European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 31, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse Augitto $1, Thi stars and strip with that special sort of beat a/2c Hocks in 2 tongues a by Ralph Kennan Wiesbaden Germany is Rock n Roll is music for people yith fast feet people who want to relax and let go. That s How a/2c Gus Backus defines the work he does off duty and in two languages. Backus an electrocardiograph technician at the . Air Force Hosp Tal Here hug a1 Golden record for Selling 1 million copies of come go with me a number he wrote and in which he Sang Lead with an All airman quintet the de Vikings. That was before he came to Germany two years ago. The old group has been reorganized with out the Loose jointed 21-year-old new yorker who nov is perform ing with that special sort of beat As a single and in German As Well As in English i m just starting out in Ger a/2c Gus Backus sends his fans into a. Frenzy during a Rock n Roll performance at the Frankfurt Casino. Is photo by Schuettler Usan to Blossom out in Orange flying suits Washington special the air Force has added a Bright new fashion note to the business of de signing flying clothing for its air Crews a vivid new Hue called International Orange. The Bright coloured flying suits will be something to see and that s just the Point. The air Force expects the Eye catching clothing to 19th inf medics Aid injured German go Gingen Germany Spe Cial two 19th inf medics on training problem near Here aided and possibly saved the life of a German forester seriously injured in a fall. The two medics were pfc Horace Harrison and pfc Milton pair saw the forester fall from a 12-foot observation platform and land on his Back. They examined him and found he had suffered fractured Back. The two soldiers provided first Aid then moved the injured Man to their jeep and brought him Toa nearby Hospital. Hess trophy award Darmstadt Germany special the 38th-artycelebrated organisation pay Here with the 2d gun in s Btry a receiving the Hess trophy for the highest score in the 36th arty up s annual training test for heavy artillery batteries. Aid Rescue parties searching for downed Crews. The new clothing will be use primarily for peacetime missions flying Over Friendly areas and Dur ing flights in the ., the air Force said. Under wartime conditions flyers would Wear less conspicuous clothing to Aid escape should they be downed in enemy territory. The k2b and caul a flying suit will be available in International Orange As Well As the stand Ard Sage Green some time next year the air Force said. Sergeants elect officers Schwet Zingen Germany special Barracks 26 of the association of regular army Serge ants held its third annual election of officers. The new president Issac Charles a. Delaney pm div Usa eur. Man Backus says. I be made two sides in Vienna. I go Down to the concert Hall there and the record company gives tie a coach. He and i go through German. The next Day we record it. If the coach did a Good Job it comes out Good. If he did or i did to we work on it some More. Over Here everything is recorded by synchronization. They record the combo and All you have when you work is a big set of ear phones. You hear the background and sing against that. It s not atall like working with a regular group Backus Speaks fluent. German of the Frankfurt Wiesbaden variety which he says he just picked up from his friends and acquaintances. But viennese German is differ ent. And american Rock n Roll numbers have to be revamped entirely for translation into German. Tempo All important the Tempo is All important to Rock n Roll and if you translate a two or English word into a five or six syllable German word you be lost it. Back us explains. So far he s recorded Abund Zug now and then and Ich bin traurig Wenn do Geist i am sad when you grand plans to make some More German record soon. Backus sings in a Loose jointed always in motion style apparently on the Assumption that keeping his limbs and spinal column in motion helps get the music across. He always and Libs his perform ances he explains adding that while this habit May drive the combo insane 1 makes for a bet Ter new York i once slopped cold on the stage told the band to Stop the music and then Knelt and tied my shoe. The audience liked it but the hand did to he recalls. This Singer has a natural Talent for making the Cash Register sound off in Rock n1 Roll and he s con Vinced that the Crux of the matters being natural. No formal training my theory is that if 20 Guys go to the same music teacher you have 20 Guys who sing about the same. I be never had any formal musical education i sing to please myself and if others like it i Backus says he Learned to play the piano strictly by ear in some thing less than two years. He pro fesses ignorance of the guitar standby for Many Rock n Roll singers. I m More used to working witha group he explains. In
