Klaus Heuser
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Klaus „Major“ Heuser is a German musician and producer. He found fame as member of the German rock band from Cologne BAP
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His musical influences are the Rolling Stones, especially the guitarist Keith Richards
, as well as Eric Clapton
and the Dutch band Golden Earring
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His last album Major & Suzan, which he recorded together with the Berlin singer Susanne Werth, was released on 17 February 2006.
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BAP (German band)
Bap is a German rock group. With ten albums reaching the number one in the German record charts, Bap is one of the most successful rock acts in their home country....
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His musical influences are the Rolling Stones, especially the guitarist Keith Richards
Keith Richards
Keith Richards is an English musician, songwriter, and founding member of the Rolling Stones. Rolling Stone magazine said Richards had created "rock's greatest single body of riffs", and placed him as the "10th greatest guitarist of all time." Fourteen songs written by Richards and songwriting...
, as well as Eric Clapton
Eric Clapton
Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE, is an English guitarist and singer-songwriter. Clapton is the only three-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: once as a solo artist, and separately as a member of The Yardbirds and Cream. Clapton has been referred to as one of the most important and...
and the Dutch band Golden Earring
Golden Earring
Golden Earring are a Dutch rock band, founded in 1961 in The Hague as the Golden Earrings . They had international chart success with the songs "Radar Love" in 1973, "Twilight Zone" in 1982, and "When the Lady Smiles" in 1984. In their home country, they had over 40 hits and made over 30 gold and...
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Career
He gained major popularity as the guitarist of the rock band BAP, whose member he was from 1980 to 1999. He was also responsible for BAP's musical style and wrote for example the music to the songs Verdamp lang her (literally: 'A damn long time ago'), Frau ich freu mich (literally: 'Woman, I'm looking forward to') and Alles em Lot (literally: 'Everything is ok'). In 1993 he wrote the song Widderlich.His last album Major & Suzan, which he recorded together with the Berlin singer Susanne Werth, was released on 17 February 2006.
Notable information
He got his nickname Major from Major Healey from the TV series I Dream of JeannieI Dream of Jeannie
I Dream of Jeannie is a 1960s American sitcom with a fantasy premise. The show starred Barbara Eden as a 2,000-year-old genie, and Larry Hagman as an astronaut who becomes her master, with whom she falls in love and eventually marries...
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