WALLISER BALLADEN 1         go to shop
2010
Gottlieb GUNTERN

Old German Idiom, Rock, World  

Original composition, lyrics, vocals
Gottlieb GUNTERN

Additional composition, arrangements, bandleader
Beat JAGGY

Producer / Distribution
CREANDO - International Foundation for Creativity & Leadership

Personal dedication on request..

• Lyrics: native idiom of Oberwallis,
  still spoken today.
• Poetic, nostalgic, sarcastic, funny stories from a rural world in the
  Southern Swiss Alps, inspired by Guntern's novel SCHNURRGEIGE
  (mouth organ) describing the same world.

Musicians, mainly from the Canton of Valais / Switzerland
Stefan BREGY: keyboard  -  Rhonda DORSEY: backing vocals
Didier FURRER: violine  -  Peter HAAS: drums
Beat JAGGY: Hackbrett  -  Gilbert (Speedy) JOSSEN: bass
Stefan MARGELISCH: guitar  -  Stefan RUPPEN: accordeon
Ursula WYDEN: sings duet in Bbing-Bbong

 

DOWNLOADS

• CD-Booklet >

Lyrics
• Süggse (05:10) >
• Schnee (06:40) >
• Marijoosi (04:00) >
• Vollmond (07:10) >
• Bbing-Bbong (05:30) >
• Salomee (07:50) >
• Bboliddiker Ddango (06:50) >
• Aalddi Aarva (08:40) >

Do you know?
• Zum Oberwalliser Dialekt >
• Ein Land, das nicht besungen und beschrieben wird stirbt >

Media
• WB-extra: Die Grenzen unserer Imagination >
  sind die Grenzen unserer Welt >

• RZ Frontal Interview: Wenn der Psychiater zum Liedermacher wird >
• Gottlieb Guntern besingt das Land >
• RZ: Walliser Balladen im Zeughaus >
• Konzert-Poster >