Synopsis

Rainer Ptacek (1951 – 1997) was a Tucson, Arizona-based American 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. Rainer Ptacek was born in East Berlin to a family of Czech and German descent. His family fled East Germany for the United States when he was five years old. Songs performed: You Ain’t Gonna Do Me, Me And The Devil, I Wish You Would, Tobacco Road, Sleepwalk.