Complex sentence: However, having left the landlocked country of Austria in favor of adventurous journeys through Southern Europe and Northern Africa for Germany, he was "discovered" in St. Pauli, Hamburg, and was offered his first recording contract in 1954.
Split into simpler sentences: However, having left the landlocked country of Austria in favor of adventurous journeys through Southern Europe and Northern Africa, he eventually headed for Germany. He was "discovered" in St. Pauli, Hamburg, and was offered his first recording contract in 1954.