The Sieker Band will perform in the Biergarten Friday  September 28th starting around 6:00 Reservations highly recommended for the Restaurant. Use our online system or call 512-863-8440

Rolf & Beate Sieker are bluegrass music artists from Berlin, Germany now living near Austin, Texas. They met at a bluegrass festival in Northern Germany in 1983 and have been playing music together ever since then. They played many concerts in Germany, toured throughout the European countries, appeared on tv- and radio shows and recorded five albums, two in Nashville, Tennessee and three in Berlin, Germany. In 1997 they received the keys to the city of Bryan/College Station, Texas. Their deep love for bluegrass music inspired them move to the US in 2000. Texas now is their home. Recently in 2008 the Siekers were inducted into the Gatesville Country Music Hall of Fame. They are part of the vibrant Austin music scene.

Rolf Sieker was one of the first 5-string banjo players in Europe. In 1975 he recorded the very first bluegrass album in Germany. In Europe Rolf played with Bill Monroe, Byron Berline, Dan Crary, Mark O'Connor, Dave Dudley, Bill Clifton and many more. Now living in the U. S. A. he won the Texas State Banjo Championship in 2001. He recorded studio sessions with Ray Benson & Asleep At The Wheel, Kelly Willis, Bill & Bonnie Hearne, Dale Watson, Red Volkaert, Trace Atkins, Rod Moag, Julie Chadbourne, Lantana, Bruce Robison, Steve Pack and many others. Rolf now also plays with Bob Schneider's Texas Bluegrass Massacre which was named 'Best Performing Bluegrass Band' at the 2008 and 2009 Austin Music Awards. His way of playing the banjo is highly influenced by the blues-melodic style of Bobby Thompson, one of the most requested studio musicians in the 60s, 70s and 80s in Nashville. The two were close friends and Rolf received Bobby's banjo in 1996. Rolf is a creative songwriter. For the Siekers he wrote a lot of original material.