“Auf Wiedersehen Pet” meets “Almost Famous” in a laugh-out-loud, true story about a dance band touring Germany in the 1970s.
In 1972 two teenage musicians from Slough are invited to join an international dance band touring West Germany. “Schnapps Fenders & Flares” is the hilarious account of their adventures during a 10 month period.
Their journey takes us from US airbases during the time of the Vietnam war where the band are variously presented as the fighting Irish, saucy French females and a black soul band to some of Europe’s most exclusive nightclubs.
From gritty industrial cities in the north via picturesque wine villages on the Rhine to the Bavarian Alps and Munich during the Olympics it’s a coming-of-age story as the boys learn very quickly about the seedy side of the entertainment business. It’s also a nostalgic look at Germany of the early 1970s and the musical soundtrack of that era.
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