Uwe Hassbecker

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Uwe Hassbecker performing with Silly in Chemnitz in 2007

Uwe Hassbecker (born November 17, 1960 in Leipzig , often also written as Uwe Haßbecker ) is a German guitarist as well as studio musician and music producer . Since mid-1986 he has been a permanent member of the rock band Silly as a guitarist and violinist .

Life

Uwe Hassbecker grew up in Halle / Saale . His mother Eva Hassbecker (1932–1998) was an opera singer, his stepfather is the composer and conductor Thomas Müller . His biological father was the director of the Dresden Philharmonic and internationally known conductor Professor Herbert Kegel . One of his half-siblings is the tenor Björn Casapietra . Hassbecker came to music at a very early age, first taking violin lessons for many years and learning to play the drums and finally the guitar by himself. In 1980 Hassbeck became the father of twins. His musical career brought him from a young age, among other things, from the Hallenser Klink formation to the Uschi Brüning band and via the Modern Soul Band to Stern Meißen , one of the most successful bands in the GDR in the 1980s.

In 1985 Hassbecker was one of the Gitarreros , an all-star band that formed around the most popular guitarists in the GDR. On this tour he also got to know and love the front woman of the band Silly, Tamara Danz . In the middle of 1986 he joined Silly as a guitarist and over time became one of the three main composers of the band alongside Tamara Danz and Rüdiger Barton . About six months before her death on July 22, 1996 he and Tamara married.

1998 Hassbeck became the father of a third son; The mother is the actress Cathrin Vaessen .

Together with Rüdiger “Ritchie” Barton, he has been running the Danzmusik studio on the outskirts of Berlin for several years and, alongside Silly, plays in Joachim Witt's band, among others . Hassbecker made a name for himself in recent years as a studio musician and music producer, including for Joachim Witt. He works regularly with the VALICON Producer Forum ( Ingo Politz , Bernd Wendtland, Brix) and his filigree guitar playing can be heard on numerous national and international productions, for example on the album of the 2008 DSDS winner, Thomas Godoj . Hassbecker accompanied Nik Page as guitarist on his Tiefenrausch tour 2005. There he acted together with Dara Pain, Mr Petereit , Jäcki Reznicek , Ritchie Barton, Karsten Klick and Joachim Witt.

In autumn 2005 Silly became active again, and Uwe Hassbecker toured successfully through Germany with Silly + guests (including Katy Karrenbauer , Anna Loos , Anja Krabbe , Toni Krahl and IC Falkenberg ). Anna Loos is now a permanent singer for Silly.

Hassbecker's son Daniel Hassbecker has been playing Silly's second keyboard and cello since 2005 .

In May 2006, Hassbecker became a father for the fourth time.

In December 2006 he performed in Seelze near Hanover for the first time together with his half-brother Björn Casapietra as part of his tour Serenata d'Amore - Lieder der Sehnsucht . Hassbecker accompanied most of the common songs on a classical concert guitar. Further joint concerts followed. Hassbecker also recorded a few songs on Casapietra's new album Verführung and accompanies him to many concerts on his current tour.

Together with Anna Loos and Silly he has played many concerts since 2006, including on the electroacoustic tour and together with the Babelsberg film orchestra , the Puhdys , Karat and many others on the Ostrock in Klassik -Tour.

Together with Silly, Uwe Hassbecker provided the music for the movie Der Mond und other lovers by Bernd Böhlich in 2008 , with Katharina Thalbach in the leading role, in which he also appeared in a supporting role. He was also a guitar soloist and musical guest on the farewell tour of figure skating star Katarina Witt and released the new album Alles rot with Silly in March 2010 , on which he also played a major role as a composer and producer. The album went from 0 to number 3 in the German album charts shortly after it was released, and shortly afterwards it reached gold status .

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  1. ↑ Official website / biography ( Memento of the original from March 14, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed February 22, 2013 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.hassbecker.de
  2. ↑ Leonard: A love accident, but not a coincidence . In: Berliner Kurier , May 29, 1998
  3. ^ Jäcki Reznicek / Photos 2005
  4. ↑ Among brothers . In: Berliner Zeitung , December 29, 2006, p. 24
personal data
SURNAME Hassbecker, Uwe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German guitarist
DATE OF BIRTH 17th November 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig