Peter Tschernig

Peter Tschernig, born on April 12, 1945, in Chemnitz, Germany, was a German musician. He received an accordion from his grandparents as a young boy and took music lessons until 1958, after which he became a horn player in the Karl Marx Stadt brass band. When the Beatles rose in popularity in the 1960s, he learned to play guitar and founded his first band. After working as a freelance DJ and joining Express, he transitioned to a solo career as a country musician and songwriter, and founded the band TAXI in 1979. His discography includes Ich Fahr' Das Taxi 408 (1983), Irgendein Haken Ist Immer Dabei (1987), and Immer Lächeln (2009). He passed away on September 15, 2017.