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Kurt Ackermann

I'm always lookin' for a great gig...so tell me!

About Me

guitar, bass & drums - the classic trio. With more than 700 gigs, Kurt played in many places in Switzerland/Germany/Austria & Liechtenstein. He plays a wide variety of styles including Pop, Rock, R&B (old school please!!!), Blues, Singer/Songwriter, New Orleans Funk & more. Musicians Institute Graduate (GIT 1991) He recorded his new album "Tell Me" in his basement with Winnie ’The b’ Bucher on bass and Reto Kuster on drums. The basic tracks were recorded LIVE!!! His new album and his first album ’That Was Then...This Is Now!’ are now available at iTunes | napster.com | rhapsody.com and other online stores. If you want to hear more of my songs, browse here... http://www.mx3.ch/artist/kurtackermann http://www.6degrees.ch/kurtackermann

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/22/2006
Band Website: kurtackermann.com
Band Members: Kurt Ackermann - vocals, guitar & piano / Winnie Bucher - bass & vocals / Reto Kuster - drums, percussion & vocals or Felix Rast - bass / Hannes Würgler - drums
Influences: This is my almighty list (in alphabetical order): 10CC AC/DC Bryan Adams Aerosmith Louis Armstrong The Beatles Jeff Beck Jacques Brel CCR Clifford Brown James Brown Buckshot LeFonque Larry Carlton Paul Carrack Johnny Cash Ray Charles Eric Clapton Jon Cleary Joe Cocker Phil Collins Ry Cooder Sheryl Crow Crowded House Deep Purple Miles Davis The Eagles Earth Wind & Fire Faith No More John Fogerty Robben Ford Foo Fighters Aretha Franklin Peter Gabriel Danny Gatton Marvin Gaye George Gershwin Genesis Kevin Gilbert Paul Gilbert Al Green Herbert Grönemeyer Scott Henderson Jimi Hendrix Don Henley Billie Holiday Alberta Hunter Michael Jackson Mick Jagger Etta James Billy Joel Elton John Keziah Jones Tom Jones Nik Kershaw Michael Landau/Burning Water Led Zeppelin John Lennon Annie Lennox Level 42 Little Village Living Colour Los Lobos Branford Marsalis Mani Matter John Mayer Paul McCartney Paulo Mendonça The Meter Pat Metheny John Miles Keb' Mo' Van Morrison Me'Shell Ndegeocello Robbie Nevil The Neville Brothers Randy Newman Robert Palmer Richard Page Maceo Parker Oscar Peterson Tom Petty Elvis Presley Louis Prima Prince Queen Red Hot Chili Peppers Otis Redding Rio Reiser Lee Ritenour Carlos Santana Joe Satriani Brian Setzer Frank Sinatra Mike Stern Rod Stewart The Rolling Stones Stiller Has Sting/The Police Taj Mahal Thin Lizzy Toto Toy Matinee Tina Turner Tribal Tech U2 Van Halen Stevie Ray Vaughan Tom Waits Muddy Waters Robbie Williams Bill Withers Stevie Wonder Yes Frank Zappa ZZ Top...and many more
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Hopefully like ME!!!
Record Label: Let me guess...
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Westside Club Band - every Thursday - 21. February 2008

Hi everybody,Felix & Hannes were back from skiing and we got busy!Last Thursday was a birthday marathon week event! On Monday, Felix got older, on Tuesday it was Minna's turn, Wednesday Carmen, Thursd...
Posted by Kurt Ackermann on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 08:44:00 PST

Westside Club Band - every Thursday - 14. February 2008

Hey lovers & lonely ones,Last Thursday it was Valentine's Day and nobody...and I mean nobody...dares to play some ass-kickin' Rock on such a romantic day, where flower stores sales go through the roof...
Posted by Kurt Ackermann on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 01:44:00 PST

Westside Club Band - every Thursday - 07. February 2008

Hi there,here's this week update...well, my voice was quite useful again, even though we took it to the limits with some songs ;-)This week we got the p.a. system right and we sounded better than ever...
Posted by Kurt Ackermann on Fri, 08 Feb 2008 07:59:00 PST

Westside Club Band - every Thursday - 31. January 2008

Hi everybody,I still owe you a report from last weeks Westside sessions.Well, my voice was still not 100%, but what did we learn in music school? Right! Transpoooose!!!Here some of the song requests, ...
Posted by Kurt Ackermann on Fri, 08 Feb 2008 07:43:00 PST

Westside Club Band - every Thursday - 24. January 2008

Hi everbody,this week I'm late with my blog, because I'm still not 100% back on track.Last Monday the flu put quite some heat on me (39.4 degree Celsius). My skull felt like Homer Simpson's yellow one...
Posted by Kurt Ackermann on Mon, 28 Jan 2008 12:56:00 PST

Westside Club Band - every Thursday - 17. January 2008

The second night as Westside Club Band experienced the return of Hannes 'Goldeneye' Würgler from his eye infection adventure. As you can see in my photosection here on MySpace Hannes is back on track ...
Posted by Kurt Ackermann on Fri, 18 Jan 2008 08:58:00 PST

Westside Club Band - every Thursday

Hi everybody,Yes, I'm back on my dusty blog to write about my new weekly gig with Felix Rast - bass & Hannes Würgler - drums at the Westside Music Café, Limmatstrasse 109 (across the street from Xtra)...
Posted by Kurt Ackermann on Fri, 11 Jan 2008 08:43:00 PST

Corona Bar in Bregenz / A with old friends

Hi everybody,Well, as you can see...I'm not much of a blogger, but what happened last Thursday in Bregenz, was from a different movie!!!I played with my trio (Winnie the b/Reto Kuster) at the Corona B...
Posted by Kurt Ackermann on Sat, 06 Oct 2007 04:50:00 PST

Corona Bar Bregenz

February kicked off pretty good!!!Last Thursday I played solo at the Corona Bar in Bregenz/Austria. This gig I got on a short notice from Harry Bischofberger. Thanx man!It's a small bar just across th...
Posted by Kurt Ackermann on Wed, 07 Feb 2007 02:55:00 PST

3 Gigs - 3 Settings

Well, I'm singin' my 'Monday Morning MM' song again.And like it says 'last weekend was quite a task'...last weekend was really happenin'!!!Three nights - three settings!!!Thursday night I played solo ...
Posted by Kurt Ackermann on Mon, 22 Jan 2007 06:15:00 PST