acoustic versions of his favourite songs. Sometimes I am in the mood to listen to this old songs in very special versions. Later this day I will go for the first game of my team back in the Bundesliga. Hopefully they will make some points about their abilities.

Dirk Darmstaedter - Waterloo Sunset
Dirk Darmstaedter - 4th of Juliy, Ashbury Park (Sandy)

Happy Birthday

Congratulations once again to you Martin to your Saturday's birthday. I think you and your family are on a good way to please yourself. Therefore I would like to give you to you some gems from years gone by. Hope you like it and you can recall your memories you had at this time.

Love and all the best wishes to you:

Exploring the archive

 

A couple of weeks ago I got a comment from my brother on a post including the link to Dirks homepage. The next day I searched my archive for his music - but I couldn't find the tracks. I was certain that the song must me on my hard drive (maybe with a different tab). After searching for hours I send an E-Mail to my brother to give me the songs again. He answered me, that gave it to me on a CD. After that I recognized where I have to search. At least I found it an made a copy on my hard drive.

Mr. Darmstaedter traveled in his younger days with his guitar all over Europe by train, play on the streets to get some money. After returning back to Germany he started to form a band called The Jeremy Days who entered the German single charts back in 1988 with 'Brand New Toy'

After a several years of playing the band shut down and Dirk started a single career. He released several records on his own name and also as Me and Cassity.

The songs I searched in my archive was a compilation of songs that was records live in studio, in living rooms and other locations. Some with a small band - some just the artist and his guitar. They were formerly postet on his homepage and called 'the original podcasts'. Some songs he wrote himself - others are inspired covers of songs from the last decades.

For me, he's a wonderful singer/songwriter - worth to listen.

Enjoy and have a good weekend

Dirk Darmstaedter - Nothing ever happens

Dirk Darmstaedter - Both sides now