The rocking Basel of the 1960s

Basel in the 1960s: The economy is booming, while cultural life swings between the traditional and the modern and attracts an international public. Rock culture also finds fertile ground in Basel. A generation later, this inspires the founders of the Baloise Session to stage rock concerts on a larger scale in Basel. With what was then called the «Rock-Session», they lay the foundations for today’s Baloise Session. In the latest edition of our Backline Blog - brought to you by Basler Kantonalbank - Claude Pfau, one of Basel’s early rock pioneers, tells us about the beginnings of Basel's rock scene.