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The womanizer, womanizer Zillertal to 1996, were founded in 1973 and were one of the most commercially successful music groups in Austria. On 21 July 2007, the farewell concert was held.
- 2.1 Last Cast 2.1.1 Peter Stein Lechner
- 2.1.2 Alfred Eberharter
- 2.1.3 Patrick Cox
- 2.1.4 Alfred Eberharter Jr.
- 2.1.5 Christof von Haniel
- 2.2.1 Willi Kroell
- 2.2.2 Freddy Pfister
- 2.2.3 Günter Haag
- 2.2.4 Florian Leis Bendorff
- 2.3.1 Christian Dzida
- 2.3.2 Nils Tuxen
- 3.1 Studio albums
- 3.2 Live albums
- 3.3 Other
- 3.4 VHS movies
- 3.5 DVD Movies
Band History
How Slavko Avsenik and his original Oberkrainerbesetzung they went from the adjustment of regional dance music to the changed conditions of media culture, keyword Musikantenstadl forth. They evolved over time from the interpreters of traditional music with modern instruments in a band whose repertoire ranges from popular hits to pop to rock. Her first big hits they had in 1987 with Sierra Madre called ( a cover version of Ronny's Sierra Madre del Sur ), and in 1992 on the album womanizer Zillertal Wedding March '92 published interpretation of a traditional folk dance melody. They had the greatest commercial success with the rock -heavy 1996 album "Dreams are stronger," which has won several awards and was advancing on the German album charts at # 6.
The elimination of the additive " Zillertal " results in part from the fact that in the 1996 line-up, only four of ten members ( guest musicians included) from the valley were ( Peter Stein Lechner, Alfred Eberharter sen., Willi Kroell and Freddy Pfister ), were on the other it at the time with other bands that carried the words " ski" in the name, confused.
Style change
With its commercially successful way the philandering in Austria were the epitome of the split between the so-called folk music nursing and popular music. The success of the Zillertal Wedding March was seen by the folk music of care as Abuse cultural heritage, not as a success of regional traditional music. With the entry of drummer Patrick Cox in the band was started, the styles of bestsellers, which the womanizer played at this time, and Rock / Hard Rock - from the scene comes Cox - to mix. Especially in the 1990s, there were at the concerts each one more minute medley, in which numerous rock classics such as " (I Can not Get No) Satisfaction ", "Lady in Black" and "We Will Rock You " have been covered. Even his own songs were reinterpreted again and again over time, notably the wedding march and the " Timple Boarischer " were presented always rocking over the years, cf eg the Wedding March on the live albums "20 Years Zillertal womanizer "and" 30 wild years ". The albums were always rock -heavy, while in recent years the band again increased both styles were mixed together, especially in the late 1990s.
Every year celebrated the womanizer for her fans in August in Tirol ( usually in Finkenberg, during the late 1990s, but also in other places, such as Walchsee 1997) one of the largest open -air concerts in Austria. For example, the final concert of dreams - are - more - tour in 1996 had about 100,000 visitors.
Resolution
In 2007, the last tour was wanting more with great final concert, the farewell Alpine Air 2007 in Finkenberg on 21 July. The day before was the final album Womanizer 07 - publishes the best -bye. The title of this CD were played at the last open-air in Finkenberg. The last concert in Germany took place on 14 July 2007 in Uelsen, County of Bentheim, Lower Saxony in the west instead.
Band Members
Last cast
Peter Stein Lechner
Peter Stein Lechner ( born January 9, 1953 in Mayrhofen) together with Eberharter founded in the late 1960s, the band Los Alfredo's and L'Equipe 2000. He was a bandleader, singer, songwriter and guitarist of the band and has two daughters, Anita and Petra. His wife Anni died on 18 August 1992 of a heart attack. Songs, such as " Worth every heartbeat " or " Shall halt remain net so " based on this event.
Alfred Eberharter
Alfred Eberharter ( born November 7, 1951 at Mayrhofener district Ginzling ) has given recitals regularly in his youth in his parents' inn. At the founding of philandering 1973 he took over the economic interests of the band under the name Tram plan Company. He plays bass and accordion player in the band and painted on the side. 2004 his paintings were exhibited in a vernissage Innsbruck. He is married to stone Lechner's sister Elizabeth, with whom he has two children (Alfred Jr. and Daniela ). Eberharter are as a musical model of the Rolling Stones.
Patrick Cox
Patrick Cox was born on December 13, 1960 in Munich, the son of an American soldier and a German mother. From 1963 to 1972 he lived with his family in the United States. Then they moved back to Munich. He attended a boarding school in Ising am Chiemsee, where he played in the school band " The Flames " in 1976. Later, he played in various bands such as Munich and Tyrol, the Speedy Weekend band and completed an apprenticeship as a next music shop. In 1982 he moved to Tyrol, where he played as a guitarist for the band Revenge until its dissolution. He then worked for a time as a studio musician and sound engineer, first for demo recordings, later also for the publishers Tyrolis and MCP, in which mainly folk music was produced. There he learned in 1989 philandering producer Halef pitcher know who suggested him to make representations to the band. Cox played but at the time in the combo Delago as a guitarist and was not initially interested in playing folk music. The meeting with bandleader stone Lechner was still positive. Shortly thereafter, they began to mix the folk sound of philandering with Cox's rock style. He was up to the resolution drummer, guitarist and vocalist of the band.
He currently serves as the frontman for his solo project " Patrick Cox " and as a music producer. His fellow musicians are: Frank Stimpfig ( bass, vocals ), tungsten Hentschel (guitar, vocals ), Günter jewelry (keyboards) and Claus Mehling (drums). In August 2009, the single was " dancing barefoot " published. He is also working as head of the guitar department at Thomann staircase in village.
Alfred Eberharter Jr.
Alfred Eberharter Jr. was born on April 24, 1979 in Innsbruck, his parents are Alfred sen. and Elisabeth Eberharter. At the age of seven he began to play the accordion and took it also classroom. At ten, he began to play the piano. After his graduation in 1998 he wanted to study at the Graz University of Music and Performing Arts in the jazz section, but the deadline had already expired. So his father and stone Lechner took him as a guest musician with the 25-year tour of philandering, for which he learned the percussion instruments. He began his studies in 1999 and continued later in Linz continued after he still went on tour with the band. From 1998 to 2001 he was a guest musician of the band. Since then until the end was a drummer, bassist and percussion player of the band, alongside drummer for the party band VIA and operates his own recording studio.
Christof von Haniel
Christof von Haniel ( born February 18, 1960 in Munich as Christof Linckh ) initially grew up in the Schwabing district of Munich and took off his sixth piano lessons at the piano seminar Walter Hausen. First he wanted to be a sound engineer, but this goal pursued only half-heartedly and decided at age 18 to pursue a career of a professional musician. From 1980 to 1985 he toured with the show band Universe, the following years he worked as a studio musician, including for Peter Schilling and Jürgen Drews. In 1992, he married Andrea von Haniel, with whom he has been friends since 1983. The couple has two children, Anna and Robin. He was a guest musician since 1999 and from 2001 a permanent member of the philandering and played keyboards and accordion. From Haniel was temporarily a member of the band " Patrick Cox ", which he left in March 2009. Since 2010 he has been a permanent member of the band " Rauschhardt " (including with Jacki Reznicek SILLY on bass ), with whom he released the album "Free Falling".
Former members
Willi Kroell
Willi Kroell ( born September 8, 1949 in Mayrhofen Ginzling ) worked for philandering 1973 to 2000 and then moved only to the " instructors ", then the " Zillertal mountaineers ", with which he again produced folk music. His hobbies include mountain climbing and skiing.
Freddy Pfister
Freddy Pfister ( born January 13 1962 in Zell am Ziller ) played from 1987 to 1998 accordion, keyboard and Hammond for womanizer. In 1998 he was because he also wanted to carry out a special project in 1999, dismissed by Peter Stein Lechner and founded the group HOI! . Today Pfister is touring with his own trio, the " Freddy Pfister Band" through Germany, Holland, Austria and Italy. He is the father of two daughters.
Günter Haag
Günter Haag ( born October 25, 1962 in Vienna) played from 1992 to 1996 as an electric guitarist in the band. In 1998 he came to the group " HOI ". Since 2003 he works in Wiesbaden in addition as a music teacher.
Florian Leis Bendorff
Florian Leis Bendorff (born 22 October 1969 in Hamburg, † 4 October 2005 in the district of Harburg ) was from 2001 to 2005 as a guitarist firmly in the group for which he was already active as a studio musician since 1992. After Günter Haag's exit in 1996 he was the successor to the stage. On 4 October 2005, he hanged himself in his apartment, the reasons are unknown.
Guest musicians
Christian Dzida
Christian Dzida (* September 13, 1969 in Schwaz / Tyrol; † 2 November 2009 Peine ) was from 1995 to 1998 live musicians in the band. In 1999 he joined the group " HOI ". From 2000, he focused on his work as a producer and entrepreneur in the film and theater business and most recently worked on new entertainment ideas like the " Cine Show", a novel combination of theater with musical / stage show. He died on 2 November 2009 by a self-inflicted traffic accident on the Federal Highway 2 near Peine.
Nils Tuxen
Nils Tuxen played from 2001 to 2007 pedal steel and guitar for the band. He is as a studio and live musician lot, among others, Konstantin Wecker.
Discography
Studio albums
Live albums
Other
VHS movies
DVD Movies
- 2002 Do it now!
- 2003 30 wild years
- 2006 Behind the horizon - LIVE
- 2007 philanderer 07 - The best goodbye ( Finkenberg 2007)
Awards
- Golden Europe (December 27, 1996)
- Golden Tuning Fork 1999
- Amadeus Austrian Music Award nomination (2002)
- Oh, you meant Austria
- Golden Ticket 1994
- Golden Musicians 1978
- Award of the hit 1998 diamonds
- The edelweiss of the magazine Woman in the Mirror (1992 )
- UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador (5 July 1998)
- Golden Honor Roll of Finkenberg (July 21, 2007)