Siggi Schwarz & Michael Schenker
Siggi Schwarz & Michael Schenker
Genres: blues rock, rock
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About Siggi Schwarz & Michael Schenker
Siggi Schwarz (Translated from German to English using the 'Google Translator'. The original text can be read here: Wikipedia - Siggi Schwarz) Schwarz played in the band Bluespilz and the funk rock band Split, with whom he released several records in the 1970s and 1980s and performed concerts in Germany, Greece, Austria, France and Luxembourg. In 1987 he won the Marlboro Music Award with his band VIP - as the best German rock band among more than 1200 participants. This resulted in a record deal with Marlboro Music / Ariola, a production in Peter Maffay's Red Rooster Studio and some television appearances. Siggi Schwarz worked for several years as a guitar presenter at the Frankfurt Musikmesse. As a guitarist and music producer he worked with Michael Schenker, Chris Thompson, Chris Norman, Mungo Jerry, Steve Lukather, Simon Phillips, Frank Diez, Geoff Whitehorn, Laurie Wisefield, Alex Conti and Pete Haycock. From 1990 to 2008 he was the operator of a guitar specialty store in Heidenheim an der Brenz with international clientele. Since 2004 he has been producing his Siggi Schwarz & Legends CDs together with Romi Schickle in the studio studio 2 in Neu-Ulm. From the tours with Chris Thompson and Michael Schenker live albums were released. In 2008 he produced the Michael Schenker album In the Midst of Beauty. The Good Times published in May 2009 reached a circulation of more than 50,000 copies. Siggi Schwarz was opener for concerts by Santana, The Who, ZZ Top, John Mayall, the Scorpions and others. With Romi Schickle, Black composed, played and produced the music for Wolfgang Fierek's two-part road movie On the Road again. The eponymous single by Wolfgang Fierek was released by 313jwp / Sony Music. In 2011, Paramount Pictures' Hold on I'm coming, produced by Black, was used in commercials for the animated film Kung Fu Panda 2. In May 2011 Siggi Schwarz was signed by Membran / Sony Music. The first release in distribution of Sony Music was the tribute album for the deceased on February 6, 2011 Gary Moore. The album also included Neil Murray (Moore's former bass player), Geoff Whitehorn and Steve Lukather. In spring 2012, Siggi Schwarz was on tour in Europe as support for Johnny Winter. In the summer of 2012 Sony Music released the album New Love Songs and Siggi Schwarz & Friends opened the open airs of Toto in Schwäbisch Gmünd and Altusried. In 2013, Siggi Schwarz toured with a new cast and played concerts supporting Mother's Finest, Mike & the Mechanics and Eric Burdon. In the summer of 2014 Siggi Schwarz & Friends played at festivals with Bryan Adams, Billy Idol, Alan Parsons Project and Uriah Heep. In 2015 Siggi Schwarz celebrates his 40th anniversary on the stage. 2500 appearances in front of over 1 million viewers! In May 2015 release of the album "Siggi Schwarz-Milestones of Rock" featuring the great hits of rock history, such as Stairway to Heaven, Hotel California, Imagine, Wish you were here .... recorded with the Ulmer Philharmoniker and as special guests Bobby Kimball (Voice of TOTO), Geoff Whitehorn. Read more here: Wikipedia - Siggi Schwarz Michael Schenker Michael Schenker (born Michael Willy Schenker, 10 January 1955) is a German rock guitarist, best known for his tenure in UFO, in addition to his solo band. Nicknamed the "Blonde Bomber", he first rose to fame as an early member of Scorpions, then achieved fame in the mid-1970s as the lead guitar player for UFO. Since leaving UFO in 1978, he has been leading the Michael Schenker Group in various incarnations. He has rejoined UFO three times, producing an album each time. He is the younger brother of Rudolf Schenker, who is still a guitarist with Scorpions. His career has had many ups and downs, partly due to a long history of alcoholism and personal problems; still, Schenker continues to perform and record. He has been called "a legendary figure in the history of metal guitar." Read more here: Wikipedia - Michael Schenker
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