Jack Grunsky

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Jack Grunsky (born July 1, 1945 in Graz ) is a Canadian - Austrian musician , singer and songwriter .

life and work

Grunsky was born in Austria in 1945 and lived in Canada from 1951 before returning to Austria for several years. His musical career began at high school in Toronto , where he played drums in a band and guitar in a folk trio. After graduating from school, he returned to his homeland in 1966, where he continued his musician career.

Together with his band " Jack's Angels " he signed a record deal with Amadeo . The remaining band members originally came from Linz , but studied in Vienna. The band rehearsed the often self-composed songs with mostly three-part singing in a cellar in the Viennese suburb of Mauer / Hietzing , where Grunsky also lived. In the two years of their existence they released four albums and some singles, some "Jack's Angels" songs were also in the European Pop Charts. In 1968 the band split up, which was then mentioned in the same breath as Peter, Paul & Mary . Then Grunsky recorded three more solo records and a few singles for Amadeo and partly worked with Alexis Korner in London .

In Austria Grunsky is one of the obstetricians and pioneers of Austropop . So he composed the title Catherine , interpreted by André Heller , which became one of Heller's first hit parades. In the early 1970s he hosted a series on Ö3 entitled “ Folk with Jack ”. He also appeared as a headliner at the Styrian music festival Popendorf 71 .

Jack Grunsky left Austria again for Canada in 1974 and made a name for himself as a creator of sophisticated children's music in the following decades.

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  1. ↑ Gerfried Sperl: "Mini-Woodstock". In: Kleine Zeitung , issue of May 29, 1971 (supplement), p. 12.
personal data
SURNAME Grunsky, Jack
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian-Austrian musician, singer and songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH July 1, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Graz