Biography
Guckenheimer Sour Kraut Band
Effective period / Period of releases: 1957 - 1958
Members: Fritz Guckenheimer, Hugo Schmid (2), Johann Sebastian Schmidtz III, Otto Schmits, Wolfgang Schwett, Ernst Schmid (4), Ludwig Schmitz (2), Rudi Schmitt (2), Heinrich Schwerdt, Johann Schwindt (2)
Bay Area band founded in 1949, playing old German oom-pah music. The band from San Francisco born founder Richard B. Gump (aka Fritz Guckenheimer) played for 36 years.