Dick Brave was born Sascha Schmitz in Soest on January 5, 1972. The fictional
character Dick Brave was created in 2002 when Sasha took a break but still
wanted to give an unofficial Christmas concert for friends. Inspired by a poster
of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, he invented the name Dick Brave and the
Backbeats. A fictitious biography is developed for the fictional character. Dick
Brave speaks broken German and is passed off as Canadian. For a long time, it
remained officially secret that Sasha was behind the character. In 2003, Sasha
founded the rockabilly band Dick Brave and...