Wallenstein | id

German band that set themselves apart for being diverse and transcending a number of musical styles in more than a decade of existence. Early sound was krautrock, which led to symphonic, and to space rock toward the break-up of the original lineup around 1973. Constant throughout is keyboardist/vocalist Jurgen Dollase and he would continue through the seventies and early eighties fronting Wallenstein (while also pursuing bigger and better things). "WALLENSTEIN’s original lineup was centered around keyboardist/vocalist Jürgen Dollase and drummer Harald Großkopf, both of whom would go on to make names even bigger for themselves in the German music business...

Abi Wallenstein (born December 8, 1945 in Jerusalem) is a German blues musician (guitar and vocals). He has lived in Germany since 1960, initially in North Rhine-Westphalia, and since the mid-1960s in Hamburg where he was and still is part of many bands with other well-known local blues musicians. .