Liegt auch diese Info schon vor? - Eddy von Overheidt
ist Werner´s Sohn und er gründete 1968 die folgende Band:
Fashion Pink
"The band was founded in 1968. Their first gig took place on 12.10.1968, the line-up included Roland Schaeffer (vocals, guitar, saxophone, bass), Eddy von Overheidt (organ, vocals), Helmut Rusch (lead guitar), Jürgen Argast (bass) and Joe Koinzer (drums). Before, Roland and Helmut had played with the Pop Mops and Reaction, and soon after with a trio called Blues Act (1968), although their involvement with Blues Act was short-lived. In summer 1968 they contacted Eddy and Jürgen – and Fashion Pink was born. Eddy von Overheidt had been vocalist and guitarist with The Edwardians, a band who played Rock’n Roll Standards and titles by the Beachboys. Jürgen Argast had played with The Checkmates. The band was complete when Joe Koinzer joined them. He had played titles by John Mayall, Yardbirds and B.B. King with The Snakes. Fashion Pink were considered Baden-Baden’s Super Group. Rusch modelled himself on Jimi Hendrix and was the first to play a Fender Stratocaster including a Marshall-tower. Fashion Pink were the first in the region to play so called progressive underground music, mixed with jazz elements and free-jazz intermezzos. However, this line-up was only short-lived, since Helmut was drafted by the German Armed Forces and Jürgen left the band due to differences about the music. He was replaced with Rainer Bodensohn, who had originally learnt to play the guitar, but later on chose the transverse flute as his main instrument and also played bass. Before Helmut left the band in October 1969, Fashion Pink were the first of many bands to give a guest performance with the radio station Südwestfunk (today SWR) in Baden-Baden, and so this promising up-and-coming band recorded songs in Südwestfunk’s recording studio U1. On 15.6.1969, the band including Helmut recorded the titles “Peeling Beans” (composed by Roland Schaeffer) and “Forget it, I got it” (Spooky Tooth). Once he had served his time Helmut went to England, and from there he moved to Toronto in 1980. And, as he tells us in his email:” People call me Colin now.”
The titles of this CD impressively show the development of the band, the influences that worked on it, its models and how the band eventually found their own style, which became even more distinct in the follow-up band “Brainstorm”. The titles 01-07 are the ones that were recorded in Südwestfunk’s studio U1 between 1969-1971. They are published on CD for the first time. The live version of “Watch time flows by” was recorded off the mixing desk during a live appearance in Ludwigshafen in 1971. Titles 09-17 are special, since they had been published on a mini LP (T.A.C. Beiersdorf) recorded by order of the cosmetics company Beiersdorf. Eddy’s father Werner von Overheidt, editor with the Südwestfunk, who was working as a pianist and arranger as a sideline, had got in touch with Beiersdorf (e.g. Nivea), who were looking for a special “gift” for their customers. They thought of gratifying their customers with a so called soundtrack. In early 1971 Fashion Pink recorded the titles themselves and acted as producers. Parts of the titles were to be used in later musical epics.
Und dann noch dies:
GEDE Musikverlag und Produktion
Gegründet von Werner von Overheidt, spezialisierte sich der Verlag zunächst auf die Produktion von instrumentaler Musik. Hier wurden nicht nur Stücke aus der Feder des Gründers sondern auch Werke renomierter deutscher Komponisten realisiert, die bis heute in Radioprogrammen von Japan bis Brasilien und von Südafrika bis Schweden ihren berechtigten Sendeplatz finden.
Seit 1993 kümmert sich Eduard von Overheidt um den Verlag.
Es wurde vornehmlich Musik für private und öffentlich rechtliche Radiostationen (Jinglekostüme) und Musik für die hauseigene Spotproduktion hergestellt. In Kooperation mit Bella Musica Edition GmbH wurde das komplette analoge Repertoire des Verlages aus der Zeit von Werner von Overheidt digitalisiert und weltweit veröffentlicht.
In Zusammenarbeit mit dem Tubisten Klaus Burger entstanden für den SWR Produktionen in Richtung Filmmusik (Schätze der Welt), die weltweit in TV-Programmen eingesetzt werden. Weitere gemeinsame Projekte befinden sich in Planung.
GEDE verfügt über ein hauseigenes Tonstudio und ist im Begriff, sich mit eigenen Künstlern in das Geschehen rund um die deutsche Popmusik einzubringen.
