Franz Bilik
Franz "Franzi" Bilik (* 1937 ; † November 24, 1983 ) was an Austrian musician ( vocals , guitar , accordion ) and songwriter who was one of the founders of Austropop .
Act
In 1960 Bilik was one of the founding members of the Barrelhouse Jazz Band Vienna , with whom he also recorded. He also worked with the Worried Men Skiffle Group , which also set some of his dialect poems to music and published them on record. Since 1968 he was one of the organizers of the Vienna Golden Gate Club , from which the Folk Club Atlantis arose, in which the Austrian protest singers gathered. As a songwriter (for One Family ) he also worked with Gerhard Bronner .
With his Brogressivschrammeln he published the album Pfui Teufel, mich horust… on an extra disc in 1973 . Around 1980 he founded the band Franz Bilik, 2nd violin and belonged to the cover band Spinning Wheel , which became Drahdiwaberl , with whom Bilik acted as a conferencier.
Bilik is portrayed in the documentary World Revolution (2008) by Klaus Hundsbichler about the band Drahdiwaberl .
Web links
- Entry (SRA)
- Franz Bilik at Discogs (English)
- Franz Bilik at Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Memoriam (Graz Authors' Assembly)
- ^ Protest song in the Austrian Music Lexicon
- ↑ Franz Bilik in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bilik, Franz |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bilik, Franzi |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian musician and songwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1937 |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 24, 1983 |