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Artist
Stefan Diestelmann
12+ albums
bluesOstrockddrsinger-songwriterddr blues
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Stefan Diestelmann (* 29. January 1949 in Munich; † 27. March 2007 in Tutzing) was a singer, guitarist, harmonica player, lyricist, composer and film producer. From 1961 to 1984 he lived in the GDR. His many years of practical experience, his intensive involvement with forms of expression in blues and jazz and his joint appearances with blues musicians such as Louisiana Red, Memphis Slim, Alexis Korner and Phil Wiggins made him an accomplished blues musician. Stefan Diestelmann was born in 1949 as the son of the acting couple Hildegard and Jochen Diestelmann. He was early occupied with the blues and taught himself his abilities autodidactically. In 1961 he moved to the GDR together with his parents who both worked for the DEFA. At the age of twelve he got his first guitar as a present from his parents and began to play, collected records and studied literature about the life and work of Afro-American Blues interpreters. Stefan Diestelmann had his first appearances with the Teddys. He then played in various amateur bands until Axel Stammberger brought him into his band Vai hu in 1975. However, Stammberger could not match his inclination for authentic, unspoilt blues. So in May 1977, after a short interlude with the blues band Engerling, he founded his own band. The founding line-up of the Stefan Diestelmann Folk Blues Band included: Stefan Diestelmann (guitar, vocals, harmonica) Dietrich Petzold (violin, percussion) Rüdiger Phillipp (bass) Bernd Kleinow (harmonica). Dietrich
