George McAnthony [SEP] date of death
George McAnthony
George McAnthony (6 April 1966 – 8 July 2011), born Georg Spitaler, was a country singer and songwriter. From 1988 he toured around Italy, Austria, Germany, Switzerland and France.
McAnthony was born and raised in Eppan an der Weinstraße, South Tyrol, Italy, where he resided until his death. He recorded fourteen albums, three of them in Nashville. McAnthony performed as a "Country One Man Band", playing seven acoustic instruments at the same time, live, without backing
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Among other things he conducted the weekly program "Country Time" on the German speaking Radio Channel RAI Sender Bozen.
Outside of his music career, McAnthony was dedicated to charity projects.
McAnthony's thirteenth CD, "Bridge To El Dorado", was given airtime on the international radio network by "Comstock Records USA", and came in second place at the European Country Music Awards 2009 in the Category "Best European Album of the Year". In April 2010 George McAnthony recorded