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The song writing is of a very high standard. A melodic joy.
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Philipp Fankhauser's "Watching From The Safe Side" is incredible!
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Fankhauser is a good, authentic singer, both soulful and strong when needed and very gentle at other times!
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"Too Little Too Late" I could definitely hear Robert Cray doing - Fankhauser delivers a convincingly aching vocal on an exquisitely arranged Soul song!
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Fankhauser is not adding anything new to the tree trunk, but he shapes his art well!
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No band in that genre has convinced and touched me as much since the early days of the Robert Cray Band!
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Down In The Valley gives an idea of how Fankhauser sounds in the live environment and very good he sounds too!
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The Blues music world is richer for "Talk To Me", don't miss it!
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Fankhauser doesn't sound the least bit like a visitor from Switzerland!
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A highly impressive CD from a guy way ahead of much of the competition!
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Philipp Fankhauser signs a world wide contract with the US label "Memphis International Records"!
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Philipp Fankhauser is the first Swiss Blues artist ever to appear at the world's largest Blues Festival on June 12 2004.
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SOUNDSTAGE, SEPTEMBER 2004
 September 2004 issue |
Philipp Fankhauser's economical, clean guitar style shows the influence of his mentor, Johnny Copeland!
Swiss blues singer and guitarist Philipp Fankhauser's economical, clean guitar style shows the influence of his mentor, Johnny Copeland. Copeland met Fankhauser while on tour in Europe in 1984 and ten years later he asked Fankhauser to join him in the US. Fankhauser sang with Copeland's band for a while and stayed in the US to record and play until 2000, when he returned to Switzerland. Talk to Me is his tenth recording since 1989, and the years of experience show in Fankhauser's sure touch on the guitar and his tough, confident singing. An occasional odd pronunciation clues you in that English is not his primary language (and that makes his periodic "y'all" seem a little contrived), but his feel for the music is gut-level and sincere. Since Fankhauser's concept of the blues takes in Malaco and Stax/Volt, his songwriting takes some unusual turns. Worth owning for the killer horn charts alone.
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