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H.W. GADE
Henrik with his son Lukas 2006 The founder of
Shepherd Moons, Henrik W. Gade, was born in 1953 in Copenhagen, Denmark. He
has a lot of strange talents including writing songs, musicals/operas and classical
music, writing handbooks and being a graphic artist. He has been playing the
guitar and the piano since 1967, moving to the bass guitar in 1970. Beside Shepherd Moons, Henrik’s most
prominent “other” bands are the rock bands Der Prozess (1970-74), Nekropolis
(1975-78), the folk rock band Annas Bagmænd (1983-87) and the jazz band Dirty
Notes (1988-92). He has released 20 albums and singles with the bands and
solo. As a dramatist, Henrik has written 8 musicals, including the hugely
successful rock opera “Stolen Springs”. He has written handbooks on Music
Theory, the bass guitar and mental handicaps. Bands like R.E.M., the Who,
Björk, the Kinks and Nirvana are among Henrik’s favourites. And he is very
inspired by Swedish, German and French folk ballads, too. Henrik plays a 1998
Yamaha 5-string bass, a 2001 Squire Stratocaster, a 12-string acoustic Fender
and a Les Paul copy. Henrik is married to Finnish Paula and is
the loving father of his mentally handicapped son Lukas. The songs Football,
Merry-go-round, Black Car, Sweet Child and Into the Sorrow are about Lukas. |
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Musicians over the Years Tonny Biilgreen Songwriter, guitar player and singer.
Co-founder of the record company NORDISC Music & Text with Henrik. Played
on the “Tavshed” and “Moonlit Nights”
albums and the single “The Ballroom”. Co-writer of the famous Danish
musical Det forsømte forår with Henrik and Jesper Morville”
Poster for Satyricon 1990: SINGERS Gitte Lund Singer and organ player. Has been working
with Henrik since 1975 in the rock band Nekropolis. Gitte has recorded over
10 records with Henrik’s music, including “Home” in 2006 , “Blues” in 2007 and
the triple album with classical music of Gitte and Henrik in 2005.. Jesper Brix Singer, songwriter and guitarist. Lead vocal
and guitar on the “Puzzled”, “Quicksilver Boy”, “Home” and “Blues” albums.
Website: www.rhythminbloom.com Ea Gemmer Haastrup Singer and
songwriter. Daughter of
Henrik’s nephew Finn. Vocals and choir on “Home” in 2006. Thomas Vilhelm Singer and journalist. Lead vocal on the
“Bicycle Craze” single CD 2003. T. Singer. Lead vocal with the band 2001-2002.
Recorded a single CD in 2001, but the CD was never released. Louise Rasmussen Singer and
songwriter. Lead vocal on “The
Ballroom“. Toured with Shepherd Moons in 1990. Sidsel From Jazz singer. Lead vocal on “Moonlit Nights”. Member of
the defunct jazz quartet Riffs. Lisbet Hess Jazz singer. Lead vocal on “Tavshed”.
Worked with Henrik in the jazz duo “Dirty Notes” in 1988-92. H.W. Gade used to be lead singer in the rock band
Nekropolis (1975-78), but in Shepherd Moons, he normally shares the vocals
with other lead singers.. DRUMMERS Flemming Olsen Drummer. Played on the „Quicksilver Boy“, “Home” and “Blues” albums. Adam Dicker Drummer. Played on the „Bicycle Craze“ single CD. Henrik Ratje Drunmer. Rehearsed with the band for the abandoned 1991 album. Jesper Thorup Drummer. Played on “The Ballroom” single. Piotr Paluch Drummer. Played the drums on “Tavshed” and “Moonlit Nights”. John B. Hansen Drummer and philosopher. Played during the first Satyricon concert June 1974.
GUITARISTS AND SAX PLAYERS Michael Venneberg Carlsen Guitarist. Joined Shepherds in 2007 on the “Blues” album” and “Rocket Science” single. Morten Jakobsen Guitarist. Has played with the Shepherds since 2001, including the “Bicycle Craze” single and the “Puzzled” and “Home” albums. See the screenshot from the burglar alarm above. H.W. Gade Besides being the bass player, Henrik
plays guitar on many of his albums. Morten Hansen sax and drums. Played on the “Quicksilver Boy” album in 2005. Tonny Biilgreen was the band’s lead guitarist 1982-1990. Tonny also played with Henrik in Nekropolis (1978) and the folk rock band Annas Bagmænd (1983-87). Tonny Biilgreen had his own groups “Corpus Deluxe” (rock) and “Slidstærk & Vinter” (cabaret) Jim Sharef Guitarist. Rehearsed with the band for the abandoned 1991 album. Played guitar in H.W. Gade’s 100 singers strong rock musical Carlstad Musicalen 1996. Niels Erik Christensen Guitarist. Played guitar and co-wrote the song “Full Moon“ on the “Moonlit Nights” album together with his wife Lisbet Hess and Henrik. Peter Klitgaard Hansen Guitarist. Played with Henrik in 1974 including the first Satyricon concert. Piano Players H.W. Gade normally plays the piano on the albums and
singles. Michael Hansen Piano player. Played
on the “Tavshed” album. Toured with Henrik in the rock band Lyrock 1979-80. Peter Bom Singer and piano player. Rehearsed
with the band for the abandoned 1991 album. BASSISTS H.W. Gade has played the bass on most of the recordings. In 2007, he started using the double bass as an alternative to his 5-string Yamaha bass. Paul Felbo Bass player. Played on the “Puzzled” and “Quicksilver Boy” albums. PRODUCERS H.W. Gade normally produces the albums himself. Nis P. Jørgensen co-produced the “Moonlit Nights” album and did it well. |
