Despite his second album, 2009's Harder than Easy, being recorded with a stellar lineup including members of Tom Waits' band and Counting Crows, and mixed by Grammy winner Jack Joseph Puig, it was not promoted the way he would have liked, being released in the U.S. after a number of his songs were featured in movies and TV shows, including the colossally successful romantic teen drama series One Tree Hill. Savoretti started to become well-known in the U.S. His first solo tour - of the coffee shop chain Caffè Nero - kicked off in early 2008 and was followed by the re-release of his debut album, this time featuring a bonus disc of acoustic versions. Savoretti's first full-length offering, Between the Minds, was released in 2007, and was a Top 100 charter in the U.K. A minor hit on the U.K.'s premier MOR station, BBC Radio 2, it was enough to attract the attention of Corinne Bailey Rae, who asked Savoretti to join her on her European tour that year.

His first single, Without, was released in late 2006. Of Italian and English extraction, former poet-turned-acoustic singer/songwriter Jack Savoretti was given a guitar and encouraged to write music by his mother, a model who had hung out with Jimi Hendrix and The Rolling Stones back in the '60s. Das ist der eine Ort, an dem ich mich wirklich selbst und befreit fühle. Auf der Bühne mit einer Band: Das ist, wo Musik wirklich passiert. “Ich habe mich immer als Live-Musiker verstanden.

“Für mich war das heute etwas sehr Besonderes”, wird er eine Stunde später sagen, sichtlich gefangen noch vom erlebten Moment. Für einen Moment wirkt Max Herre völlig frei, gleichzeitig bei sich und bei seiner Band, im Einklang mit der Musik und dem Text des großen Rio Reiser: Halt dich an deiner Liebe fest.

“Halt dich an deiner Liebe fest”, singt Max Herre, beinahe aus voller Kehle, weit zurückgelehnt auf einem Barhocker, in den Händen seine Gitarre, im Gesicht ein Lächeln, das den gesamten, riesigen Aufnahmeraum im Funkhaus Nalepastraße zu umspannen scheint. Zermatt Unplugged Zermatt Unplugged: 5 - 9 April 2016

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