Profile of Konstantin Wecker on Famous Like Me

Konstantin Alexander Wecker (born June 1, 1947, Munich) is one of the best-known German singer-songwriters ("Liedermacher"); he also works as a composer, author, and actor.

One of his first works as a songwriter was at Munich's cabaret "Münchner Lach- und Schießgesellschaft" in 1973. His breakthrough as a singer came in 1977 with the LP Genug ist nicht genug ("Enough Can't Be Enough"), which includes the popular talking blues "Willy," about a man who was slain by drunken Nazis.

In the 1980s and again in the 1990s Wecker had problems with drugs, especially cocaine. He worked up these problems in some songs and books.

Wecker has released more than forty albums, and has also composed music for film, theater, and children's musicals.

In 2003, Wecker became a public opponent of the U.S-led war in Iraq, joining his Liedermacher colleagues Hannes Wader and Reinhard Mey.

Selected works

Albums

• 1972 : Sadopoetische Gesänge
• 1974 : Ich lebe immer am Strand
• 1977 : Genug ist nicht genug
• 1978 : Eine ganze Menge Leben
• 1979 : Live
• 1980 : Liederbuch
• 1981 : Live in München
• 1984 : Inwendig warm
• 1987 : Wieder dahoam - Live in Austria
• 1989 : Stilles Glück, trautes Heim
• 1993 : Uferlos
• 1996 : Gamsig
• 1998 : Brecht
• 2001 : Vaterland
• 2005 : Am Flußufer

Collaborations

• 1999 : Jutta Richter / Konstantin Wecker : Es lebte ein Kind auf den Bäumen // book and cd
• 2001 : Konstantin Wecker / Hannes Wader : Was für eine Nacht
• 2003 : Reinhard Mey / Hannes Wader / Konstantin Wecker : Das Konzert

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