Hannes Wader (born Hans Eckard Wader on 23 June 1942) is a German singer-songwriter ("

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"). He has been an important figure in German leftist circles since the 1970s, with his songs covering such themes as socialist and communist resistance to oppression in Europe and other places like Latin America. He both wrote new songs and played versions of older historical works.

Life and work

Wader was born in Bethel, near Bielefeld,

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, Germany. His works are mostly based on German

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s. Aside from his own lyrics, he also performs works of famous poets like

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. He now rarely sings the workers' songs and socialist hymns that used to be a large part of his repertoire. In 1997 he published an album exclusively with songs by

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. He also performed translated works from Carl Michael Bellman on the album ''Liebe, Schnaps & Tod''. In the 1970s, Hannes Wader became one of the stars of the political left through his provocative songs. He was a member of the German Communist Party from 1977 to 1991. Wader even came under suspicions of

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because of his song ''Der Tankerkönig'', a spoken song about kidnapping a tycoon. In 1973, he moved to Struckum, in

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, where he published some of his later albums. In 1998, he and his family moved to the Steinburg district of

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. He now lives in

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. He has published numerous albums and appeared in

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s and clubs until 2017. His last concert was on 30 November 2017, in

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Awards

Performed songs (selected)

* "Die Internationale" * "Die Moorsoldaten" *"Traum vom Frieden" (Wader's German translation of "

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" by

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) *"Es ist an der Zeit" (Wader's German translation of "

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" by Eric Bogle) *" Heute hier, Morgen dort" ("Day to Day", music by Gary Bolstad titled "Indian Summer", lyrics by Hannes Wader) *"Kokain" (Wader's German translation of

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' "

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") * "Sag mir, wo die Blumen sind"

Discography

Studio albums

* 1969: ''Hannes Wader singt'' annes Wader sings(Conträr) * 1971: ''Ich hatte mir noch so viel vorgenommen'' still had planned so many things to do(Mercury) * 1972: ''7 Lieder'' Songs(Mercury) * 1973: ''Der Rattenfänger'' he Pied Piper(Mercury) * 1974: ''Plattdeutsche Lieder'' ow German songs(Mercury) * 1975: ''Volkssänger'' olk singer'' (also People's singer)(Mercury) * 1976: ''Kleines Testament'' ittle testament(Mercury) * 1977: ''Hannes Wader singt Arbeiterlieder'' annes Wader sings workers' songs(Mercury) * 1978: ''Hannes Wader singt Shanties'' annes Wader sings shanties(Mercury) * 1979: ''Wieder unterwegs'' n the move again(Pläne – ARIS) * 1980: ''Es ist an der Zeit'' t is about time(Pläne – ARIS) * 1982: ''Dass nichts bleibt wie es war'' hat nothing remains like it used to be(live) (Pläne – ARIS) * 1983: ''Nicht nur ich allein'' ot only I(Pläne – ARIS) * 1985: ''Glut am Horizont'' lowing horizon(Pläne – ARIS) * 1986: ''Liebeslieder''

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(Pläne – ARIS) * 1987: ''Bis jetzt'' ntil now(live) (Mercury) * 1989: ''Nach Hamburg'' o Hamburg(Mercury) * 1990: ''Hannes Wader singt Volkslieder'' annes Wader sings folk songs(Mercury) * 1991: ''Nie mehr zurück'' ack no more(Mercury / CD 510 080-2) * 1992: ''Schon so lang ‘62 – ‘92'' lready that long(Compilation) (Mercury) * 1992: ''Blick zurück'' A) look back– Das Beste aus den 80er Jahren (Compilation) (Pläne – ARIS) * 1995: ''Zehn Lieder''

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(Pläne – ARIS) * 1996: ''Liebe, Schnaps & Tod – Wader singt

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'' ove, booze and death – Wader sings Bellman(feat. R. Mey & K. Hoffmann) (Pläne – ARIS) * 1996: ''Professor Jecks Tierlieder-ABC'' rofessor Jeck's animal songs ABC(Europa) * 1997: ''An dich hab ich gedacht – Wader singt Schubert'' thought of you – Wader sings Schubert">Schubert.html" ;"title=" thought of you – Wader sings Schubert"> thought of you – Wader sings Schubert(Pläne – ARIS) * 1998: ''Auftritt'' [Performance] (live with Klaus Weiland & Benjamin Huellenkremer) (Pläne – ARIS) * 2001: ''Was für eine Nacht'' [What a night (also 'Something for one night')] (Konstantin Wecker und Hannes Wader live) (Pläne) * 2001: ''Wünsche'' ishes(Pläne) * 2003: ''Das Konzert''

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(Wader/Mey/Wecker) * 2004: ''...und es wechseln die Zeiten'' nd the times are changing(Pläne) * 2005: ''Jahr für Jahr'' ear by year(Pläne) * 2006: ''Mal angenommen'' et's assume(Pläne) * 2007: ''Neue Bekannte'' ew acquitancies (also 'New familiar ones'(Pläne) * 2010: ''Kein Ende in Sicht'' o end in sight(Konstantin Wecker and Hannes Wader live) (Sturm & Klang) * 2012: ''Nah Dran'' lose to(Mercury) * 2013: ''Old Friends in Concert'' (Live-CD with Allan Taylor) (Universal Music) * 2013: ''Trotz alledem – Lieder aus 50 Jahren 1962–2012''

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(Universal Music) * 2015: ''Sing'' (Mercury) * 2015: ''Live'' (Mercury) * 2018: ''Macht's gut'' (Mercury) * 2021: ''Poetenweg'' (Stockfisch) * 2022. ''Noch hier - was ich noch singen wollte'' (Stockfisch)

Compilations

*1999: ''Der Poet'' he poet(2 CD, Mercury) *1999: ''Der Rebell''

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(2 CD, (Mercury) *1999: ''Der Volkssänger''

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(2 CD, (Mercury)

References

External links

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Text about the tour for ''...und es wechseln die Zeiten''
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wader, Hannes 1942 births Living people Musicians from Bielefeld German male musicians German singer-songwriters German Communist Party members German male singers Echo (music award) winners Political music artists