Philipp Fankhauser - Heebie Jeebies: The Early Songs Of Johnny Copeland

Album: Heebie Jeebies
Size: 89,4 MB
Time: 38:19
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2022
Styles: Blues/R&B/Soul
Art: Front

1. Heebie Jeebies (2:39)
2. Just One More Time (2:48)
3. Something's Up Your Sleeve (2:06)
4. Love Prayer (3:39)
5. Every Dog's Got His Day (4:18)
6. Hurt Hurt Hurt (2:45)
7. May The Best Man Win (2:34)
8. Coming To See About You (2:33)
9. It's My Own Tears (3:44)
10. Well A Well A Baby (2:06)
11. I've Gotta Go Home (2:57)
12. It Must Be Love (2:55)
13. I Need You Now (3:10)

The fact that Philipp Fankhauser is once again delving into the musical treasure chest of his mentor Johnny Copeland - the singer and guitarist from Houston, Texas, who died in 1997 - should come as a surprise to very few people. On many of his past albums, Fankhauser has included one or two Johnny Copeland penned songs. What is surprising, however, is that the song «Heebie Jeebies», as well as the other 12 tracks off his new album, are all around sixty years old. Born in 1937, Johnny Copeland wrote them all between the ages of 20 and 25.

Johnny started his touring career as early as 1952, and in the early sixties had been on the «blues circuit» in and around Houston, building himself a solid career», says Philipp Fankhauser. Almost overnight Soul Music captured the hearts and minds of the the black community, and artists like Solomon Burke, Ben E. King, Otis Redding, Sam Cooke and many more, were the new stars. Blues musicians were suddenly no longer in vogue. People turned away from their complaining and whining, wanting new music: happy, danceable, with positive vibes.

Fortunately, Johnny was surrounded from an early age on by singers who sang "soulful". The gone too soon crooner Johnny Ace, for example or Eddie «Guitar Slim» Jones and of course Sam Cooke. Johnny admired them and their influences are quite clear to the listener from Copeland's earliest recordings in the fifties. Johnny Copeland began to write Soul songs of his own; short, intense pearls, without long intros and mostly without any long guitar solos. All of these songs at most, two and a half minutes in duration in accordance with the wishes of the all powerful Radio DJs of the time.

"From the huge number of songs that Johnny wrote between 1960 and 1966, I have selected thirteen. Not all of them are just happy, but they are my favorite songs. The soulful feeling of the blues, or the bluesy feeling of Soul, is also easy to discern in them. We recorded them all over a few days. Just like they did back then: all of us in one room, a handful of microphones and amps, a real piano, a vintage drum set, some nice guitars. Then: count in, play, record! What You Hear Is What We Played!"

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Philipp Fankhauser - Watching From The Safe Side

Size: 146.8 MB
Time: 62:49
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2021
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Front

01. It's Over Now Baby (Remastered 2021) (3:19)
02. Watching From The Safe Side (Remastered 2021) (3:47)
03. Too Little Too Late (Remastered 2021) (4:21)
04. Blues Ain't Nothin' (Remastered 2021) (4:36)
05. Time Stands Still (Remastered 2021) (4:07)
06. If You Ain't Been To Houston (Remastered 2021) (3:46)
07. The Blues Don't Like A Crowd (Remastered 2021) (3:51)
08. Sunday Morning (Remastered 2021) (3:45)
09. Thomas & Rodney (Remastered 2021) (5:48)
10. Love Song (Remastered 2021) (3:25)
11. Wish You Well (Remastered 2021) (4:18)
12. Time Stands Still (Philipp's First Demo 2005, Lo-Fi) (4:53)
13. Thomas & Rodney (Philipp's First Demo 2006, Lo-Fi) (5:01)
14. If You Ain't Been To Houston (Unplugged Rehearsal 2015, Mid-Fi) (3:41)
15. Genie In A Bottle (Philipp's First Demo 2003, Lo-Fi) (4:05)

Re-Issue of the 2006 Dennis Walker produced album. Contains the 11 original tracks and 4 never before released demo and rehearsal tracks.

Philipp Fankhauser is a Swiss blues singer/guitarist who experienced Top Ten success in his homeland after two decades of recording activity. Born in 1964 in Thun, Switzerland, he began playing music during the late '70s after taking an unlikely interest in the blues as a teenager. His interest in the blues was compounded after he attended the 1981 Montreux Jazz Festival, where he witnessed firsthand a performance by Albert Collins. Other American blues legends he saw at the Montreux Jazz Festival during the early '80s included such luminaries as B.B. King, Koko Taylor, Willie Dixon, John Lee Hooker, and Stevie Ray Vaughan. In particular, a 1984 performance by Johnny "Clyde" Copeland left a lasting impression on Fankhauser; in fact, the two became acquainted and the Texas legend became a mentor to the Swiss novice, whose performance career was becoming a full-time occupation around this time period.

In 1987 Fankhauser founded the Checkerboard Blues Band and began touring throughout Switzerland, playing dozens of shows a year. The Checkerboard Blues Band featured vocalist Margie Evans, and made their recording debut in 1989 with Blues for the Lady, which Fankhauser produced and on which he also sang. The Checkerboard Blues Band -- sans Evans -- returned in 1991 with their second album, With a Feeling; two other albums by the band followed -- Dedicated (1992) and the live album Thun-San Francisco (1994), the latter featuring Evans -- before Fankhauser recorded the solo album On Broadway (1995) in Memphis with producer/songwriter Dennis Walker. Beginning in 1994, Fankhauser resided in the United States, where he toured with his mentor, Copeland, until the Texan's death in 1997. In the meantime, a best-of album, His Kind of Blues (1996), was compiled as a gap-filler.

Fankhauser subsequently returned to Switzerland in 2000 and resurrected the Checkerboard Blues Band for a new album, Welcome to the Real World (2000). Following a live album by the Philipp Fankhauser Blues Band, the trio showcase Live -- So Damn Cool (2003), Fankhauser signed a recording contract with Memphis International Records and proceeded to release Talk to Me (2004), a solo album recorded in Memphis with producer David Less. Fankhauser then signed with Funk House Blues, a Sony BMG subsidiary, and released his most commercially successful albums to date: Watching from the Safe Side (2006) and Love Man Riding (2008), the former of which was a Top 20 hit on the Swiss albums chart, the latter a Top Ten hit. ~Jason Birchmeier

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Philipp Fankhauser - His Kind Of Blues

Size: 174,5 MB
Time: 75:13
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1996
Styles: Electric Blues
Art: Full

01. Ain't Gonna Give It Up (3:33)
02. Talk To Me (Feat. The Memphis Horns) (4:01)
03. Members Only (5:05)
04. Giving Up The Streets For Love (3:37)
05. Excuses (3:42)
06. My Kind Of Blues (5:42)
07. Dedicated (Feat. Walter Liniger) (3:37)
08. Rainy Night In Georgia (4:07)
09. Everything I Do Is Wrong (4:31)
10. If Blues Can Change The World (7:17)
11. Wow, You Must Be Crazy (3:40)
12. 1000 Years From Here (5:34)
13. Blues According To John Lee Hooker (5:16)
14. Thun - San Francisco (Live) (8:11)
15. Black Cat Bone (Live) (7:16)

Philipp Fankhauser is a Swiss blues singer/guitarist who experienced Top Ten success in his homeland after two decades of recording activity. Born in 1964 in Thun, Switzerland, he began playing music during the late '70s after taking an unlikely interest in the blues as a teenager. His interest in the blues was compounded after he attended the 1981 Montreux Jazz Festival, where he witnessed firsthand a performance by Albert Collins. Other American blues legends he saw at the Montreux Jazz Festival during the early '80s included such luminaries as B.B. King, Koko Taylor, Willie Dixon, John Lee Hooker, and Stevie Ray Vaughan. In particular, a 1984 performance by Johnny "Clyde" Copeland left a lasting impression on Fankhauser; in fact, the two became acquainted and the Texas legend became a mentor to the Swiss novice, whose performance career was becoming a full-time occupation around this time period.

In 1987 Fankhauser founded the Checkerboard Blues Band and began touring throughout Switzerland, playing dozens of shows a year. The Checkerboard Blues Band featured vocalist Margie Evans, and made their recording debut in 1989 with Blues for the Lady, which Fankhauser produced and on which he also sang. The Checkerboard Blues Band -- sans Evans -- returned in 1991 with their second album, With a Feeling; two other albums by the band followed -- Dedicated (1992) and the live album Thun-San Francisco (1994), the latter featuring Evans -- before Fankhauser recorded the solo album On Broadway (1995) in Memphis with producer/songwriter Dennis Walker. Beginning in 1994, Fankhauser resided in the United States, where he toured with his mentor, Copeland, until the Texan's death in 1997. In the meantime, a best-of album, His Kind of Blues (1996), was compiled as a gap-filler.

Fankhauser subsequently returned to Switzerland in 2000 and resurrected the Checkerboard Blues Band for a new album, Welcome to the Real World (2000). Following a live album by the Philipp Fankhauser Blues Band, the trio showcase Live -- So Damn Cool (2003), Fankhauser signed a recording contract with Memphis International Records and proceeded to release Talk to Me (2004), a solo album recorded in Memphis with producer David Less. Fankhauser then signed with Funk House Blues, a Sony BMG subsidiary, and released his most commercially successful albums to date: Watching from the Safe Side (2006) and Love Man Riding (2008), the former of which was a Top 20 hit on the Swiss albums chart, the latter a Top Ten hit. ~Jason Birchmeier

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Philipp Fankhauser - On Broadway

Year: 1995
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 53:56
Size: 124,5 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Scans: Front

1. Ain't Gonna Give It Up (w. Alan Mirikitani) (3:33)
2. Talk To Me (w. The Memphis Horns) (4:01)
3. On Broadway (3:53)
4. Members Only (5:05)
5. New York City (w. The Memphis Horns) (4:35)
6. Man From The Past (w. The Memphis Horns) (5:10)
7. I'm Leaving Home But I'm Going Home (w. Phillip Walker) (3:18)
8. Who's Gonna Sing The Blues For You? (5:00)
9. Down In Texas (4:46)
10. I Smell The Blues Again (3:39)
11. 1000 Years From Here (5:34)
12. Blues According To John Lee Hooker (5:16)

Philipp Fankhauser is a Swiss blues singer/guitarist who experienced Top Ten success in his homeland after two decades of recording activity. Born in 1964 in Thun, Switzerland, he began playing music during the late '70s after taking an unlikely interest in the blues as a teenager. His interest in the blues was compounded after he attended the 1981 Montreux Jazz Festival, where he witnessed firsthand a performance by Albert Collins. Other American blues legends he saw at the Montreux Jazz Festival during the early '80s included such luminaries as B.B. King, Koko Taylor, Willie Dixon, John Lee Hooker, and Stevie Ray Vaughan. In particular, a 1984 performance by Johnny "Clyde" Copeland left a lasting impression on Fankhauser; in fact, the two became acquainted and the Texas legend became a mentor to the Swiss novice, whose performance career was becoming a full-time occupation around this time period.

In 1987 Fankhauser founded the Checkerboard Blues Band and began touring throughout Switzerland, playing dozens of shows a year. The Checkerboard Blues Band featured vocalist Margie Evans, and made their recording debut in 1989 with Blues for the Lady, which Fankhauser produced and on which he also sang. The Checkerboard Blues Band - sans Evans - returned in 1991 with their second album, With a Feeling; two other albums by the band followed - Dedicated (1992) and the live album Thun-San Francisco (1994), the latter featuring Evans - before Fankhauser recorded the solo album On Broadway (1995) in Memphis with producer/songwriter Dennis Walker. Beginning in 1994, Fankhauser resided in the United States, where he toured with his mentor, Copeland, until the Texan's death in 1997. In the meantime, a best-of album, His Kind of Blues (1996), was compiled as a gap-filler.

Fankhauser subsequently returned to Switzerland in 2000 and resurrected the Checkerboard Blues Band for a new album, Welcome to the Real World (2000). Following a live album by the Philipp Fankhauser Blues Band, the trio showcase Live - So Damn Cool (2003), Fankhauser signed a recording contract with Memphis International Records and proceeded to release Talk to Me (2004), a solo album recorded in Memphis with producer David Less. Fankhauser then signed with Funk House Blues, a Sony BMG subsidiary, and released his most commercially successful albums to date: Watching from the Safe Side (2006) and Love Man Riding (2008), the former of which was a Top 20 hit on the Swiss albums chart, the latter a Top Ten hit. /Jason Birchmeier

(For personnel details, see text file included.)

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Philipp Fankhauser Blues Band - Live: So Damn Cool

Year: 2003
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 61:02
Size: 140,8 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Scans: Full

1. I Feel So Good (3:52)
2. That's Alright (4:46)
3. Introduction (Why Wrong Is Right) (2:00)
4. Baby Please Don't Go (4:08)
5. Key To The Highway (3:51)
6. Black Cat Bone (6:25)
7. Soon As The Weather Breaks (7:06)
8. Early In The Morning (4:03)
9. Bring Your Fine Self Home (6:55)
10. Ain't Nobody's Business (5:43)
11. Dedicated (3:43)
12. Life's So Damn' Cool (4:37)
13. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (3:46)

Philipp Fankhauser is a Swiss blues singer/guitarist who experienced Top Ten success in his homeland after two decades of recording activity. Born in 1964 in Thun, Switzerland, he began playing music during the late '70s after taking an unlikely interest in the blues as a teenager. His interest in the blues was compounded after he attended the 1981 Montreux Jazz Festival, where he witnessed firsthand a performance by Albert Collins. Other American blues legends he saw at the Montreux Jazz Festival during the early '80s included such luminaries as B.B. King, Koko Taylor, Willie Dixon, John Lee Hooker, and Stevie Ray Vaughan. In particular, a 1984 performance by Johnny "Clyde" Copeland left a lasting impression on Fankhauser; in fact, the two became acquainted and the Texas legend became a mentor to the Swiss novice, whose performance career was becoming a full-time occupation around this time period.

In 1987 Fankhauser founded the Checkerboard Blues Band and began touring throughout Switzerland, playing dozens of shows a year. The Checkerboard Blues Band featured vocalist Margie Evans, and made their recording debut in 1989 with Blues for the Lady, which Fankhauser produced and on which he also sang. The Checkerboard Blues Band - sans Evans - returned in 1991 with their second album, With a Feeling; two other albums by the band followed - Dedicated (1992) and the live album Thun-San Francisco (1994), the latter featuring Evans - before Fankhauser recorded the solo album On Broadway (1995) in Memphis with producer/songwriter Dennis Walker. Beginning in 1994, Fankhauser resided in the United States, where he toured with his mentor, Copeland, until the Texan's death in 1997. In the meantime, a best-of album, His Kind of Blues (1996), was compiled as a gap-filler.

Fankhauser subsequently returned to Switzerland in 2000 and resurrected the Checkerboard Blues Band for a new album, Welcome to the Real World (2000). Following a live album by the Philipp Fankhauser Blues Band, the trio showcase Live - So Damn Cool (2003), Fankhauser signed a recording contract with Memphis International Records and proceeded to release Talk to Me (2004), a solo album recorded in Memphis with producer David Less. Fankhauser then signed with Funk House Blues, a Sony BMG subsidiary, and released his most commercially successful albums to date: Watching from the Safe Side (2006) and Love Man Riding (2008), the former of which was a Top 20 hit on the Swiss albums chart, the latter a Top Ten hit. /Jason Birchmeier

(For personnel info, see artwork included.)

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Philipp Fankhauser With Checkerboard Blues Band And Friends - Welcome To The Real World

Year: 2000
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 49:44
Size: 115,1 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Scans: Front

1. Welcome To The Real World (4:13)
2. Home Town (Thun) (5:18)
3. You Don't Know (4:33)
4. Going To Dallas (3:31)
5. Sunnyland (Muddy Waters Blues) (4:27)
6. Greater Man (4:04)
7. The Things I Used To Do (3:14)
8. Cut Off My Right Arm (4:31)
9. I've Been Loving You Too Long (4:12)
10. Flyin' High (Yesterday) (2:56)
11. Bring Your Fine Self Home (5:27)
12. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (3:14)

Philipp Fankhauser is a Swiss blues singer/guitarist who experienced Top Ten success in his homeland after two decades of recording activity. Born in 1964 in Thun, Switzerland, he began playing music during the late '70s after taking an unlikely interest in the blues as a teenager. His interest in the blues was compounded after he attended the 1981 Montreux Jazz Festival, where he witnessed firsthand a performance by Albert Collins. Other American blues legends he saw at the Montreux Jazz Festival during the early '80s included such luminaries as B.B. King, Koko Taylor, Willie Dixon, John Lee Hooker, and Stevie Ray Vaughan. In particular, a 1984 performance by Johnny "Clyde" Copeland left a lasting impression on Fankhauser; in fact, the two became acquainted and the Texas legend became a mentor to the Swiss novice, whose performance career was becoming a full-time occupation around this time period.

In 1987 Fankhauser founded the Checkerboard Blues Band and began touring throughout Switzerland, playing dozens of shows a year. The Checkerboard Blues Band featured vocalist Margie Evans, and made their recording debut in 1989 with Blues for the Lady, which Fankhauser produced and on which he also sang. The Checkerboard Blues Band - sans Evans - returned in 1991 with their second album, With a Feeling; two other albums by the band followed - Dedicated (1992) and the live album Thun-San Francisco (1994), the latter featuring Evans - before Fankhauser recorded the solo album On Broadway (1995) in Memphis with producer/songwriter Dennis Walker. Beginning in 1994, Fankhauser resided in the United States, where he toured with his mentor, Copeland, until the Texan's death in 1997. In the meantime, a best-of album, His Kind of Blues (1996), was compiled as a gap-filler.

Fankhauser subsequently returned to Switzerland in 2000 and resurrected the Checkerboard Blues Band for a new album, Welcome to the Real World (2000). Following a live album by the Philipp Fankhauser Blues Band, the trio showcase Live - So Damn Cool (2003), Fankhauser signed a recording contract with Memphis International Records and proceeded to release Talk to Me (2004), a solo album recorded in Memphis with producer David Less. Fankhauser then signed with Funk House Blues, a Sony BMG subsidiary, and released his most commercially successful albums to date: Watching from the Safe Side (2006) and Love Man Riding (2008), the former of which was a Top 20 hit on the Swiss albums chart, the latter a Top Ten hit. /Jason Birchmeier

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Philipp Fankhauser & Checkerboard Blues Band - Thun-San Francisco

Year: 1994
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 77:20
Size: 178,3 MB
Styles: Electric blues, Chicago blues
Scans: Front

1. Thun-San Francisco (8:11)
2. Two O' Clock Blues (12:38)
3. Wella Wella Baby La (2:48)
4. Black Cat Bone (7:16)
5. Down In The Valley (5:15)
6. Chicago By Night (6:47)
7. Got My Mojo Working (6:10)
8. Introducing Margie Evans (1:27)
9. Evil Gal Blues (Feat. Margie Evans) (3:54)
10. Blue Blue Blues/My Kind Of Blues (Feat. Margie Evans) (11:01)
11. Something You Got (Feat. Margie Evans) (4:56)
12. Pie In The Sky (6:50)

Philipp Fankhauser is a Swiss blues singer/guitarist who experienced Top Ten success in his homeland after two decades of recording activity. Born in 1964 in Thun, Switzerland, he began playing music during the late '70s after taking an unlikely interest in the blues as a teenager. His interest in the blues was compounded after he attended the 1981 Montreux Jazz Festival, where he witnessed firsthand a performance by Albert Collins. Other American blues legends he saw at the Montreux Jazz Festival during the early '80s included such luminaries as B.B. King, Koko Taylor, Willie Dixon, John Lee Hooker, and Stevie Ray Vaughan. In particular, a 1984 performance by Johnny "Clyde" Copeland left a lasting impression on Fankhauser; in fact, the two became acquainted and the Texas legend became a mentor to the Swiss novice, whose performance career was becoming a full-time occupation around this time period.

In 1987 Fankhauser founded the Checkerboard Blues Band and began touring throughout Switzerland, playing dozens of shows a year. The Checkerboard Blues Band featured vocalist Margie Evans, and made their recording debut in 1989 with Blues for the Lady, which Fankhauser produced and on which he also sang. The Checkerboard Blues Band - sans Evans - returned in 1991 with their second album, With a Feeling; two other albums by the band followed - Dedicated (1992) and the live album Thun-San Francisco (1994), the latter featuring Evans - before Fankhauser recorded the solo album On Broadway (1995) in Memphis with producer/songwriter Dennis Walker. Beginning in 1994, Fankhauser resided in the United States, where he toured with his mentor, Copeland, until the Texan's death in 1997. In the meantime, a best-of album, His Kind of Blues (1996), was compiled as a gap-filler.

Fankhauser subsequently returned to Switzerland in 2000 and resurrected the Checkerboard Blues Band for a new album, Welcome to the Real World (2000). Following a live album by the Philipp Fankhauser Blues Band, the trio showcase Live - So Damn Cool (2003), Fankhauser signed a recording contract with Memphis International Records and proceeded to release Talk to Me (2004), a solo album recorded in Memphis with producer David Less. Fankhauser then signed with Funk House Blues, a Sony BMG subsidiary, and released his most commercially successful albums to date: Watching from the Safe Side (2006) and Love Man Riding (2008), the former of which was a Top 20 hit on the Swiss albums chart, the latter a Top Ten hit. /Jason Birchmeier

(Recorded live December 28th, 29th and 30th 1993 at Mühle Hunziken, Rubigen.)

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Checkerboard Blues Band - Dedicated

Size: 118,7 MB
Time: 50:31
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1992
Styles: Chicago Blues
Art: Full

01. Dedicated (3:37)
02. Early In The Morning (3:36)
03. I'm Not Your Plaything, Baby! (3:19)
04. My Kind Of Blues (5:41)
05. Giving Up The Streets (3:37)
06. Everyday I Have The Blues (3:16)
07. Trying To Change (4:33)
08. Excuses (3:40)
09. Wow, You Must Be Crazy! (3:40)
10. Twentynine Ways (3:37)
11. Chicago By Night (5:21)
12. Checkerboard Boogie (2:57)
13. Love Me Tender (3:33)

The CHECKERBOARD BLUES BAND is Switzerland's most successful blues band - playing for Johnny Copeland, Louisiana Red, Memphis Slim, Buddy Guy and Junior Wells. 3rd place in the Swiss Top 20.

The Checkerboard Blues Band was founded in 1987 by singer and guitarist Philipp Fankhauser (born 1964) and Michele Porto (bass) in Thun. The band gave concerts in half of Europe and even played in 1990 with Katie Webster. In 1994, chief guitarist Fankhauser went to the US and went there with Johnny Copeland on tour. He then went on a tour with 120 appearances with Copeland's band The Texas Blues Machine and released his solo album ON BROADWAY in 1995, recorded with the L. A. Blues Band and the Memphis Horns in the USA. Today Fankhauser lives in San Diego, California.

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Philipp Fankhauser - I'll Be Around

Size: 158,5 MB
Time: 68:01
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2017
Styles: Electric Blues
Art: Front

01. Horse Of A Different Color (3:38)
02. Homeless (5:26)
03. Big Ol' Easy (4:14)
04. Cryin' Shame (Can't Believe My Baby) (3:33)
05. I Fall So Easy (3:14)
06. Catch Up With The Blues (4:44)
07. Let's Straighten It Out (6:20)
08. The Lesson (2:42)
09. Somebody's Sleepin' In My Bed (4:09)
10. I'll Be Around (3:24)
11. It Tears Me Up (4:06)
12. Only In It For The Money (3:59)
13. When A Fool Takes His Turn (4:30)
14. My Dog And Me (5:02)
15. Circumstances (8:55)

Personnel:
Philipp Fankhauser, Vocals, Guitar
Marco Jencarelli, Guitar
Hendrix Ackle, Hammond, Piano
Angus Thomas, Bass
Richard Spooner, Drums

"I stand on the sunny side of life!" Said Philipp Fankhauser recently. In fact, at the age of thirteen, he claimed he would become a blues singer. Today, forty years later, he has a thirty-year career as a highly successful blues singer behind him.

He recorded with Margie Evans, toured the USA with blues legend Johnny Copeland, regularly stormed the hit parades in Switzerland with his last four albums (including Love Man Riding and Try My Love) and filled concert halls up country. «I have experienced a lot and am very grateful for everything!»

On 2017, he will release his latest, 15 th album "I'll Be Around", which he recorded live with his endlessly talented band at the legendary Malaco Studios in Jackson, Mississippi.

It presents a mature, safe and very relaxed Philipp Fankhauser. The music is new, but not only. It's a blues album, but also a soul album. It's kind of retro, but very modern and up-to-date. But above all, it is authentic and of a piece.

I'll Be Around

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