Track Listing
1. Liebesthema I (from the movie “Winnetou I”) Martin Böttcher 1:41 (solo)
2. Another Soundtrack For Katharina Blum Claus Boesser-Ferrari 0:46 (2. guitar: Fred Frith)
3. Wir sind nur Gast auf Erden Adolf Lohmann, 1935 1:30 (2. guitar: Fred Frith)
4. Old-Surehand-Melodie (from the movie “Old Surehand“) Martin Böttcher 3:44 (2. guitar: Marc Ribot)
5. King Henry* Trad. 2:35 (2. guitar: Fred Frith)
6. Headless Kohlhaas Claus Boesser-Ferrari 1:02 (solo)
7. Muetterlein (based on Mahler’s “Wenn dein Mütterlein …” ) Claus Boesser-Ferrari 1:10 (2. guitar: Fred Frith)
8. Liebesthema II (from the movie “Winnetou II”) Martin Böttcher 1:57 (2. guitar: Fred Frith)
9. Stolen Horses Claus Boesser-Ferrari/Fred Frith 2:47 (2. guitar: Fred Frith)
10. Kohlhaas-Thema** Claus Boesser-Ferrari 3:27 (2. guitar: Marc Ribot)
11. Mutter Beimlein Hanns Eisler 1:46 (2. guitar: Fred Frith)
12. Norwegian Folksong Trad. 2:02 (2. guitar: Marc Ribot)
13. Des Menschen Engel ist die Zeit Claus Boesser-Ferrari, lyrics by F. Schiller 1:34 (voice, 2. guitar: Fred Frith)
14. Liebesthema III (from t he movie “Winnetou I”) Martin Böttcher 5:55 (2. guitar : Fred Frith)
15. How We Became Americans Claus Boesser-Ferrari 0:20 (2. guitar : Marc Ribot)
16. Die Ballade vom Weib des Soldaten Kurt Weill 4:15 (solo)
17. Kohlhaas-Thema II** Claus Boesser-Ferrari 3:04 (2. guit ar: Fred Frith)
18. Fenimore Claus Boesser-Ferrari 1:27 (2. guitar: Marc Ribot )
19. Winnetou-Melodie (from the movie “Winnetou II”) Martin Böttcher 5:28 (2. guitar: Fred Frith)
Artist:
Claus Boesser-Ferrari / Fred Frith / Marc Ribot
Title:
How we became Americans
Label:
Acoustic Music
Cat No:
31914222
Format:
CD
Price £12.99
• Claus Boesser-Ferrari explores the potential of the guitar beyond the plucking of six strings -- using his amplified acoustic instrument to create percussive and other aural effects.

• He is joined here by two renowned experimental guitarists Fred Frith and Marc Ribot for an album on which the conventional approach to guitar playing is stood on its head and atmospherics take precedence over pyrotechnics