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Rainer Ptacek, also known mononymously as Rainer (June 7, 1951 – November 12, 1997), was a German-American guitarist and singer-songwriter based in Tucson, Arizona for much of his adult life.
Welcome to the official home page of the late Rainer Ptacek. It’s been 20 years since Rainer shed his mortal coil, leaving us a legacy of work that we continue to share and release.
Today, November 12, brings the anniversary of the passing of Rainer Ptacek (1951 – 1997), a Tucson-based singer-songwriter who was a bluesman by genre but also a roots innovator by any measure – and one serious motherfucker of a slide guitar player.
Rainer Ptacek (Rainer and Das Combo) recorded in Studio A - MLB - The University of Arizona in 1985. A 30 minute performance filmed as a senior videography project.
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July 16, 1993 - Rainer Ptacek on Jools Holland's Later Program (BBC) performing Life is Fine.
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Aug 25, 2010 · 23K views 13 years ago. Rainer Ptacek was a celebrated German-born, Arizona-based singer/slide guitarist, and one of the original members of Giant Sand with Howe Gelb. Such was...
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Nov 15, 2022 · (June 12th, 2017) When Tucson, Arizona based guitarist, the late Rainer Ptacek signed with the British Demon Records label early in 1992 he was already hard at work on a secretive project with ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons.
