Die City Preachers - Warum? - Deutsche Protestsongs gegen den Krieg (1966)

The City Preachers were the first folk-rock group in Germany. "Warum?" was their third album, released in 1966 on Philips.

Some "City Preachers" members became later very sucessful in Germany as solo musicians like Udo Lindenberg and Inga Rumpf. They played a mixture of folk and protest songs, spirituals, blues, flamenco and bouzouki. Jewish and Balkan songs, but also early German-language "Protest Songs" were part of their repertoire.

"Warum?" is an album with anti-war protest songs in german language.





Tracklist :

A1 Die Strassen sind so weit 2:28
A2 Der unbekannte Soldat 3:15
A3 Wiegenlied "66" 3:23
A4 Vor Sonnenuntergang 3:04
A5 Wo ist das Land? 2:21

B1 Was hast du in der Schule gelernt? 2:42
B2 Strasse der Verzweiflung 2:19
B3 Keiner weiss warum 3:04
B4 Die Hand 2:50
B5 Die Felder von Verdun 3:54
B6 Uns're Welt 2:34


Die City Preachers - Warum? - Deutsche Protestsongs gegen den Krieg (1966)
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