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Rainer Bach

Rainer Bach (* December 14, 1947 in Bielefeld) is a German country singer and pedal steel guitarist. He was a founding member of the group Truck Stop, released solo albums, and worked as a dentist.

Musical Career

Rainer Bach began playing the piano at the age of seven. In April 1963, he discovered the Beatles and started learning to play the guitar, initially on an acoustic guitar. During his school years, he founded a beat band called The Misfits, which performed in front of audiences of up to 1000 people. After graduating from high school, the band broke up. Following his schooling, Bach joined the German Navy and served, among other places, on the Gorch Fock, whose choir he conducted in 1968. In 1971, he began studying dentistry in Hamburg.

In the autumn of 1972, he founded the band Truck Stop together with Günter “Cisco” Berndt, Burkhard “Lucius” Reichling, Erich Doll, Wolfgang “Teddy” Ibing, and Eckart Hofmann. He remained with the band for about ten years, singing and playing pedal steel guitar. He composed numerous hits, including their first chart success, “Ich möcht’ so gern Dave Dudley hör’n” (I’d really like to hear Dave Dudley), and the hit “Der wilde wilde Westen” (The Wild, Wild West) together with Erich Doll. In December 1983, he left the group because he was working as a dentist and needed more time for his patients. In addition to his work with Truck Stop, he also contributed as a steel guitarist to albums by Volker Lechtenbrink, Reinhard Mey, and Peter, Sue & Marc.

After Truck Stop

He opened his dental practice in Seevetal in 1982 and ran it until 2013. During this time, he composed music for other artists, among other things. He also wrote meditation music for a friend at the German Red Cross (DRK) health resort in Carolinensiel and composed the charity CD “I’d Really Like to Go to the Children’s Home” for their children’s center, the title track of which was based on the melody of “I’d Really Like to Hear Dave Dudley.”[2]

In 1992, he released his first solo album, “Auf meine Art” (My Way), through Dino Music; in 2014, his album “Ich bin nicht mehr der Alte” (I’m Not the Same Man Anymore) was released by DTM Musik. In addition to his solo albums, he is a member of the all-star country band Third Coast, which also included Nils Tuxen, Werner Becker, and Uwe Lost, among others.[3]

At the end of 2019, he participated in the second season of The Voice Senior and was eliminated in the sing-offs. His coach was Michael Patrick Kelly.

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Jochen Blum

Jochen Blum (born January 22, 1959 in Ludwigshafen) is a German specialist in surgery and trauma surgery, professor of music physiology, and author of specialist books.

He is a co-founder and long-standing board member of the German Society for Music Physiology and Musicians’ Medicine (DGFMM).

Excerpt from an interview:

Back then, a violin maker and now chief physician for trauma surgery, orthopedics, and hand surgery, what motivated you to become a doctor—the decision to ultimately pursue a career in medicine?

It’s been around for a while; it was already an idea when I was at school. They’re two parallel worlds. I also studied instrument making during my school years.

I trained with Stelio Rossi in Siena; this is what his instruments sound like:

Towards the end of this time, I also considered possibly going into music therapy, because I was an avid musician. However, I was already aware that working at a professional level, as a professional musician, was something I had a different view of. I didn’t necessarily want to eke out a life in the back row of a small orchestra, and I didn’t really have the skills to pursue a major solo career.

In addition to classical music, I did indeed play rock and jazz in bands, but that was simply for the joy of playing rather than the idea of ​​making it a career. But I knew that after finishing school and graduating from high school, I didn’t want to immediately continue on to university the next day, so to speak, but rather wanted to deepen my knowledge of this practical area, and I had the opportunity to learn the craft of violin making from a luthier in Italy.

Viola Stelio Rossi

Although it was already clear to me back then that I wanted to go on to university again, and that’s exactly what happened. During my time as a violin maker, I had a few customers – in this case, they weren’t patients, but customers who wanted things changed – and I asked myself whether it wasn’t more of a medical problem that was bothering them. But of course it was all a bit vague, so I’d say the roots of both were there early on, but ultimately it developed in such a way that after completing my violin making training, I definitely wanted to study medicine, and I was then able to combine the two areas a bit later on.

https://www.medpertise.de/musikerkrankheiten-krankheitsbilder-prof-blum

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Fritz Baars

Fritz Baars is a cycling doctor. On his website, he reports extensively on the Cycling Association of German Doctors and Pharmacists.

As of January 1, 2013, I am now enjoying my professional retirement. It was initially a huge adjustment after a busy, interesting professional life. But now I finally have enough time for my hobbies! Active cycling played and continues to play an important role in that. Maintaining my website and compiling facts and information also requires a lot of time. And then, of course, there’s our bungalow with the surrounding garden, which demands my attention year-round. During the winter months, I sift through and sort through the vast amount of photos and film material that has accumulated over the years. Most of it can safely be disposed of. I edit short videos of the most interesting events, complete with music and text information. Since television programs are mostly boring and apparently only exist on repeat, we can instead watch beautiful memories of holidays, family celebrations, etc. from our stored archives.

Other interests include: history, music, travel, occasional fishing, and ornithology near our bungalow. Favorite music: oldies, rock. Favorite films: historical and nature films. Languages: colloquial English, school-aged Russian (a bit of Arabic from a year-long stay in Libya).

Membership: RVDÄ (Cycling Association of German Doctors and Pharmacists) until its dissolution, which has now sadly disbanded after more than 30 years of existence. (Reports in Deutschen Ärzteblatt)

I also enjoy dancing. My wife and I took several dance classes after the fall of the Berlin Wall, which we really enjoyed. Dancing, by the way, is a physically demanding activity. Our dance teacher at the time told us that elite dancers in competitive sports often score better in sports medicine performance tests than athletes in other strenuous disciplines.

Since we spend a lot of time in our bungalow from March to October, hobby ornithology naturally developed. From morning to night, you can hear birdsong everywhere and see a variety of birds on the lawn, in the trees, bushes, and in the air. We count around 50 species throughout the year. Rarer specimens also occur. In 2004, we observed a pair of green woodpeckers foraging for food on our lawn for about 10 minutes, in a spot where there were lots of ants.

https://www.fritzbaars.de/mein-hobby-radsport/bungalow-und-garten

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Tamás Hacki

Tamás Hacki (Budapest, February 18, 1944) is a Hungarian ENT doctor, university professor and art-whistler.

At the age of five, he began whistling, learned to play the violin, and was also a choir member. He shared first prize in “Who Knows What?” in 1962. That same year, he graduated from Kölcsey Ferenc Gymnasium in Budapest. He began university studies and graduated as an ENT specialist in 1970. He then worked in the ear, nose, and throat department of Budapest’s MÁV Hospital and participated in the MIDEM Festival in Cannes that same year. His albums have been released in several countries. In 1983–1984, he went on a phoniatric study trip to Germany and subsequently completed his specialist examination in Budapest. In 1986, one of his German professors called him back, and he taught at the Hanover Medical School for six years. He completed his habilitation in 1990 and became a university professor at the Medical Faculty of the University of Regensburg in 1992. On New Year’s Eve 2007, he performed with the Munich Symphony Orchestra, and on March 20, he gave a concert in Munich with his former backing band, the Ex-Antiquis Band. He currently lives in Regensburg, where he worked at the University Hospital.

He founded the Clinic for Phoniatrics and Pediatric Audiology and the associated Speech Therapist Training Institute, as well as a rehabilitation department that treats voice and swallowing disorders. He is also a frequent guest in Hungary, leads several specialist and speech therapist training courses, organizes conferences, and gives lectures. In 2008, he received the Federal Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany1 and in 2015, the Pro Cultura Hungarica Award. In 2022, he was elected an external member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

Die Lerche und Playlist auf youtube where he accompanies himself on the guitar

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Ludger Iske

Ludger Iske is running an ioffice for internal medicine in 2024 – but he gives concerts as well in the waiting rooms of his office an others as a wonderful music therapy.

In a song he says: „Wir wünschen wunderbare Jahre, die besten Zeiten, die ihr haben wollt – von allen Lieben nur die Wahre, den Bauch voll Freude und ein Herz aus Gold; und wenn es läuft bei euch und leuchtet – dann haben wir ja nicht alles falsch gemacht: so stehts im großen Buch verzeichnet – wir haben euch schließlich auf den Weg gebracht!“ he expresses his hope for a good creation of the future.

Since 1994 he is ordinated zen monch.

3 big M: Medicine, Music and Meditation!

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Mark Tavassol

Mark Tavassol (* 18. February 1974 in Bremen) is a German musician, composer, songwriter, singer, music producer and MD. He got well-known as bass player and guitarist of the band Gloria.

Tavassol is son of an Iranian father and a German mother and lived in Teheran in his first years. After the Abitur he studied medicine in Hamburg and got his degree in 2001.

He joineed the band “Wir sind Helden” and he works in several TV productions as in a late-night-show.

His humanitarian engagement is for several organisations:

Benny Adrions organisation Viva con Agua
With Bela BMarcel Eger and Renate Eger he is founder of the “Viva con Agua Stiftung”. Beneficial football game Kicken mit Herz.

Beside Wir sind Helden he works as musician and songwriter for Emma6 (Paradiso),[4] Olli Schulz,[5] Jessica McIntyre (Sam Ragga Band) or Ingo Pohlmann.
With TV-Moderator Klaas Heufer-Umlauf he founded the band Gloria
It can be seen as political engagement that he directs the studio band of the show Late Night Berlin.

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Marcus Weinemacher

Marcus is blues guitar player and singer! And pianist and accordeonist.

He plays in the Band Shady Frank (guitar & vocals)

SHADY FRANK Bluesband

Orrmosjöns Wellen by Adam Andersson in a smoothe piano version from Nordanhå

Marcus is so-to-speak active as music therapist, playing for the patients of his medical center or at their home or in senior homes.

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Alexander Speiser

Alexander Speiser is Mister Baden-Württemberg. He lives in Karlsruhe, had 20 years in 2018 and is 1,81 meter tall. The dentistry-student plays percussion and guitar and powers into sports.

Interview in German:

Alexander Speiser ist 20, studiert Zahnmedizin in Krems/Österreich – und hat den dritten Platz bei der “Mister Germany”-Wahl belegt. “Die Bewerbung war Zufall”, wie er uns am Telefon sagte.

Sie setzten sich am 8. Dezember in Linstow in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern gegen 15 Konkurrenten und insgesamt gegen mehr als tausend Bewerber durch: Der schönste Mann Deutschlands ist für die Jury der “Miss Germany Corporation” (MGC) der Leipziger Sport- und Fitnesskaufmann Sasha Sasse, der zweitschönste der Lübecker Koch Soabre Ouattara – und der drittschönste der Karlsruher Zahnmedizinstudent Alexander Speiser. Wir haben ihn gefragt, wie es dazu kam und wie seine Pläne aussehen.

Haben Sie sich für die Wahl beworben oder wurden Sie entdeckt?

Alexander Speiser

: Das war Zufall. Ich habe letztes Jahr mit meinen Eltern in einer Clubanlage Urlaub gemacht, in dem parallel das MGC-Camp stattfand. Dort kam ich mit Ines Klemmer, der Moderatorin der Wettbewerbe, in Kontakt. Sie hat mir dann geraten, mich erstmal für “Mister Heidelberg” anzumelden. Danach wurde ich zum “Mister Baden-Württemberg” gewählt und durfte jetzt im Dezember mein Bundesland beim “Mister Germany”-Ausscheid vertreten.

Wie waren denn die Reaktionen in der Familie und im Freundeskreis auf Ihren Erfolg?

Es haben sich alle mit mir gefreut. Missgunst oder so habe ich nicht erlebt. Ich habe viele Anrufe bekommen, und meine Eltern waren ganz stolz und gerührt. Sie hatten mich auch sehr stark unterstützt und gesagt: “Du hast nichts zu verlieren!”

31.10.2018, Baden-Württemberg, Rheinstetten: Alexander Speiser aus Karlsruhe und Nadine Berneis aus Stuttgart werden in der Messe Karlsruhe zu Miss und Mister Baden-Württemberg 2018/2019 gekürt. Foto: Uli Deck/dpa +++ dpa-Bildfunk +++ | Verwendung weltweit

Sie studieren Zahnmedizin. Wo genau, und wie finanzieren Sie Ihr Studium?

Ich studiere im dritten Semester an der Danube Private University, also in Krems an der Donau. Das Studium finanziert mein Papa. Er ist auch Zahnarzt und hat in Karlsruhe eine Gemeinschaftspraxis mit seinem Bruder. 

Wie sehen Ihre Pläne aus: Wollen Sie weiter studieren oder sich lieber aufs Modeln verlegen?

Vielleicht werde ich ein Jahr aussetzen, aber ich will auf jeden Fall mein Studium beenden. Mein Ziel ist, mit 25 damit fertig zu sein. Zum Glück hat man als Drittplatzierter keine großen Verpflichtungen von der MGC, ich kann mir die Auftritte selber legen. Natürlich in Absprache mit der Corporation. Wer weiß, vielleicht bucht man mich für die Jury des nächsten “Mister Baden-Württemberg”. Es ist ja Tradition, dass der Vorjahressieger in die Jury eingeladen wird.

Nachdem ich jetzt bei “Mister Germany” Dritter geworden bin, kamen einige Agenturvertreter zu mir und gaben mir ihre Visitenkarten. Aber ich will mich erstmal schlaumachen und recherchieren, wer davon wirklich seriös ist und zu mir passt. Dabei berät mich auch die MGC.

Wenn Sie nicht an Schönheitswettbewerben teilnehmen – womit beschäftigen Sie sich sonst in Ihrer Freizeit?

Ich mache Musik, spiele Schlagzeug und Gitarre. Und ich spreche neben Deutsch noch vier Sprachen: Englisch, Französisch, Niederländisch und Italienisch. Niederländisch, weil ich zweisprachig aufgewachsen bin, denn meine Mama kommt aus Belgien. Und Italienisch, weil ich das in der Schule hatte und ich auch an einem Austausch teilgenommen habe.


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Pardis Sabeti

Pardis Christine Sabeti (Persian: پردیس ثابتی; born December 25, 1975) is an Iranian Americancomputational biologistmedical geneticist (MD), and evolutionary geneticist.[2] She developed a bioinformatic statistical method which identifies sections of the genome that have been subject to natural selection and an algorithm which explains the effects of genetics on the evolution of disease.

Sabeti, who grew up listening to Pearl Jam and Nine Inch Nails, fronts and writes songs for Thousand Days, which blends alt rock and what one critic calls “guitar-heavy pop music.” The band’s fourth album came out this year.

She had been working with deadly viruses in Nigeria, see portrait film:

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