Monika Drasch
"Red hair, green violin - Monika Drasch is not exactly a typical
Bavarian folk musician" Folkworld
Lower Bavarian
Green violin with Bairisch Diatonischer Jodelwahnsinn
Zither and vocals in Zitat: BACHMANN, Ingeborg
Yodelling on Fön and Trad II
Bairisch Diatonischer Jodelwahnsinn
Together, Josef Brustmann, Monika Drasch and Otto Göttler formed Bairisch Diatonischer Jodel-Wahnsinn (Bavarian Diatonic Yodel-Madness). The band performed a mixture of folk music with critical, funny lyrics and a bit of cabaret. Each member played a number of instruments, covering between them: zither, diatonic concertina, trumpet, tuba, saxophone, alphorn, clarinet, ocarina, Russian whistle, cow horns, bagpipes, violin, contrabass, cello, ukulele, hurdy-gurdy, harmonica, harp, balaphon, bandoneon, saw, drum, guitar, recorder, and (for heavy metal) frying pan.
Three CDs were produced (Aus tiefster Brust, Ausflug and Sägenlieb) and the band played everywhere from alehouses to festival tents filled with 3000 people. After playing together for ten years, Bairisch Diatonischer Jodel-Wahnsinn went their separate ways in 2002.