- Jürgen Dehmel
Jürgen Dehmel (born
12 August 1958 [http://bittersuiteband.com/music_birthdays-august.htm] ,Berlin ,Germany ) is a bass player andsongwriter . Dehmel was brought bykeyboardist Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen to join therock band Nena in 1981. Fahrenkrog-Petersen and Dehmel had previously been together in a band called Odessa, releasing a self-titledalbum in 1980. The band also included Helmut Hirt on vocals, Otto Schneider ondrum s, Bernd Däumichen onguitar andsaxophone , and Andreas Römer on guitars.Dehmel joined Nena in 1981, and he remained until the band split in 1986. He continued to collaborate with Nena in her solo career and on tour, co-writing several
song s for her solo albums. Nena and Dehmel produced a band called 'The Time Boys' in 1986, under the name of JD and Susie K. He also wrote songs and producedsoundtrack s for Germanfilm s, and toured frequently with the singerNina Hagen . In 1988–89 he also wrote three songs with his girlfriend, Ilonka Breitmeier, for a German pop star calledTinka . In 1991, he co-produced the album "The Band" (a collection of Nena's best songs). He usually works from his home-builtrecording studio .Dehmel was married to Nena's sister, Christiane, from 1985 to 1987. Christiane was a
nurse in anhospital in Berlin. Dehmel and Christiane do not have any children, but after they split-up she had a daughter, Lisa, born in April 1989.Dehmel has a brother Karl-Heinz, who is three years older.
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