Texas Lightning

Texas Lightning

Infobox musical artist
Name = Texas Lightning


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Genre = Country, Pop
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Years_active = 2000 - present
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URL = http://www.texaslightning.net
Current_members = Jonny Olsen
Markus Schmidt
Uwe Frenzel
Olli Dittrich

Jane Comerford
Past_members = Chris Walther
Little Mick Schulz
Miss Susu Belle
Stefan Hansch
Larry Kils
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Texas Lightning is a German quintet from Hamburg which fits in the country music genre and describes itself as old fashioned and hip. Their music is a mix of country and pop drawing from country classic stars like Patsy Cline, Loretta Lynn, Johnny Cash and Tammy Wynette and pop stars such as ABBA, Nancy Sinatra, Linda Ronstadt, Madonna, Michael Jackson and the Beatles, performed with some country humour. The band members are Olli Dittrich as Ringofire (drums and vocals), Jon Flemming Olsen as The Flame (vocals and guitar), Markus Schmidt as Fastfinger (electric guitar and banjo), Uwe Frenzel as Friendly (doublebass and vocals) and Australian Jane Comerford (vocals and ukulele). The band's first performance took place on December 23, 2000, in the music club "Knust" in Hamburg, as Texas Lightning & The Rodeo Rockets, although there have been various changes in the lineup of the band since.

Eurovision Song Contest

On March 9, 2006 Texas Lightning won the German heat for the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 and represented Germany in the Finals on May 20, 2006 in Athens, Greece. The winning song was "No No Never", written and composed by Jane Comerford. They became the first country band to participate in the ESC. The song finished 15th place with 36 points, much to Germany's surprise, as they expected a better outcome.

"No No Never" was released as a single in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. It reached number 1 on the German "Media Control" charts, number 4 in Austria and number 6 in Switzerland.

Honorary Texas Citizenship

Through a nomination by Steve Sivek of Baytown, Texas and the submittal by Texas State Senator Tommy Williams, the members of Texas Lightning were, by Proclamation 603 before the Texas Senate, declared to be Honorary Texans. The proclamation was passed by the senate in June 2006.

Discography

Album

*2006 "Meanwhile, Back at The Ranch" (Gold Status)

Singles

*2005 "Like a Virgin"
*2006 "No No Never" (Platinum Status)
*2006 "I Promise"

External links

* [http://www.texaslightning.net Texas Lightning] website in German and English
* [http://www.tiscali.co.uk/news/newswire.php/news/reuters/2006/05/22/topnews/germans-ask-why-europe-hates-them-after-eurovision.html&template=/news/feeds/story_template.html Germans ask why Europe hates them after Eurovision] - article about the aftermath of Eurovision 2006


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