Werner Lämmerhirt
Werner Lämmerhirt (born March 17, 1949 in Berlin ; † October 14, 2016 in Bodenwerder ) was a German guitarist .
Life
Lämmerhirt is considered a pioneer of finger style technology in Germany. In the 1970s he worked as a studio musician on recordings of Hannes Wader and accompanied him on tours. His virtuoso guitar playing was based on the American country blues and guitarists like Marcel Dadi and Davey Graham . His instrumental piece Angi is - with the title Angie - on Lämmerhirt's first solo album, which was released in 1974 on the record label Stockfisch Records .
Another characteristic was his smoky singing voice. In 1975 he recorded a highly regarded session album with guitarists Klaus Weiland and Sammy Vomáčka, among others . Over the years several musical projects have emerged with other musicians such as Michael Lohrengel, Peter Ratzenbeck , Peter Finger , Colin Wilkie and Wizz Jones. While he mostly selected English-language songs on the early albums or wrote them himself, Lämmerhirt presented his own German-language songs on his later albums. In 1998 he was awarded the Ravensburger Kupferle .
From 2001 Lämmerhirt and the art and culture association Kultini e. V. holds the event "Night of Quiet Tones" every November in his home town of Bodenwerder .
In August 2016 he announced the end of his career on his website. Previously, he had canceled all upcoming concerts for health reasons. Lämmerhirt died of cancer on October 14th, 2016.
Instruments
Lämmerhirt played a Martin D-35S, a dreadnought guitar with a slotted headstock and neck on the twelfth fret , as the main instrument until his third solo album (1976) . Then he used instruments made by the German guitar maker Oetter . For pieces that were played with effects devices and electrical amplification, such as B. To Live by the River from the album All Alone, an Ovation guitar was used.
Discography
Solo albums
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Recordings in which Lämmerhirt participated
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Notes and tablatures
- Werner Lämmerhirt: Pickings . Bad Godesberg 1981, ISBN 3-8024-0098-4 .
- Werner Lämmerhirt: Keep On Picking . Bad Godesberg 1986, ISBN 3-8024-0152-2 .
- Various artists: playing techniques of the folk guitar. > Stefan Grossman. Doc Watson. Dave Evans. Werner Lämmerhirt. David Qualey. Marcel Dadi < . Edition Metropol, Cologne.
- Werner Lämmerhirt - The early years, AMB3009
- Werner Lämmerhirt - A song book, AMB3010
Web links
- Works by and about Werner Lämmerhirt in the catalog of the German National Library
- Werner Lämmerhirt at Discogs (English)
- Werner Lämmerhirt's website ( Memento from January 6, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ On the death of Werner Lämmerhirt: Der Fingerfertige , obituary by Peter Disch, Badische Zeitung, October 19, 2016.
- ↑ a b Jürgen Boebers-Süßmann: In memory of a great guitar artist. In: Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung . October 18, 2016, accessed October 18, 2016 .
- ↑ Martin Risel: Master of Fingerpickings: Werner Lämmerhirt is dead. Feature of the program Conclusion in Deutschlandradio Kultur , available until April 23, 2017. (No longer available online.) In: ARD Mediathek . October 15, 2016, archived from the original on October 18, 2016 ; Retrieved October 18, 2016 .
- ↑ To Live by the River on YouTube
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Shepherd, Werner |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German guitarist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 17, 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 14, 2016 |
| Place of death | Bodenwerder |