Wilfried (singer)
Wilfried , actually Wilfried Scheutz (born June 24, 1950 in Goisern , Upper Austria ; † July 16, 2017 in Lilienfeld , Lower Austria ), was an Austrian singer , songwriter and actor .
Career
He spent his school days in Bad Goisern and Gmunden . At the age of 19 he went to Graz to study. A little later his musical career began. When rock music conquered the world in the 60s, he founded his first band, The Provos, at the age of 14. In 1970 Wilfried moved to Graz and started his musical career from there. First he played as bassist with Moses, he sang on "Sad Song / Mexican Dessert", the last single of the Graz hard rock group Hide & Seek. This was followed by a short guest appearance with the French rock group Escape. In 1972 he qualified for the "Show Chance 1972" through the preliminary decision in Bruck an der Mur. There he sang his song Come Brother, which was released in 2008 on his CD "letters Blues. In 1973 he published Ziwui Ziwui, a rocking reinterpretation of Innsbruck Vogelfänger song. By this title, as well as, among others, its hard rock version of Kufstein song , he considered an early pioneer the new folk music , however. His musical work includes numerous other genres, from blues to rock to idiosyncratic pop songs such as Orange and Highdelbeeren . His greatest successes, including running hare, run counts, he celebrated in the 1970s and 1980s which made him one of the most famous representatives of the Austro-pop , of whom he said:
In 1974 he was with the Crazy Baby Band, which was named after his first record Crazy Baby. During this tour Wilfried got big problems with his voice, which put him out of action for a while. From 1978 to mid-1979 Wilfried was the singer of the First General Insecurity (EAV). He can be heard on the debut album 1. Allgemeine Verunsicherung and was on tour with the band. Since the EAV did not have its own record deal at the time, the album was released through his record deal with EMI . Conversely, some of his songs were written by Thomas Spitzer from the EAV. He achieved a top position in the charts in the mid-1980s with his song Südwind . He celebrated one of his greatest commercial successes in 1987 with the album and single Ikarus , which was listed in the Austrian charts for three months, with number 6 as the highest position. Wilfried did not have a number one hit, but did have numerous top positions in the Austrian charts. He was one of the most versatile musicians, playing between styles. Big hits were Mary, Oh Mary (1973) at number 3, Ziwui, Ziwui (1974) at number 6 and Let me be with you (1984) at number 12.
In 1988 he represented Austria with Lisa Mona Lisa at the Grand Prix d'Eurovision de la Chanson ; with 0 points he finished last of all 21 participants. Wilfried stated that the political situation (the Waldheim affair of 1987 was still fresh in my mind) had influenced the performance of the Austrian delegation in Dublin ("spit on" behind the stage, "evade" others when "the Austrians" came). According to Wilfried's assessment, the musical act was de facto evaluated politically and not musically, which was not meant to be apologetic, as it stood by his experience. In addition, he worked repeatedly as an actor in theater and film. In the early 1990s, he played the role of Walter Lehner in the television series Die people von St. Benedikt and was a speaker in commercials (e.g. 1987 “The Difference is Köck”).
In 1991 Felix Dvorak brought him to his Berndorf Festival, where, alongside Hans Holt and Daniela Markus, he was successful in the title role of Molnár's Liliom . There followed many appearances as an actor under the direction of Elfriede Ott at the Maria Enzersdorfer Festival.
In 1996 he founded the a cappella group 4Xang . In the early summer of 2000, he and 4Xang started the jubilation, bustle, hoarseness tour on the occasion of his 50th birthday. The premiere was traditionally in the K. u. K. Hofbeisl in Bad Ischl , because it was there that he made his first musical steps as an artist. In 2010, after 14 years and around 1,500 appearances throughout the German-speaking area, the 4Xang group disbanded. The last concert of the jubilation, hustle and bustle, hoarseness tour was given on the occasion of his 60th birthday on June 26, 2010 in the Pressbaumer Center .
Wilfried now called himself Wilfried Scheutz and performed as a duo with either Orges Toce (guitar) and Heinz Jiras (keyboard) with the programs Will Blues or letters Blues on.
In 2008, he published his first book , letter blues , in which he summarizes short stories, poems and wisdom, which are accompanied by a photo-life story.
In 2009 he founded the jazz formation “Fathers'n'Sons” with Hanibal Scheutz (double bass), Gerd Schuller (keyboard) and Gerald Schuller (drums) and opened the restaurant “Vereinsmeierei” with his wife.
At the beginning of 2011 he put together a new rock band with his son Hanibal Scheutz, the “New Band”, which also includes Orges Toçe (guitar), Heinz Jiras (keyboard), Carlos Barreto-Nespoli (bass) and Christian Eberle (drums). The band plays hits by Wilfried Scheutz that have been rearranged by Hanibal Scheutz and interpreted by the new band. The first appearance took place at the Graz city festival in June 2011.
In 2011 he continued his acting career; in The Watzmann calls! he took on the role of Ambros as the narrator.
At the end of November 2012 his comeback album Tralalala was released , which was recorded with the formation "New Band". At the same time, the compilation Best of 1974-1992 appeared on the same label .
In August 2016 he played the main character 'Chuck' in Petrol Station of the Damned by Georg Ringsgwandl in the version by Thomas Maurer in the Stadtsaal in Vienna. In June 2017 a new studio album was released with the title Gut Lack . At the same time it was also announced that he had written the lyrics for the musical Liebe Hoch 16 .
On July 16, 2017, Wilfried died of cancer at the age of 67.
He was posthumously honored for his life's work at the 2018 Amadeus Awards .
Discography
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Albums
year | title | Remarks |
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1974 | The crazy baby | Interpreter: Wilfried Scheutz |
1974 | Wilfried | Collection of singles, later called "Poptakes" |
1979 | Nights in the City | |
1980 | Make up | |
1981 | Absolutely normal | |
1982 | Request concert | |
1983 | Yes | |
1984 | Very, very bad | |
1985 | Totally or not at all | |
1986 | At night in the city - live | Live album |
1987 | Light | |
1988 | Fire on the roof | |
1990 | Mountain and valley | |
1992 | Gemma! | |
1994 | Katerfrühstück feat. Wilfried | |
2008 | Letter blues | |
2012 | Tralalala | 2-CD Special Edition including Best of 1974–1992 |
2013 | Back there! The live album | Live album |
2017 | Good paint |
Compilations
year | title | Remarks |
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1983 | Are you foolish: The hits 1973–1983 | |
1983 | Orange (best of) | |
1984 | Udo Huber presents: Wilfried's Grosse 10 | |
1989 | Poptakes | New release of the LP “Wilfried” with bonus tracks |
1990 | The soft core | |
1997 | The greatest hits from 20 years | |
1998 | Master Series | |
2000 | ... and the sun opens again and again | with 2 new songs, u. a. International |
2007 | Best of Wilfried | 2-CD with the unreleased song Sole mio (i schnoi o) |
2011 | The best from Wilfried | |
2012 | Best of 1974-1992 | CD 2 of the Tralalala Special Edition |
2013 | The best of Wilfried | Crown Edition Austropop |
2015 | Austropop legends |
Singles
year | title | Remarks |
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1973 | Mary, oh Mary | c / w rock medley |
Woodpecker's Music | c / w Let Me Swing | |
Ziwui, Ziwui | c / w Do Not | |
1974 | 's Katherl | c / w My fathers are at home |
Go, go, go | c / w Oh Lord; Interpreter: Wilfried Scheutz | |
1975 | Country blues | c / w Momma, Momma |
1976 | Neon light Maria | c / w Luise |
Doberman Pinscher | c / w Schmäh-Symphonie; Interpreter:
Wilfried and the Vienna Schmähorchester |
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Teifi eini - Tiefi also | c / w Raspa skirt | |
1977 | Dance, Franz! | c / w Magdalena |
1978 | Hey big brother | c / w Yodel Funk |
Nights in the City | c / w Lucy | |
Johnny's Discotheque | c / w Singin 'My Own Song | |
1978 | Hans “Puschi” Pusch * / Karl “Mundl” Merkatz * Tango Argentina | c / w Wilfried - Every 1's A Winner |
1979 | In the middle of the night | c / w Fire Walk |
1980 | I've Got to Have a Reggae on My LP | c / w Right Mood |
Telephone Terror | c / w Incognito | |
I'm in | c / w I'll Get Over You | |
1981 | Highdelberries | c / w you, she unfortunately |
Buhuhuhu hu | c / w Never Trust No One Over 30; c / w for miles | |
I have too much power | c / w pink punk | |
Nobody loves you | c / w The Kufstein song | |
1982 | orange | c / w 08/15 - Let your butt cheeks loose |
1983 | Let me be with you | c / w ABC-XYZ |
I'm all happy (everything on canvas) | c / w The wedding | |
1984 | I like Thursday | c / w break dance |
Far so far | c / w conclusion | |
Wudu | c / w Bella Parola | |
1985 | South wind | c / w My head is a cassette |
Masqumje | c / w pure whiskey | |
Nothing has a nail | c / w grown up like a child | |
1986 | At night in the city | c / w at night in the city part 2 |
Morning star | c / w The rock and roll comes from the radio | |
1987 | Icarus | c / w Orange (live) |
Light | c / w easy (instrumental) | |
1988 | Lisa Mona Lisa | c / w Lisa Mona Lisa (French original recording) |
Congratulations Austria | c / w The blues has mi | |
Only with you | c / w My word | |
1989 | Musique, mon amour | c / w fire on the roof |
1990 | Ebensee | c / w Very good |
say why | c / w 's money is gone | |
1993 | Ziwui '93 | c / w Very good |
Guest Posts / Lyrics
- 1971: Hide & Seek - Mexican Desert / Sad Song (Single)
- 1975: Mayflower (musical LP)
- 1978: Austria Fan Choir / FK Austria Memphis Song - Hey Prohaska (text)
- 1979: Pop made in Austria - why are you so good?
- 1979: Robert Ponger - Robert Ponger (lyrics and melodies)
- 1981: U4 Live - Fever (Live)
- 1985: Austria for Africa - Why?
- 1986: Herbolzheimer Jr. - Herbolzheimer Jr. (complete album sung by Wilfried)
- 1986: Band for Styria - Archduke Johann Blues
- 1987: Meister Petz - PFAH (Des Pack I Net) (text and production)
- 1990: Georg Danzer - Back in Vienna (Song: Schau Schatzi)
- 1992: Blues Live from the Orpheum - Tobacco Road
- 1993: Sea of Lights - Rock ´n´ Roll Pjevac '93
- 1993: The People of St. Benedict (Soundtrack)
- 1996: Applause - 25 years since Hofer - thank you very much
- 1996: Thank you Danzer - Ollas leiwaund
- 2000: Marianne Mendt Friends and Prophets (Song: Hold me tight)
- 2000: Hit Power Project feat. Steirerbluat - Witches (text)
- 2002: Gino M. - Forever Austria
- 2004: LOLA! : kinks classics from ambros to wilfried (song: Am Grabe des Clowns)
- 2005: Your help is needed (Song: Your help is needed)
- 2010: Binder & Krieglstein - roast violinist
- 2011: Mad Town Dogs - Schattenstadt (Song: The Butterflies Are Gone)
- 2013: Opus & Friends - Live Liebenau 1985 (Songs: Telephone Terror / My Blue Suede Shoes, Südwind, Live Is Life )
- 2016: Steinbäcker - Ja eh (Song: Ja eh)
- 2016: The Seer - Duets ... with us there (Song: Über'n See)
producer
- 1979: Dagmar Rauscher - Love Train / Sea of Stars
- 1981: Fez - Fez The Night
- 1982: Claudia Robot - alarm signal
- 1983: Rucki Zucki palm combo - Ruck'N'Zuck! (Wild Fried Production)
- 1983: Tom Pettings Hertzattacken - All Or Nothing (Single)
- 1984: Super Moist - Strawberries (Single)
- 1985: Super Humid - Now or Never (LP)
- 1987: Ecco - Witches
- 1987: Ecco - Everyone (Get Together, also text)
- 1988: Ecco - So beautiful (also text)
- 1989: Pure Laine - Morte Secura (Wild Friedproduktion)
- 2007: Polka Potente - Polka Potente
Filmography
- 1982: neon mix
- 1986: Hilde, the maid
- 1987: The night sea voyage
- 198X: The loan grandpa
- 1993: The people of St. Benedict
- 199X: Kaisermühlen-Blues
- 2014: Antihero
Private
Wilfried had been married to Marina Tatic since 1982, their son Jovan Hanibal was born in 1981. He plays the double bass at 5 / 8erl in Ehr'n . Wilfried last lived with his family in Pressbaum ( Lower Austria ).
His wife was hired as a singer and costume tailor for the EAV in 1977 . Among other things, she took part in the show Uschi im Glück and the album 1. Allgemeine Verunsicherung . 1979 both left the band.
literature
- Monika Kornberger: Wilfried. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 5, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2006, ISBN 3-7001-3067-8 .
Web links
- Media from and about Wilfried in the catalog of the German National Library
- Wilfried in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Wilfried at Discogs (English)
- 1977 to 1982 - The beginnings of the first general uncertainty
- Interview with Wilfried Scheutz about Viennese pop music in the online archive of the Austrian Media Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ orf.at: Austropop veteran Wilfried is dead . Article dated July 17, 2017, accessed July 17, 2017.
- ↑ Bird catcher song from Innsbruck
- ↑ Wilfried Scheutz , Edmund Brandner for OÖN, June 4, 2004
- ↑ Wilfried - the antihero. approx. 18 minutes in the video, statement by Wilfried Scheutz. (No longer available online.) ORF, July 17, 2017, formerly in the original ; Retrieved July 17, 2017 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )
- ↑ WILFRIED & Freunde: The 60th anniversary concert ( Memento from December 13, 2013 in the Internet Archive ); Kulturinitiative Vereinsmeierei.
- ↑ Official website Wilfried Scheutz ( Memento from July 22, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Publishing House Library of the Province , ISBN 978-3-85252-950-9 .
- ↑ The Watzmann is calling! ( Memento from July 16, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Stadtsaal: The Gas Station of the Damned , accessed on March 4, 2016
- ↑ Wilfried Scheutz: Ex-EAV singer dies at the age of 67 , Focus , July 17, 2017
- ^ Wiener Zeitung: Lifetime Achievement Award posthumously to Wilfried Scheutz . Article dated April 19, 2018, accessed April 19, 2018.
- ↑ a b Chart tracking
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Wilfried |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Scheutz, Wilfried (real name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian singer, songwriter and actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 24, 1950 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Bad Goisern on Lake Hallstatt |
DATE OF DEATH | July 16, 2017 |
Place of death | Lily field |