Philipp Fankhauser
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Philipp Fankhauser (born February 20, 1964 in Thun ) is a Swiss blues musician and songwriter .
Early years
In 1974 Fankhauser moved to Ticino with his mother . There he started playing guitar at the age of 11 and developed a love for black music , especially the blues. In 1977 he founded his first school band in Locarno . In 1982 Fankhauser returned to Thun.
In the 1980s, Fankhauser attended various jazz and blues music festivals, particularly the Montreux Jazz Festival , and thus came into contact with various great musicians. In 1984 he began performing solo and was the Swiss correspondent for a Berlin blues magazine.
Checkerboard Blues Band
In 1987 he founded the Checkerboard Blues Band , with which he performed all over Switzerland. The acquaintance with the American blues singer Margie Evans led in 1989 to a joint album, Blues for the lady . Margie Evans helped Fankhauser and his Checkerboard Blues Band to get bigger gigs. As a result, Fankhauser gave concerts with his band at the Amsterdam Blues Festival , the Sanremo Blues Festival, the Quasimodo Club in Berlin, the Zurich Volkshaus and played a further 120 club concerts. In 1990 the second European tour followed with Margie Evans.
Between 1991 and 1993, Fankhauser, who was also a producer at the time , and the Checkerboard Blues Band released three more albums and performed at countless concerts, including in 1992 at the OpenAir St. Gallen . 1993 was the seventh and, for the time being, last year of the Checkerboard Blues Band. From the three sold out farewell concerts in the Hunziken mill in Rubigen at the end of December 1993, the live album Thun - San Francisco was born .
From 1994
At the invitation of Johnny Copeland , Fankhauser went on tour with him as a guest singer for a month in 1994. In 1995 Fankhauser recorded his first solo album in Los Angeles under the direction of producer Dennis Walker and with The Memphis Horns . Two more albums followed in 1996 and 1997. During this time, Fankhauser also went on various concert tours and in 1998 went to the studio with the original Checkerboard Blues Band to make a few recordings for a new album. 1999 was the first year since 1980 that Philipp Fankhauser did not give any concerts. He mainly focused on completing the album and on songwriting.
At the beginning of 2000 the album Welcome to the real world was released with the Checkerboard Blues Band. Between February and April 2000 the Checkerboard Blues Band went on a concert tour through Switzerland for the last time.
As a result, Fankhauser formed two independent, independent formations with Funkhouseblues and the Philipp Fankhauser Blues Band , which made a broader musical spectrum possible. The Viennese electric bass player Angus Thomas is a permanent member of the band . Fankhauser performed with them at various concerts and released the live album Life's so Damn 'Cool in 2003 with the Philipp Fankhauser Blues Band . This was created on the occasion of her appearance at the Piazza Blues Festival in Bellinzona . As a result, Fankhauser released three more albums and toured the USA, Europe and Switzerland.
From 2009 to 2013 he lived with a Brazilian dance teacher in a registered partnership and has been a jury member and coach in the singing casting show The Voice of Switzerland since January 2013 .
Discography
Albums
- Blues for the Lady (1989), with Checkerboard Blues Band and Margie Evans
- With a Feeling (1991), with Checkerboard Blues Band
- Dedicated (1992), with Checkerboard Blues Band
- Thun - San Francisco (Live) (1994), with Checkerboard Blues Band
- On Broadway (1995), with The Memphis Horns
- His Kind of Blues (Best of 1989-1996) (1996)
- The Story of Blues (1997)
- Welcome to the Real World (2000), with Checkerboard Blues Band
- Life's so Damn 'Cool (Live) (2003), with Philipp Fankhauser Blues Band
- Talk to Me (2004)
- Watching from the Safe Side (2006)
- Love Man Riding (2008)
- Try My Love (2010)
- Philipp Fankhauser Plays Montreux Jazz Festival (CD + DVD, 2013)
- HOME (2014)
- Unplugged - Live at Mühle Hunziken , with Margie Evans (2016)
- I'll Be Around (2017)
- Let Life Flow (2019), with Kenny Neal
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Web links
- Philipp Fankhauser's website
- Portrait of Philipp Fankhauser , Migros Magazine December 15, 2014
- Awards for music sales: CH
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| SURNAME | Fankhauser, Philipp |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss blues musician, songwriter and music producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 20, 1964 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Thun , Switzerland |