Rainer Ptacek at work at Chicago Music Store, Tucson 1994

Footage of Rainer at work at the Chicago Music Store in Tucson, Arizona. 'Interviewed' by Howe Gelb, his good friend from Giant Sand. Clip borrowed from 'DRUNKEN BEES', a documentary on Giant Sand, shot by Marianne Dissard in 1994. http://www.drunkenbees.com/index.html. Follow link to see how extraordinarily powerful Rainer was as a performer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znnSTBds3G8
For more on Rainer see http://www.raineroftucson.com/ and
For more on the Chicago Music store access http://www.chicagomusic-musicland.com/welcome.htm or http://www.tucsonweekly.com/tw/1999-09-24/bot_shop20.html

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[TheZoeDee]

remember the store, and him, and his fixing my f*****d up guitars, MOST fondly. GOOD times. Happy times. Rainer, forever missed, never forgotten.

[BellumSacrumBellum28]

That store is a dirty, stinking dump with shitty instruments and a rude piece of shit Jew bastard employees. There are so many other cleaner stores, why would anyone shop at that garbage dump?

[MrTucsonkid]

used to blaze with Rainer in the basement. Man could repair anything! Slide guitar LEGEND. Miss the nites at Cushing Street watching him and Das Combo. Got a few signed Rainer CD's in my collection I won't trade for anything!!

[untergrunt]

Dang, that takes me back. Any footage of Nick Augustine kicking around?

[shiambles]

a new way out of here

[wagg]

Cool! I did the camera work on this segment!

[mariannedissard]

chicago music store ain't been the same since... nor has tucson

[Kateklby]

Thanks for putting this up here and for the links to more info on this really great artist.