DeeperCuts presents the music of singer/songwriter and guitarist extraordinaire, Rainer Jaromir Ptacek. In his prolific, 25 year career on stage and in the studio, Rainer often played solo, with Howe Gelb, The Giant Sandworms, and also with his trio, Das Combo, among others. His playing skill was admired worldwide. 14 out of the 15 songs on the playlist were written or adapted by Rainer. Rainer repaired guitars, and developed a looping system to expand his sound, long before other musicians employed this technique. Rainer was a down to earth Family man who preferred to live and work in his adopted hometown of Tucson, Arizona.We pay tribute to Rainer today. Thanks for the music…
*show #21
~playlist
1- Tasted Better Going Down (Valerie), Rainer Ptacek, Worried Spirits, 1992
2- Rude World, Page And Plant, Sixty Six To TimbukTu (disc 2), 1997
3- The Good Book, Emmylou Harris, The Inner Flame: A Tribute To Rainer Ptacek (remaster), 2012
4- De-Railed, 16 Horsepower, De-Railed (single), 2011
5- The Mush Mind Blues, Rainer Ptacek & Das Combo, The Tucson Tapes, 2022
6- Losing Ground (Peel 5-9-96), PJ Harvey, The Peel Sessions (US) 1991-2004, 2006
7- Shadow To You (bonus track), Giant Sand, Ramp, 1991
8- Great Spirit (acoustic version), Robert Plant, Fate Of Nations (remaster, recorded 1993), 2007
9- Rudy With A Flashlight, The Lemonheads, The Best Of The Lemonheads (The Atlantic Years), 1998
10- Life Is Fine, Madeleine Peyroux, The Inner Flame: A Tribute To Rainer Ptacek (remaster), 2012
11- One Man Crusade (Billy Gibbons Remix), Rainer Ptacek & Das Combo**, The Texas Tapes, 1993
12- Worried Spirits, Howe Gelb, Plucklings (The Best Of Howe Gelb), 2006
13- Something’s Gotta Be Done, Victoria Williams And Mark Olson, The Inner Flame: A Tribute To Rainer Ptacek (remaster), 2012
14- Dark Moon (acoustic single version), Robert Plant, Fate Of Nations (remaster, recorded 1993), 2007
15- Who Woulda Thunk It, Rainer Ptacek & Das Combo, Barefoot Rock With Rainer & Das Combo, 1986
**Das Combo had officially disbanded before this recording
=thank you for listening=
