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1970s–1997. Website. Rainer official website. 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.
Home. 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. Thanks to Fire Records, in 2017 -2020 we’ll be seeing the re-release and launch of Rainer’s entire catalog, celebrating the collective album of his ...
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.
15 nov 2022 · On Rainer Ptacek and the Giant Sandworms first-ever gig. By Billy Sedlmayr . Tucson, AZ (July 20, 2017): Recently, I found an old box of cassette tapes—things even I couldn’t destroy. I came upon a green TDK with the words “Giant Sandworms 1st Gig” scrolled on it. A neighbor still owned a tape deck—the old kind.
20 ago 2007 · litterboxmusic. 724 subscribers. Subscribed. 148. 19K views 16 years ago. Rainer Ptacek performing 'Last Fair Deal' and 'When You Got A Good Friend' at the Baja Arizona Music Festival at Mt....
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17 nov 2017 · Now with 14 out-takes and alternative versions, some 25 years later and 20 years since Rainer’s untimely death, ‘Worried Spirits’ still rattles and distorts, it hums with a strange intensity, like it’s held together with those steel strings alone.
Rainer Ptacek, also known mononymously as Rainer, was a German-American guitarist and singer-songwriter based in Tucson, Arizona for much of his adult life. His guitar technique, which incorporated slide, finger-picking, tape loops and electronic manipulation, earned him the admiration of notable musicians such as Robert Plant and Billy Gibbons.
