New live EP, pictures and old Montanablue reviews
A new message from Lee just right on time for the end of the summer…
Hay Everybody!We are proud to announce the release of a digital 4 track live ep “audio snapshot” recorded last month by Kai Fiefstück at the Maria’s Ballroom show here in Hamburg. We will be giving the live ep away for a short time so download it soon. There are also some old posters, reviews and other propaganda from the late 1980′s that were recovered on a recent trip to Atlanta as well as some new concert dates all for your perusal, enjoyment and information. I hope y’all have as much fun listening to the tracks as we did playing them…
cheers,Lee
New photos
A message from Lee:
Hi Y’allWe wanted to share some photos that Thorsten Jacobs shot at our Marias Ballroom show a couple of weeks ago and to also let everyone know that we will have some live tracks from the show available as a free download in the very near future they are currently be mixed and mastered by Kai Fivepeace for y’alls enjoyment.. We will also be posting some rarities and other propaganda from the past that i recovered on a recent trip to Atlanta so please stay tuned to this channel…cheers,Lee
More rhythm section members & show in July
Along with a return engagement to the lovely Maria’s Ballroom in Hamburg Harburg on Saturday the 18th of July
we are proud to announce that we have two new excellent bass players on board:
the talented young Hungarian Akos Bölcz who will be on stage with us in Harburg on the 18th July (here with drummer Manuel)
and the mighty Maja Kim will be joining us on bass when she is not providing the bottom end for her Lys Lys project, Alphaville, Carsten Pape or Terri Anker (here as well with drummer Manuel). We are very pleased to have both of them playing with us! 
Second Guitarist & Rhythm Section Changes
We are happy to announce that after a long search we have added Cord Rehren to the line-up who will be replacing Julius Ramge as our second guitarist. Cord is best known as the owner of Hamburgs finest vintage record store Slam Records and thereby has been involved for decades in shaping the Hamburg music scene… to paraphrase Ziggy Stardust: …and boy can he play guitar!
Julius of course remains with us as Lee’s trusted guitar tech a job he has had since 2009.
Due to scheduling conflicts Marc Balance and David Mautz will be giving their last performance as the main rhythm section on the 19th of March in Bremen. Marc will continue as a substitute or “sub” bassist and David will continue to support the project as a multi-instrumentalist but sadly their tenure as rhythm section par-excellence will soon come to a close.
The good news is that drummer Manuel Beutke and bassist Hubert Steiner have joined up and made their spectacular debut as the new main rhythm section this past week (march 5th) in Bergedorf…. (see fan-snapshot!)
Manuel Beutke is best known for his work with high energy punk band The Detectors and teaches drumming in Hamburg.
Hubert Steiner is a bassist/guitarist from Munich who is known for his Carpetband and Instrument projects and he also provides 4 string support for Thees Uhlmann…
We will continue to audition drummers and bassist’s for the 4 “sub” positions we have open….
New video and some shows in march!
Message from Lee:
Hay Ho!
We want to make everyone aware of our shows coming up in March starting in Hamburg on the 5th and to that end we have uploaded for your viewing pleasure the final video from last March’s show at the MusicStar in Norderstedt. We want to give a special thanks to our trusted video editor colleague and friend Babylon Slim (aka Phillip Stillman) for really delivering the goods for us on these live videos… Expect more video collaborations with Babylon Slim in the near future…
Enjoy the live video of “Never Would Do”! You might also want to check out or new portrait gallery by Jeff Turek, which you can find here.
Cheers,
your,
Lee
Message from Lee & new live dates
We’re glad to announce a couple of new show dates (see here: dates)! Here’s a short message from Lee:
Hi Y’all!
To close out a very productive 2014 we are playing our annual holiday show in Berlin this year on Saturday the 20th December at the “Kiste” we hope to see y’all there! As a small holiday prize we are giving away our latest single “Home” on band camp!
http://williamleeself.bandcamp.com/track/home
Happy New Year!
Lee
William Lee Self live in Marias Ballroom
We’re glad to announce a show in Marias Ballroom on 31st October. We’ll start at 9pm and are looking forward to seeing lots and lots and lots of you! Find more details in the dates section!
Feature on radio Leinehertz!
The new digital single “Home” b/w “(Here Come’s) Tomorrow’s” recorded and mixed by our own Marc Balance has been mastered by Tom Meyer at Master and Servant here in Hamburg and is now being made available for a limited time for free (or the price of your choosing) here:
http://williamleeself.bandcamp.com/track/home
http://williamleeself.bandcamp.com/track/here-comes-tomorrows
and
We are happy to report that Babylon Slim (aka Philip Stillman) has once again appeared out of the virtual mist long enough to deliver yet another fine live video; here is “Wichita” from the March 1st show in Norderstedt, Germany….
“Wichita” was also chosen as the “Single of 2013″ by the fine folks at Radio Leinhertz’s 59 to 1 program and we would like to take this opportunity to remind everybody that the “William Lee Self Special” is being broadcast this evening at 21:00. Be sure and tune in! Leinehertz Radio is available online via their website or the DRadio app, on 102.15 Kabel Deutschland and of course on 106.5 FM in the metropolitan Hannover area….
New video und radio feature
Message from Lee:
Hi Y’all!
The mighty Babylon Slim emerged from his Appalachian Compound last week just long enough to deliver the new live video from our show in lovely Norderstedt Germany earlier this year. We hope he will re-emerge soon with more teevee treats but until then please enjoy “Ashes” recorded at the MusicStar this past March 1st.
warmest regards,
your
Lee
Along with announcing the release of the “Ashes” live video we would like to make everyone aware of the Leinehertz Radio “59 to 1 William Lee Self Special” that will be broadcast on the 30th September at 21:00 which includes a new interview with Lee, some never before broadcast live and studio rarities as well as the debut of the recently completed Single “Home” b/w “(Here Come’s) Tomorrow’s”, recorded and mixed by our own Marc Balance and mastered by Tom Meyer – more on the new single soon!
Leinehertz Radio is available online via their website or the DRadio app, on 102.15 Kabel Deutschland and of course on 106.5 FM in the metropolitan Hannover area….
there are new photos in our Wood and Wire gallery as well if you care to cast a glance… and a final note: our new booking agent, Ralf Neuman, will be handling all of the bands live appearances in the near future.
New live video “thug in blue”
For your viewing and listening pleasure we are happy to present the next song in our live video series: “Thug In Blue” filmed a few weeks ago at the MusicStar in Norderstedt and edited again from our friend Babylon Slim (aka Phillip Stillman) in his Tower of Babel compound…
We also have a photo of Lee and one of his earliest influences the legendary Atlanta musician Thermos Greenwood (aka Tommy Dean) who is currently in Europe for the first time since recording with Joe South in London in the early 1970′s…. please also check out this 
article about Thermos!