Friday, 12/6/2024
at 8:00 PM


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A musician, a piano, and many stories: That's what Tony Carey's performance promises on St. Nicholas Day at KuSch. The man with the flowing hair is known either as a US-American songwriter who has written hits like "Room With A View" and "A Fine, Fine Day." Or one may recognize him as the keyboardist and producer for Peter Maffay ("Tabaluga and the Luminous Silence"). Or perhaps one remembers his time at the keys of Ritchie Blackmore's band "Rainbow" in the 70s. Blackmore hears Carey playing organ through seven walls and recruits him for his band Rainbow – the rest is hard rock history.
The path leads from France to Germany, where he has been living since. Carey has released wonderful solo albums, including "Some Tough City" (1984) and "Blue Highway" (1985), which caused a sensation on both sides of the Atlantic. The song "Room With A View" (1988) was created for the ARD mini-series "Wilder Westen" and became his biggest success in Germany. His encounter with Peter Maffay led to years of collaboration, during which Carey produced several albums for the German megastar. Over the years, he has done the same for artists such as Jimmy Barnes, John Mayall, Chris Thompson, José Carreras, David Knopfler, and Milva. The richness of musical material corresponds to the wealth of knowledge and experiences that Tony Carey has accumulated in his musical journey. The multi-instrumentalist, born in 1953 in Watsonville, California, is a lifelong traveler in terms of creativity and sings melancholic and beautiful songs at the piano, carrying a deeply felt American tone – one thinks of Jackson Browne, Bruce Springsteen, and the Eagles, but one hears Tony Carey, who started writing songs at the same time as these colleagues and conveys a timeless feeling. One wraps oneself in these songs like a blanket...
An absolute top star of the music scene comes to Herborn for the first time – we're a bit proud of that!

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