14 novembre 2010

Captain Jack

Franky Gee aka Captain Jack (his real name Francisco Alejandro Gutierrez) was born in Havana, Cuba on February 19th, 1962 - died on October 22th 2005 in Palma, Spain.

Liza, Franky, Udo Niebergall and Richard Witte, the two producers, knew each other from Frankfurt (Germany). Franky remembered from his earlier days during his time in the army that drill commands had something quite specific about it. He talked about it with Udo, and he produced a track with sharp dance beat. That's how everything started. The concept of Captain Jack was quite original : Franky Gee (the rapper) and Liza Da Costa (the first female vocalist) are performing in army uniform. The idea of the hat Franky wears comes from a mix of the caps of the Russian and American armies. The design was inspired of the US-Marines, the color came from the Red Army.