BeebleBrox

BeebleBrox was a jazz group formed in 1983 in Albstadt, Germany that was active in Tuscaloosa and Birmingham from 1988 to 1991. The group was named for the character Zaphod Beeblebrox in Douglas Adams' The Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy.

Keyboardist Monika Herzig and guitarist Peter Kienie reconstituted the group in Alabama while she was studying at the University of Alabama on an exchange program with the Pedagogical Institute in Weingarten, Germany. Adding bassist Robert Dickson and drummer Don Davis the ensemble recorded their first album, Entropy at Davis' home in Birmingham. Their second recording The Thing was recorded in Tuscaloosa.

Other musicians that performed with BeebleBrox in Alabama included Greg Riley, Woody Williams, and Greg Chambers. The group performed regularly on campus at at Grundy's Music Room in Birmingham.

In 1991 Herzig and Kienie moved to Bloomington, Indiana to complete their studies and reformed the band again, progressing through several different lineups in the 1990s and touring Germany twice. The group officially disbanded in 2002.

External links

• BeebleBrox website