Tobe Engström - Synth, Piano and Lead Vocals,
Jimmy Silow - Harmonies and Lead Guitar,
Mac Robertson - Harmonies and Bass Guitar,
Lars Berggren - Guitar,
Calle Månsson - Harp and Tambourine,
Ulf Niss - Drums
Influences
Muddy Waters, Chester Burnett, Charles "Cow Cow" Davenport,
B.B. King, Skip James, Fleetwood Mac, Rod Piazza, J.B. Lenoir, Robert Johnson, Dr John, Fats Domino, Mike Bloomfield, Charlie Musselwhite,
Wille Dixon.
Sounds Like
Blue Strangers have picked up material by blues composers like Cow Cow Davenport, Memphis Jug Band, Robert Johnson and Blind Willie McTell. Some of the songs that the band is playing are examples of Chicago blues and, in this field, songs by legends like Willie Dixon, Little Walter, Howlin’ Wolf and Muddy Waters are to be heard. They are fond of the older, authentic kind of blues and are not a modern type bluesband. They have been said to play "Blues from New Orleans To Chicago".
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Blue Strangers - a blues band from the south of Sweden - consists of singer and keyboard player Torbjörn Engström, singer and bass player Mac Robertson, guitarists Jimmy Silow and Lars Berggren, harmonica player Calle Månsson and drummer Ulf Niss. These very experienced band members have played in a huge number of bands in various genres, blues bands mainly of course, since the nineteensixties. (…all right, the band youngster Calle wasn’t born then, but the other five…)
The band plays a nice mixture of old and new blues. Some of the repertoire is composed in the nineteentwenties and thirties. In the southern states of USA, in the beginning of the 20:th century, a huge number of blues styles were created and The Blue Strangers have picked up quite seldom featured material by blues composers like Cow Cow Davenport, Memphis Jug Band, Robert Johnson and Blind Willie McTell. Some of the songs that the band is playing are examples of Chicago blues and, in this field, songs by legends like Willie Dixon, Little Walter, Howlin’ Wolf and Muddy Waters are to be heard. The band also has, on its repertoire, songs by later icons like Ray Charles, Clarence Gatemouth Brown and Corey Harris.
Blue Strangers certainly is no cover band, they make personal interpretations from all the material they find in these rich sources, where there still are huge amounts of great music material to be found and brought out to the world.
Visit our website: www.bluestrangers.com if you want som more info about the band, pictures, what gear they are using and some listening to their latest album "Out In The Wilds".
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Hey boys!! Såå trevligt att ni ville joina denne gamle bluesgobben och bli rymdvänner in da' space. Det låter ju görgött här hos er. Feels like Chicago full out! Har en special hälsning till vännen Lars som jag beundrar mycket! That's what a call a cool man! Keep up the good blueswork så ses vi vimlet. (måste vara lite internationell i språket också, så alla hänger med. Kram till er alla från Steve & Mattias.
