Rainer Ptacek
Blues, Composer
1951 – 1997
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Who was Rainer Ptacek?
Rainer Ptacek was a Tucson, Arizona based guitarist and singer-songwriter. His guitar technique, which incorporated slide, finger-picking, tape loops and electronic manipulation, earned him admiration of some notable musicians such as Robert Plant and Billy Gibbons. A tribute album to Ptacek, The Inner Flame, included contributions by Plant, Jimmy Page, PJ Harvey, Emmylou Harris and others, and was indicative of his reputation as a "musician's musician". He was diagnosed with a brain tumor in early 1996 and died nearly two years later after the illness recurred.
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- Born
- Jun 7, 1951
East Berlin - Also known as
- Rainer
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Died
- Nov 12, 1997
Tucson
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on July 23, 2013
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