Johann Cermak

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"Zappa" Johann Cermak at the Nußdorfer Grätzlfest 2012

Johann "Zappa" Cermak (born July 7, 1949 in Heidenreichstein ) is an Austrian blues musician , composer and band leader.

Live and act

Zappa grew up in the Waldviertel near the Iron Curtain on the Czech border. The budding forester was a music fanatic from an early age. One of his role models at the time was Frank Zappa , after whom he was soon given the stage name "Zappa" because of its resemblance, and which was to accompany him throughout his life.

After participating in several bands, he founded the band Bluespumpm in 1975 , where he is still the frontman for vocals, blues harp and guitar . His distinctive voice has earned him the honorable title “Austrian Tom Waits ”.

At a large number of concerts and on records and CDs, he has since interpreted his own and covered numbers solo, with the Bluespumpm or other partners such as Rudi Biber , Peter Ratzenbeck , Donovan , Mick Taylor , Harri Stojka , Doris Windhager or the Wild Irish Lasses ( Nadja Milfait and Judith Pechoc ). In 2008 he married the folk musician Judith Pechoc, front lady of the latter band, in his second marriage. Since then they have often performed together.

In 2016 he set texts by Gerhard Blaboll to music together with Judith Pechoc . The successful experiment with German-language blues “I want to talk to whom” has since been a fixed part of his concerts; Titles such as “Dora”, “The night was a madness” or “I would be a Wurschtel without di” are sung along by the audience, such as the classics “Ring of Fire”, “Whiskey in the Jar” or “Down by the Riverside”.

Discography

  • 1979 Bluespumpm - Bluespumpm; Sperker Records
  • 1981 Village - Bluespumpm; Sperker Records
  • 1982 Live with Friends - Bluespumpm; Sperker Records
  • 1987 5 - 10 Years Jubilee - Bluespumpm
  • 1988 Live at Utopia - Bluespumpm
  • 1990 Birthday - Bluespumpm
  • 1993 Living Loving Riding - Bluespumpm
  • 1995 20 Years Party Album - Bluespumpm; Edel Musica Records
  • 2002 Live The Wolfpack Tapes - Bluespumpm; Edel Musica Records
  • 2006 Dirty Thirty, open hearts - Bluespumpm and Friends; Wolf Records
  • 2008 Folk Meets Blues - Zappa & The Wild Irish Lasses; Edel Musica Records
  • 2016 Blind Man Blues - Zappa & The Wild Irish Lasses; Wolf Records
  • 2017 I want to talk to whom - German-language blues with Judith Pechoc, Rudi Biber, Gerhard Blaboll; Wolf Records

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ [1] In: rockhousebar.at , accessed on May 3, 2018.
  2. ↑ [2] In: events.at , accessed on May 3, 2018.
  3. ↑ [3] In: events.at , accessed on May 3, 2018.
  4. ↑ [4] In: events.at , accessed on May 3, 2018.
  5. ↑ [5] In: kulturverein.echtwien.com , accessed on May 3, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Cermak, Johann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Zappa (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian blues musician, composer and band leader
DATE OF BIRTH July 7, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Heidenreichstein