Pfuri Eugen Baldenweg (born 1946 in Switzerland) is a Swiss/Australian blues musician, singer and harmonica player. Career Baldenweg has performed in many bands and formations since the early sixties. He gained wide success in Europe during the seventies with the band Pfuri Gorps & Kniri which played blues roots music on assorted trash instruments such as plastic bags, mouse traps, trash cans, and vacuum cleaners. Highlight performances included the Roskilde Festival 1978, Eurovision 1979 and the Montreux Jazz Festival 1977/1979. He is chairman of Great Garbo music. Personal life Baldenweg lives in Byron Bay. He is married to artist Marie-Claire Baldenweg with whom he has three children.
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