Christian Waleschkowski , also acting under the pseudonym Chris Coville , - German folk - and psychobilly - musician; vocalist for Wet Your Whistle, Sackville Street and Pitmen .
| Chris Coville / Christian Waleschkowski | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Christian Waleczkowski |
| Date of Birth | December 23, 1971 (47 years) |
| A country | Germany |
| Professions | vocalist , guitarist |
| Genres | folk , psychobilly |
| Collectives | Pitmen , Wet Your Whistle, Sackville Street |
| Labels | Crazy love records |
| myspace.com/cccoville | |
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Biography
Christian Waleczkowski was born on December 23, 1971 in Marl ( North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany ). From the age of 18 he started playing acoustic guitar; a year later, a borer is added, and then bouzouki . In 1991, he founded his first folk group, “Busking Trade” [1] , now gone down in history, but which gave a start to his further musical career: when in 1995, bassist Grisha decided to create saikobili- band, he invited Christian, because he heard that he plays the guitar, writes songs and knows how to sing [2] .
Since the 1990s, Christian has appeared on German radio and television [3] , performing both solo programs and as a member of musical groups [4] as part of individual concerts [5] and festivals [6] . During this time, a total of five albums and a lot of compilations were recorded.
1991–1995: The first group of “Busking Trade” was founded. To date, only a few live recordings have been preserved.
1995 - Composer, lyricist, guitarist and vocalist of the Pitmen psychobilly-rockabilly band.
1997–2003: Participation in the duet airim ( Irish folk , vocals, acoustic guitar, bodhran and bouzouki).
2003-2005: Participation in the group "The Kilkenny Band" ( Scottish-Irish folk ; vocals, acoustic guitar, bodhran and bouzouki).
Since 2005 - Participation in the groups “Wet Your Whistle” and “Sackville Street” (Scottish-Irish folk; vocals, acoustic guitar, bodhran, bouzouki, as well as the mandolin variant - mandocello).
Discography
- 1996 PITMEN: Vinyl-EP Misfits
- 1997 PITMEN: CD "Listen To The Engine"
- 1998 PITMEN: CD-Compilation "MADE IN ESSEN VIII"
- 1998 PITMEN: CD-Compilation of the German Industrial Union "Ruckkopplung Sampler"
- 1998 PITMEN: CD-Compilation "Gladbeck die vierte"
- 1999 airim: CD "airim"
- 1999 PITMEN: CD-Compilation “BANZAI! #four"
- 1999 PITMEN: Vinyl Picture-EP Fran Drescher
- 1999 airim: CD-Compilation "Cantara Magica"
- 1999 PITMEN: CD-Compilation "IT CAME FROM HELL"
- 2000 airim: CD-Compilation "Miroque V"
- 2001 airim: CD-Compilation "Mystica Antiqua II"
- 2001 PITMEN: Vinyl-LP Welcome To The Show
- 2001 PITMEN: Welcome To The Show CD
- 2001 PITMEN: Vinyl-EP Jingle Bells
- 2002 airim: CD "nil na la"
- 2002 PITMEN: CD-Compilation "IT CAME FROM HELL IV"
- 2002 airim: CD-Compilation "Medieval & Romantic 1"
- 2003 airim: CD-Compilation «Zu Hofe des Mittelalters Vol. one"
- 2006 Wet Your Whistle: Wet Your Whistle CD
- 2006 Wet Your Whistle: CD-Compilation “acoustic-live Vol. 2 "
- 2006 airim: CD-Compilation “acoustic-live Vol. 2 "
Links
Notes
- ↑ “Busking Trade”
- ↑ Pitmen Creation History
- ↑ Wet Your Whistle on Radio MoM (inaccessible link)
- ↑ Acoustic-live (inaccessible link)
- ↑ Keltensiedlung Altburgfestival Archival copy of August 19, 2009 on the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Irishfolk-Festival 2006 (unavailable link)