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Dixie Gunworks Free Music

Dixie Gunworks

Effective period / Period of releases: 1995 - 2001

Founded in 1989 as a five piece band featuring Peter Wahle (vocals), Kai Wiener (guitar), Matthias Kaufmann (bass), Sven Wiener (drums) and Kai Schrader (guitar). Matthias Kaufmann left the band in 1993 and was replaced with Ralf Schumann (bass). Peter Wahle left in early 1994 and the lead vocals were split between Ralf Schumann, Kai Wiener and Kai Schrader.
The band named it's style "Rockin' Cowpunk", which was a mixture of Cowpunk, Rockabilly, Country Rock, Bluegrass, Bluesrock, Southern Rock and Stray-Cats-Rock'n'Roll. The live shows were powerful and the songs were played often faster than on the records. A story of the band can be read in "Southern & Rocking Music", issue 4, Nov/Dec 1994.
The band split in 2002. Kai Wiener died in 2008 by a car accident.