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Listen to Philipp Fankhauser, watch music videos, read bio, see tour dates & more!
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Philipp Fankhauser

Blues

The next Philipp Fankhauser concert is scheduled for Friday, July 18, 2025 at Parco Ciani in Lugano, Switzerland. See all 22 upcoming concerts
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Top Songs By Philipp Fankhauser

Listen to Baby What You Want Me to Do (with Claude Nobs) by Philipp Fankhauser, see lyrics, music video & more!
Baby What You Want Me to Do (with Claude Nobs)Philipp Fankhauser
Listen to Trouble Trouble by Philipp Fankhauser, Checkerboard Blues Band & Margie Evans, see lyrics, music video & more!
Trouble TroublePhilipp Fankhauser, Checkerboard Blues Band & Margie Evans
Listen to You've Got to Hurt Before You Heal by Philipp Fankhauser, see lyrics, music video & more!
You've Got to Hurt Before You HealPhilipp Fankhauser
Listen to After Midnight by Philipp Fankhauser, see lyrics, music video & more!
After MidnightPhilipp Fankhauser
Listen to The Undertaker (with Luis Conte) by Philipp Fankhauser, see lyrics, music video & more!
The Undertaker (with Luis Conte)Philipp Fankhauser
Listen to Don't Give up on Me by Philipp Fankhauser, see lyrics, music video & more!
Don't Give up on MePhilipp Fankhauser
Listen to Monsieur Thibodeaux (with Geno Delafose) by Philipp Fankhauser, see lyrics, music video & more!
Monsieur Thibodeaux (with Geno Delafose)Philipp Fankhauser
Listen to L'italien (Mon Hommage à Serge Reggiani) [with Marcel Loeffler] by Philipp Fankhauser, see lyrics, music video & more!
L'italien (Mon Hommage à Serge Reggiani) [with Marcel Loeffler]Philipp Fankhauser
Listen to Don't Let Go (with Hendrix Ackle & The Shoals Sisters) by Philipp Fankhauser, see lyrics, music video & more!
Don't Let Go (with Hendrix Ackle & The Shoals Sisters)Philipp Fankhauser
Listen to Ain't That Something by Philipp Fankhauser, see lyrics, music video & more!
Ain't That SomethingPhilipp Fankhauser

Upcoming Concerts for Philipp Fankhauser

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  • Jul
    18
    Jul 18, 2025
    Parco Ciani
    Lugano
  • Aug
    26
    Aug 26, 2025
    Mühle Hunziken
    Rubigen
  • Aug
    27
    Aug 27, 2025
    Mühle Hunziken
    Rubigen
  • Sep
    10
    Sep 10, 2025
    Wirtschaft Obere Mühle
    Dübendorf
  • Sep
    17
    Sep 17, 2025
    Mühle Hunziken
    Rubigen
  • Sep
    25
    Sep 25, 2025
    Convention Centre, Theatre La Poste
    Visp
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Latest Release

Listen to Ain't That Something by Philipp Fankhauser
ALBUMAin't That SomethingPhilipp Fankhauser

More albums from Philipp Fankhauser

Listen to Heebie Jeebies - The Early Songs of Johnny Copeland by Philipp Fankhauser
ALBUMHeebie Jeebies - The Early Songs of Johnny CopelandPhilipp Fankhauser
Listen to Let Life Flow by Philipp Fankhauser
ALBUMLet Life FlowPhilipp Fankhauser
Listen to I'll Be Around by Philipp Fankhauser
ALBUMI'll Be AroundPhilipp Fankhauser
Listen to Home by Philipp Fankhauser
ALBUMHomePhilipp Fankhauser
Listen to Plays Montreux Jazz Festival by Philipp Fankhauser
ALBUMPlays Montreux Jazz FestivalPhilipp Fankhauser
Listen to Try My Love by Philipp Fankhauser
ALBUMTry My LovePhilipp Fankhauser
Listen to Love Man Riding by Philipp Fankhauser
ALBUMLove Man RidingPhilipp Fankhauser
Listen to Watching from the Safe Side by Philipp Fankhauser
ALBUMWatching from the Safe SidePhilipp Fankhauser
Listen to Watching from the Safe Side (2021 Remastered Version) by Philipp Fankhauser
ALBUMWatching from the Safe Side (2021 Remastered Version)Philipp Fankhauser
Listen to Talk to Me by Philipp Fankhauser
ALBUMTalk to MePhilipp Fankhauser
Listen to Welcome to the Real World by Philipp Fankhauser
ALBUMWelcome to the Real WorldPhilipp Fankhauser
Listen to On Broadway by Philipp Fankhauser
ALBUMOn BroadwayPhilipp Fankhauser
Listen to Dedicated by Philipp Fankhauser & Checkerboard Blues Band
ALBUMDedicatedPhilipp Fankhauser & Checkerboard Blues Band
Listen to With a Feeling by Philipp Fankhauser & Checkerboard Blues Band
ALBUMWith a FeelingPhilipp Fankhauser & Checkerboard Blues Band
Listen to Blues for the Lady by Philipp Fankhauser, Checkerboard Blues Band & Margie Evans
ALBUMBlues for the LadyPhilipp Fankhauser, Checkerboard Blues Band & Margie Evans

Artist Playlists

Philipp Fankhauser Essentials
Philipp Fankhauser Essentials
Philipp Fankhauser Essentials
Philipp Fankhauser's Something Tour Set List
Philipp Fankhauser's Something Tour Set List
Philipp Fankhauser's Something Tour Set List

About Philipp Fankhauser

Listen to Philipp Fankhauser, watch music videos, read bio, see tour dates & more!
Hometown
Switzerland
Born
February 20, 1964
Genre
Blues
Philipp Fankhauser is a Swiss blues singer/guitarist who experienced Top Ten success in his homeland after two decades of recording activity. Born in 1964 in Thun, Switzerland, he began playing music during the late '70s after taking an unlikely interest in the blues as a teenager. His interest in the blues was compounded after he attended the 1981 Montreux Jazz Festival, where he witnessed firsthand a performance by Albert Collins. Other American blues legends he saw at the Montreux Jazz Festival during the early '80s included such luminaries as B.B. King, Koko Taylor, Willie Dixon, John Lee Hooker, and Stevie Ray Vaughan. In particular, a 1984 performance by Johnny "Clyde" Copeland left a lasting impression on Fankhauser; in fact, the two became acquainted and the Texas legend became a mentor to the Swiss novice, whose performance career was becoming a full-time occupation around this time period. In 1987 Fankhauser founded the Checkerboard Blues Band and began touring throughout Switzerland, playing dozens of shows a year. The Checkerboard Blues Band featured vocalist Margie Evans, and made their recording debut in 1989 with Blues for the Lady, which Fankhauser produced and on which he also sang. The Checkerboard Blues Band -- sans Evans -- returned in 1991 with their second album, With a Feeling; two other albums by the band followed -- Dedicated (1992) and the live album Thun-San Francisco (1994), the latter featuring Evans -- before Fankhauser recorded the solo album On Broadway (1995) in Memphis with producer/songwriter Dennis Walker. Beginning in 1994, Fankhauser resided in the United States, where he toured with his mentor, Copeland, until the Texan's death in 1997. In the meantime, a best-of album, His Kind of Blues (1996), was compiled as a gap-filler. Fankhauser subsequently returned to Switzerland in 2000 and resurrected the Checkerboard Blues Band for a new album, Welcome to the Real World (2000). Following a live album by the Philipp Fankhauser Blues Band, the trio showcase Live -- So Damn Cool (2003), Fankhauser signed a recording contract with Memphis International Records and proceeded to release Talk to Me (2004), a solo album recorded in Memphis with producer David Less. Fankhauser then signed with Funk House Blues, a Sony BMG subsidiary, and released his most commercially successful albums to date: Watching from the Safe Side (2006) and Love Man Riding (2008), the former of which was a Top 20 hit on the Swiss albums chart, the latter a Top Ten hit. ~ Jason Birchmeier

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