Werner Lämmerhirt

Werner Lämmerhirt was a German guitarist, singer-songwriter, and composer, born on March 17, 1949 in Berlin and died on October 14, 2016 in Bodenwerder. His music is usually associated with folk, blues, singer-songwriter music, and acoustic fingerstyle guitar. Apple Music lists him as a German singer-songwriter, while YouTube Music describes him as one of the important German singer-songwriters and guitarists in contemporary folk music.

He became especially known as one of the key figures in the German fingerpicking / fingerstyle guitar scene. Stockfisch Records describes his playing as a mix of folk, swing, and blues, with a powerful, rhythmic, and relaxed style, and notes that he influenced thousands of guitarists.

Important albums and recordings include Ten Thousand Miles, With Friends – For Friends, Die Dritte, All Alone, White Water, Harte Zeiten, Eine halbe Ewigkeit, and the posthumous …es bleibt die Erinnerung…. His catalog is strongly linked with Stockfisch Records, and his later releases include both instrumental guitar pieces and German-language songs. Qobuz and Amazon Music list later catalog titles such as Harte Zeiten, Rockpalast Acoustic (Live, Cologne, 1979), Eine halbe Ewigkeit, and …es bleibt die Erinnerung….

Lämmerhirt is known for his unmistakable acoustic guitar tone, smoky voice, blues-influenced fingerpicking, and his role in shaping German folk-guitar culture.