Die Rhöner Säuwäntzt
Die Rhöner Säuwäntzt are a skiffle-blues band from Eichenzell-Lütter in Hessen, Germany. The line-up consists of Martin Caba, Christoph Günther and Christoph Leipold playing Skiffle-Blues with lyrics based on Rhön Mountains dialect and other Hessian dialects varieties. The expression ''Säuwäntzt'' means pork belly and refers also to untidy or unruly children and youth. Background The band started as a one-event session at a local festival in Fulda in 1994. An unexpected success led the members to continue working together. The band members have a blue-collar background and express this in their lyrics and musical style. The band's motto, ''Musik von den Baumwollfeldern der Rhön'', translates into ''Music played on the Rhön Cotton Fields''. The band members present themselves in hillbilly costumes, with corduroy trousers, braces and wooden shoes, and the acts include story telling and musical comedy on stage. Among the musical instruments in use are milk churns, elec ...
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Eichenzell
Eichenzell is a municipality in the district of Fulda, in Hesse, Germany. It is situated on the river Fulda, 7 km south of the town Fulda. The letter-processing center for Deutsche Post (, ) is a brand of the DHL Group (listed as ), used for its domestic mail services in Germany. The services offered under the brand are those of a traditional mail service, making the brand the successor of the former state-owned mail monopoly ... in the greater Fulda area is in Eichenzell. Die Rhöner Säuwäntzt, a Skiffle-Bluesband, come from Eichenzell-Lütter and use the hillbilly image of the region in their performances. References Fulda (district) {{Hesse-geo-stub ...
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