Konstantin Wecker

Konstantin Alexander Wecker (born June 1, 1947, Munich) is one of the best-known German singer-songwriters ("Liedermacher"); he also works as a composer, author, and actor. One of his first works as a songwriter was at Munich's cabaret "Mnchner Lach- und Schiegesellschaft" in 1973. His breakthrough as a singer came in 1977 with the LP Genug ist nicht genug ("Enough Can't Be Enough"), which includes the popular talking blues "Willy," about a man who was slain by drunken Nazis. In the 1980s and again in the 1990s Wecker had problems with drugs, especially cocaine. He worked up these problems in some songs and books. Wecker has released more than forty albums, and has also composed music for film, theater, and children's musicals. In 2003, Wecker became a public opponent of the U.S-led war in Iraq, joining his Liedermacher colleagues Hannes Wader and Reinhard Mey.

Selected works

Albums

  • 1972 : Sadopoetische Gesnge
  • 1974 : Ich lebe immer am Strand
  • 1977 : Genug ist nicht genug
  • 1978 : Eine ganze Menge Leben
  • 1979 : Live
  • 1980 : Liederbuch
  • 1981 : Live in Mnchen
  • 1984 : Inwendig warm
  • 1987 : Wieder dahoam - Live in Austria
  • 1989 : Stilles Glck, trautes Heim
  • 1993 : Uferlos
  • 1996 : Gamsig
  • 1998 : Brecht
  • 2001 : Vaterland

Collaborations

  • 1999 : Jutta Richter / Konstantin Wecker : Es lebte ein Kind auf den Bumen // book and cd
  • 2001 : Konstantin Wecker / Hannes Wader : Was fr eine Nacht
  • 2003 : Reinhard Mey / Hannes Wader / Konstantin Wecker : Das Konzert

External links

Wecker, Konstantin Wecker, Konstantin Wecker, Konstantin

 

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