Effective period / Period of releases: 1965 - 1969

Members: Udo Lindenberg, Dagmar Krause, John O'Brien-Docker, Jean-Jacques Kravetz, Carsten Bohn, Inga Rumpf, Karl-Heinz Schott, Karlheinz Freynik, Götz Humpf, Sibylle Kynast, Michael Laukeninks, Reinhart Firchow, Elga (2), Eckart Kahlhofer, Elga Blask, Bruno Schmidli, Jürgen Stielow, Ingo Werther, Marianne Therstapen

Early alternative folk and folklore band from Hamburg, Germany, founded in 1965. The group's styles included jazz, blues and folklore from around the world.
Similar to Jack's Angels from Vienna, the band was led by an English speaking musician, here John O'Brien-Docker.
The group was open, which meant that the members could change easily, everybody was invited to join. At least there were more than 20 members over the period to the early 70s.
What makes them special is the fact, that lots of later famous musicians first joined the City Preachers. There are for example Inga Rumpf and Udo Lindenberg.