Este es Klaus Voormann ( www.voormann.com ). Lo conocí en la semana Beatle de Liverpool en el 2003. Es amigo de los Beatles desde los primeros tiempos de Hamburgo y además el bajista en todo el disco de "Imagine". Es un excelente dibujante y suyos son los de la portada de "Revólver". Es un hombre muy tranquilo y agradable y guarda en sus neuronas unas vivencias tan singulares como ver noche tras noche a Los Beatles en su fase embrionaria, con todo lo que eso supone, de Hamburgo. Tambien participó con el bajo en el concierto benéfico " Para Bangladesh" organizado por George Harrison. This is Klaus Voormann. I've met him in the 2003 Liverpool Beatle week. He is Beatles's friend from the earlys years in Hambourg. He play the bass in the record "Imagine". Also he made the Revolver" cover. He is a very calm and pleasant men. He keep in his neurons a lot of singulars experiences with the Beatles in his embryonic stage by by nigth in Hambourg days. Also he played the bass with George Harrison in the "Concert for Bangladesh" 
Aquí Klaus con Harrison en el "Concierto para Bangladesh" en agosto de 1971 Here it is Klaus with Harrison in "The Concert for Bangladesh" in August 1971 _________________________________ 
Klaus voormann en los tiempos de Hamburgo con los Beatles Klaus Voorman for Hamburg days with Beatles. ------------------------------------------ Biography Klaus Voormann (born April 29, 1938) is a German artist, musician, and record producer who was associated with the early days of The Beatles in Hamburg and later designed the cover of their album Revolver. Voormann (pronounced "foreman") was born and grew up in Berlin where he was one of six brothers. In the late fiftes, he moved to Hamburg to continue his art studies and began dating Astrid Kirchherr. One day, after a fight with her and another friend of his, he wandered into the "bad" part of Hamburg, the Reeperbahn. He walked into a club and heard a performance by a band called The Silver Beetles. He was enthralled by these musicians from Liverpool, and ran back to Astrid to tell her about them. Klaus, Astrid, and a few other friends attended the next Silver Beetles concert. They began to talk to The Silver Beetles after the performance, and a new circle of friends was formed - the Exies. Astrid began dating Stu Sutcliffe, though she remained close friends with Klaus. Klaus Voormann faded out of the history of that rock group (which became The Beatles, with Sutcliffe gone and a new drummer). When The Beatles returned to Hamburg in the mid-1960s, they met up with Klaus and invited him to do the art for their upcoming album. Klaus had a style of "scrapbook collage" art, and did a very good job for the sleeve of Revolver; he won the Grammy Award for Best Album Cover, Graphic Arts. Voormann became a member of the 1960s band, Manfred Mann, playing bass guitar. After that, he became a session musician, playing on solo efforts by John Lennon (sometimes as a member of the Plastic Ono Band), George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Lou Reed, James Taylor and with a number of other artists. He also played in Harrison's assembled band in the 1971 Concert for Bangladesh; Harrison fittingly introduced him to the audience by saying, "There's somebody on bass who many people have heard about, but they've never actually seen him, Klaus Voormann." After the breakup of The Beatles, there were rumours of The Beatles reforming with Voormann on bass as a replacement for Paul McCartney. More recently, Voormann did the covers for the Beatles Anthology albums (using his scrapbook style) as well as producing the German band TRIO and doing a cover for the Norwegian band Turbonegro. ______________________________________ Another biography Klaus Voormann
Klaus was born in the north of Berlin and grew up in the suburbs in a well guarded Doctor's family as one of six brothers. There was always a flair of "art" around - classical music, paintings, good books - and a feeling for history and tradition. A joint decision was made by his family for him to study not music, but commercial art in Berlin at the "Meisterschule für Grafik und Buchgewerbe". . | | |
He soon moved to Hamburg to continue studies at the "Meisterschule für Gestaltung". Early on, before his graphic education was concluded, Klaus was thrown into working as a commercial artist in various forms: as layout, graphic designer, illustrator. Klaus was employed by fashion magazines, advertising agencies and art studios.
"One day, after having a minor argument with my girlfriend Astrid Kirchherr, I was wandering through the St.Pauli district of Hamburg and was suddenly attracted by the sound of Rock and Roll music. It was Rory Storm and the Hurricanes at the Kaiserkeller. The next group to appear were The Beatles. I was speechless!" The urge to live and work in England became stronger and stronger for Klaus. Right in the middle of Beatlemania, George and Ringo invited him to London, to stay with them in their apartment on Green Street, until he found employment as a commercial artist and an apartment of my own. He found both, but it didn't last for long, because then "Rock`n`Roll really hit me!" In 1963 Klaus returned to Hamburg, where he joined his first band, Paddy, Klaus & Gibson. They played regularly at the German Star Clubs and soon Klaus was back in London, but this time as a musician. In 1965, Right in the middle of his music career, Klaus was asked to jump back into the "world of graphics". He got the offer to design the "Revolver" cover for the Beatles. He ultimately received a Grammy for his efforts. In 1965-68, Klaus played in the band "Manfred Mann ". They had countless hits, which followed each other like pearls on a string. In 1969 John Lennon and Yoko Ono started the "Plastic Ono Band " and they choose Klaus as their bass player. The only live performance they ever did was the concert "Live Peace in Toronto" with Eric Clapton and Alan White. Soon after, Klaus began more work as a session musician for many different artists Klaus soon became known as an outstanding studio musician and recorded for several well know acts. It was always more like a bunch of good friends, looking forward to meet on the next production. It was exciting to play in the studio with the likes of B.B. King , Jerry Lee Lewis, Harry Nilsson and Carly Simon . George Harrison's "All Things Must Pass"-LP was a great success. Following that was the Concert For Bangladesh. I was proud and happy to be part of an event with great artists like Bob Dylan , Ravi Shankar , Eric Clapton and other wonderful people. I also got another Grammy-Award for it ...my second! 1973 -79 L.A. became my new home. I met up with great musicians and very special people like The Band, Van Dyke Parks, Phil Spector, Jim Keltner, Jesse Ed Davis, Ry Cooder, Larry Carlton, to name but a few. Just before the end of my musical activities in the States, I had a very special encounter. I played on Randy Newman´s Short People LP. The "icing" of my musical cake was being asked to join Dr. John (Mac Rebenak) and his band. How can you top that! In 1983-88, Klaus tried my luck with producing records. The first band he produced was completely unknown, a German group called"Trio". DA DA DA ended up selling over five million records. In 1990, The idea to do a book about the "Hamburg Days" of the Beatles, as remembered by Jürgen Vollmer, Astrid Kirchherr and Klaus came up. It covers the years from 1960 to 62, the time when the Beatles lost their "musical virginity" Bit by bit Klaus finished the "Hamburg Days"-paintings which recreate many of the scenes from Hamburg which were not previously documented. In 1996, Neil Aspinal, of Apple Records, asked Klaus to create an image for the "Beatles Anthology Project ". In competition with seven other artists He got the job and did the final artwork with his friend Alfons Kiefer. Klaus still lives and works in Germany as a successful commercial artist. Klaus Voormann Artwork on our site
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