professor bottleneck

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BLUEGRASS

  • CD PROFESSOR BOTTLENECK & FRANK BORN: “Rolling Bones”(2002) EUR 10,-;
  • CD PROFESSOR BOTTLENECK & THE JUKE KINGS: “That’s It” (2004) EUR 10-.

  • CD PROFESSOR BOTTLENECK & THE JUKE KINGS: “Color Code” (2008) EUR 10,-

  • CD PROFESSOR BOTTLENECK: “Slide Rules!” (2011) EUR 15,-    or download from CDbaby

  • CD PROFESSOR BOTTLENECK & THE JUKE KINGS: “Steel And Velvet” (2015) EUR 15, -                or download from Amazon and stream on Spotify

 

 

 

Home Brew

 

 

 

AMERICANA


Mission Statement

 

Professor Bottleneck is Rolf Heimann.
Born in 1948 in ruined and burned down Germany; early exposure to American country and R'n'R music; teenage years in India; the usual Beatles and Rolling Stones infection; Beatles still admired, Stones only when they were a real down-to-earth bluesband; trips to the US; playing in the street; pub music in France; many bands; finally specializing in bottleneck, lap steel and mandolin playing; co-operation with Shrimp City Slim, Charleston, SC; 7 self-produced CDs out. Most recent CD "Steel And Velvet" downloadable on Amazon etc.


„If someone slaps your face, or gets you by the balls, no matter if you're black or white or pink - you got the blues“

from "White Boy Singing The Blues" on Professor Bottleneck & Frank Born: ROLLING BONES (CD)