Rainer Ptacek

Aliases: Rainer
Rainer and Das Combo
Real name: Rainer Ptacek
Born: June 7, 1951
Died: November 12, 1997
Country: United States
IPI: 00195275832 14 works
Affiliation: BMI
Comments: German born guitarist, singer and songwriter performing primarily under the name Rainer. His premature death was caused by a brain tumor.
Member of: The Band of Blacky Ranchette

Originals

Title	Performer	Release date	Covered by
Broken Promises	Rainer and Das Combo	1994	Jonathan Richman
I Am a Sinner	Rainer and Das Combo	1986	LK
Junkpile	Rainer	2002	Grandaddy
Life Is Fine	Rainer and Das Combo	1994	Madeleine Peyroux
One Man Crusade	Rainer and Das Combo	1993	Kris McKay
Powder Keg	Rainer	1992	Bill Janovitz
Rude World	Rainer	1995	Robert Plant & Jimmy Page
Story Teller	Rainer	2000	(2 artists)
That's How Things Get Done	Rainer and Das Combo	1986	Howe Gelb
The Farm	Rainer	December 18, 2000	(2 artists)
The Good Book	Rainer	1995	Emmylou Harris
Where's That At	Rainer and Das Combo	1986	Vic & Tina Chesnutt
Worried Spirits	Rainer	1992	(2 artists)

	Title	Performer	Release date	Originally by
	All Done in	Rainer	2000	The Band of Blacky Ranchette
	Around and Around	Rainer and Das Combo	1986	J.B. Lenoir
	Backwater Blues	Rainer	2007	Bessie Smith
	Barefoot Rock	Rainer and Das Combo	1986	Little Junior Parker and His Band
	Cheer Down	Rainer	December 18, 2000	George Harrison
	De-Railed	Rainer	1995	F.S.K.
	Funny How Time Slips Away	Rainer	1992	Billy Walker
	God Bless the Child	Rainer	December 18, 2000	Billie Holiday
	(If I Had) Possession over Judgment Day	Rainer and Das Combo	1986	Hambone Willie Newbern, Robert Johnson
	I Wish You Would	Rainer and Das Combo	1986	Billy Boy
	Just a Little Bit	Rainer	2007	Rosco Gordon, Tiny Topsy
	Long, Long Way to the Top of the World	Rainer	1992	Jim & Jesse
	Mellow Down Easy	Rainer and Das Combo	1994	Little Walter and His Jukes
	New World	Rainer	1992	Roosevelt Sykes
	One Wrong Turn	Rainer	2000	Greg Brown [US1]
	Pastime Paradise	Rainer	2000	Stevie Wonder
	Poor Backslider	Rainer	1992	Greg Brown [US1]
i	Sleepwalk	Rainer and Das Combo	1986	Santo & Johnny
	The Last Fair Deal	Rainer and Das Combo	1986	Robert Johnson
	Voodoo Music	Rainer	2007	J.B. Lenoir
i	Within You Without You	Rainer	1995	The Beatles

Title	Written by	Originally by	Original date	Covered by
Broken Promises	Rainer Ptacek	Rainer and Das Combo	1994	Covered by Jonathan Richman
De-Railed	Rainer Ptacek	F.S.K.	1994	Covered by (2 artists)
I Am a Sinner	Rainer Ptacek	Rainer and Das Combo	1986	Covered by LK
Junkpile	Rainer Ptacek	Rainer	2002	Covered by Grandaddy
Life Is Fine	Rainer Ptacek	Rainer and Das Combo	1994	Covered by Madeleine Peyroux
One Man Crusade	Rainer Ptacek	Rainer and Das Combo	1993	Covered by Kris McKay
Powder Keg	Billy Gibbons, Rainer Ptacek	Rainer	1992	Covered by Bill Janovitz
Rude World	Rainer Ptacek	Rainer	1995	Covered by Robert Plant & Jimmy Page
Story Teller	Rainer Ptacek	Rainer	2000	Covered by (2 artists)
That's How Things Get Done	Rainer Ptacek	Rainer and Das Combo	1986	Covered by Howe Gelb
The Farm	Rainer Ptacek	Rainer	December 18, 2000	Covered by (2 artists)
The Good Book	Rainer Ptacek	Rainer	1995	Covered by Emmylou Harris
Where's That At	Rainer Ptacek	Rainer and Das Combo	1986	Covered by Vic & Tina Chesnutt
Worried Spirits	Rainer Ptacek	Rainer	1992	Covered by (2 artists)

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
Alpaca Lips	Rainer	2000	Glitterhouse Records
Barefoot Rock with...	Rainer and Das Combo	1986	Making Waves
Barefoot Rock with... [Reissue]	Rainer and Das Combo	1994	Glitterhouse Records
D.Y.O. Boot	Rainer	1995	Desert Mountain Productions
Live at the Performance Center	Rainer	December 18, 2000	Glitterhouse Records
The Farm	Rainer	2002	Glitterhouse Records
The Texas Tapes	Rainer and Das Combo	1993	Demon Records [GB]
The Westwood Sessions Volume I	Rainer	2007	(self-released)
Worried Spirits	Rainer	1992	Demon Records [GB]