Peter Finger, Werner Lämmmerhirt, Kolbe, Illenberge Rockpalast Acoustic 1979 (3-CD & DVD)

(MIG - Made in Germany) 48 tracks (CD/DVD), DVD9 / NTSC, PCM Stereo, Region Code: 0, FSK: 0

•     Peter Finger - WDR Studio L, Germany
•     Werner Lämmmerhirt - WDR Studio L, Germany
•     Martin Kolbe & Ralf Illenberger- WDR Studio L, Germany

Some believe that Eric Clapton introduced the acoustic guitar to pop and rock music with his "Unplugged" album in 1992. Others think it was MTV that launched its legendary concert series of the same name in 1989. The truth is that the acoustic guitar, beyond baroque and classical, has always existed. But in the 1960s, the instrument experienced a huge surge in popularity as the instrument of choice favored by folk legends like Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, Joan Baez and Bob Dylan to accompany their songs.


This decade saw an increasing number of pure instrumentalists who placed the acoustic guitar squarely at the center of their music. When the makers of the WDR Rockpalast decided to give this a forum in 1979, they were able to draw on four great musicians from their own country who had made fingerstyle guitar enormously popular.


And so, with Peter Finger, Werner Lämmerhirt and the duo Kolbe & Illenberger, the Rockpalast producers invited the entire German spearhead of the fingerpicking fraternity to their Cologne studio from August 29 to September 3, 1979. Now these three masterful performances appear together in a CD/DVD box set, carefully edited acoustically by Hans-Jörg Maucksch of Pauler Acoustic and with liner notes by Lothar Trampert. A pure listening and viewing pleasure.