Hannes Wader (born Hans Eckard Wader on 23 June, 1942 in Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a famous songwriter (Liedermacher), singer and guitarist. Life and work Wader's works are mostly based on German folk songs. Aside from his own lyrics, he also performs works of famous poets like Eichendorff. He now rarely sings the workers' songs and socialist hymns that used to be a large part of his repertoire. He recently published an album exclusively with songs by Franz Schubert. He also performed translated works from Carl Michael Bellman in the album "Liebe, Schnaps & Tod". Remarkably, many of the social issues Wader sang about are still relevant today. Besides e.g. Franz Josef Degenhardt, Wader can be considered as one of the most active political singers in Germany. In the 1970s Hanners Wader became one of the stars of the political left through his provocative songs. He was a member of the German Commu

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