Description
The Inner Flame
AUDIO CD 1997
Executive Producer: Robert Plant & Howe Gelb
A Tribute to Rainer Ptacek
UPC 075678300820
Label: Atlantic – 7567-83008-2
Format: CD, Album
Country: Europe
Released: 1997
Genre: Rock
Style: Blues Rock, Folk Rock
Tracklist:
| 1 | –Giant Sand & Rainer | The Inner Flame | 5:35 |
| 2 | –Robert Plant & Jimmy Page | Rude World | 3:49 |
| 3 | –Emmylou Harris | The Good Book | 4:00 |
| 4 | –Evan Dando | Rudy With A Flashlight | 2:38 |
| 5 | –Victoria Williams & Mark Olson (2) | Something's Gotta Be Done | 3:41 |
| 6 | –Vic Chesnutt & Tina Chesnutt | Where's That At? | 3:28 |
| 7 | –Kris McKay | One Man Crusade | 4:17 |
| 8 | –PJ Harvey & John Parish & Eric Drew Feldman | Losin' Ground | 3:12 |
| 9 | –The Drovers | Worried Spirits | 6:15 |
| 10 | –Madeleine Peyroux | Life Is Fine | 3:13 |
| 11 | –Robert Plant & Rainer | 21 Years | 5:12 |
| 12 | –LK | I Am A Sinner | 4:32 |
| 13 | –Jonathan Richman | Broken Promises | 4:15 |
| 14 | –Bill Janovitz | Powder Keg | 3:37 |
- Barcode: 075678300820
- Rights Society: GEMA / BIEM
- Label Code: LC 0121
Rainer Ptacek, also known mononymously as Rainer (June 7, 1951 – November 12, 1997), was a Tucson, Arizona-based American guitarist and singer-songwriter. His guitar technique, which incorporated slide, finger-picking, tape loops and electronic manipulation, earned him admiration of some notable musicians such as Robert Plant and Billy Gibbons. A tribute album to Ptacek, The Inner Flame, included contributions by Plant, Jimmy Page, PJ Harvey, Emmylou Harris and others, and was indicative of his reputation as a "musician's musician". He was diagnosed with a brain tumor in early 1996 and died nearly two years later, after the illness recurred.
