Gringo Mayer

Gringo Mayer is one of us and yet completely different. On his second album, "Ihr liewe Leit"
(01.09.2023), Gringo Mayer ignites a furious firework display of indie, pop, folk and much more.
more. In the Palatinate idiom, the songwriter tells small and big stories from his
surroundings, using his own language and his very own musical means. This is rousing
Kurpfalz indie pop with a proven flair for hits.
This has not only taken them into the album charts on their own, but also to sold-out stages, as
support to the Donots and Kettcar, to Inas Nacht, to the Morgenmagazin or to SWR Kultur and
with hymns of praise in the press. And best of all: the Ihr liewe Leit tour, including the great Kegelband
will continue. With over ten shows throughout Germany in April and May 2024.
Gringo comes from Ludwigshafen, which the satirical magazine "Extra 3" once called the
"ugliest city in Germany". There, Gringo has been able to grow up under the radar and
public to develop and mature his art in peace and quiet, until now, with "Ihr
dearest people", he steps out of the shadows and into the light all the more powerfully.
This man has fire, a flair for drama and great emotion, but he also has a precise
observation, humor and a tender feeling for people that permeates every one of his lines.
penetrates every line.Gringo Mayer's music is ultimately pop music in the sense of popular music in the sense of:
Music for everyone and everyone and everyone. But not and never: arbitrary. A fine line that only
few balance along as brilliantly as he does, the man in the gray suit and cowboy boots.
gray suit and cowboy boots.