A musical-literary revue based on the bestseller by Manfred Krug: Ludwig Blochberger approaches the popular, indomitable actor and singer in all his facets and creates an unusual, exciting, and touching portrait reflected through the spirit of his time.

Accompanied by the jazz musicians of the Goin’ Out West Quintet, he sings some of the most beautiful songs and classics from Krug's repertoire, inviting the audience to rediscover his lyrics and songs and carry them forward into the present.

Navid Kermani’s narrative "The Book of the Killed by Neil Young" is among the most beautiful, clever, and crazy texts ever written about rock music - a hymn to life.

The story begins with the notorious three-month colic: evening after evening, the narrator's newborn daughter writhes in cramps. The only effective antidote is the songs of Neil Young. For father and daughter, a journey begins through the cosmos of the Canadian musician—towards lost illusions, fleeting moments of happiness, and the great questions of life. With a light touch, Navid Kermani weaves the everyday life of a young family with existential thoughts and shows where splinters of paradise can still be found: and not just in music.

The actor and musician Ludwig Blochberger brings this narrative to the stage as a concert reading. Kermani's text forms the literary backbone of the evening. For the stage, the text was carefully condensed and interwoven with the music of Neil Young. For Ludwig Blochberger, however, this story began years earlier - and it has long since extended into his own family life.