About me: Artist – Musician – Journalist
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- Born a wandering Swede * Played the bass as teenager with the Swedish pop-legend Lady Thory Bernards - and the Swedish rock-legend White Bear * Stayed in Paris, France for a while 1966-76 * Hung up his Boxing Gloves and returned to Sweden on Spanish Boots * Joined the national Swedish art exhibition circuit * Picked up the bass again with the blues-bands; Peoples People, Midnight Express and Berkely Caesar * Went to the Sahara Desert and wandered with the Touareg people in southern Algeria * Moved to the lovely Swedish island Gotland and made it his home * Touring with Rock-a-Billy/Elvis Tribute star (Bro-Elvis) Big Mike & his Cadillacs brought him to Norway * Blessed with the birth of his daughter Pauleen in Haugesund, he decided then to settle down in that city * Worked nine years as a program host and the editor for Radio Vestland * Started as a blues-reporter with contribution for Jefferson Blues Magazine
***** www.jeffersonbluesmag.com ***** Experienced interviews with many great artists such as; * Buddy Guy * Luther Allison * Otis Rush * Ike Turner * Deitra Farr * Ronnie Baker Brooks * Super Percy * Bob Stroger * Bobby Rush * John Hammond * Bo Diddley * Wilson Pickett * Johnnie Johnson * Billy Boy Arnold * Magic Slim * Jimmy Dawkins * Solomon Burke * Bernard Allison * Peter Green * Eddie Clearwater * Taj Mahal * James Harman * Nappy Brown * Joe Louis Walker * Big Jack Johnson * Roy Gaines * Larry Johnson * Super Percy * The Pretty Things * Long John Hunter * Walter Wolfman Washington * Long John Baldry * Donovan * Elvin Bishop & Little Smokey Smothers * Willie Kent * Deborah Coleman * Canned Heat * Shemekia Copeland * Chris Thomas King * The Holmes Brothers * Chick Willis * Bobby Mack * Neil Black * Walkin' Cane Mark * Roy Rogers * Reidar Larsen * Knut Reiersrud * Vidar Busk * Scandinavian Artists * As an artist he had about 12 own art shows and participated in another 60 shows * As a musician he played an estimated 600 gigs * Tried in vain with a couple of local Haugesund bands, until he met the players in Broken Boots * Changed his name from Rolf K. “Palle” Paulsson to Krister Palais, his artist signature * Chercher la femme et la verite ... The search is over when he met Deitra Farr * Proud member of Nordic All Stars Blues Band
THANK YOU FOR ADDING US KRISTER! Geoff Stein Project Coconut Coasters
WARNING !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Don’t let the Ukulele scare you, we rock Musicians Geoff Stein – Lead Vocals – Ukulele – acoustic guitar Baub Eis – Electric Guitars, acoustic guitar, bass, Ashiko ,Juice harp John Marsi – Drums - (Baub Eis Band) Dave Raithel – Bass (Baub Eis Band) Rich Robben - Backup Vocals On Another Day Down (Jack’s Cellar) Corey Duplechin – Bass (Chubby Carrier and the Bayou Swamp Band) Chubby Carrier – Accordion (The Bayou Swamp Band) Larry Cox – Bass Guitar (Boxcar Willie) Tim Perez – Backup Vocals on all songs Carissa Dawn - Female Vocal Child of God, backup vocals on Why Not Me Brian Herzog – Piano, keyboard, Strings, back up vocals Michael Vyrostek – B-3 Johnny Gibble and Mike Hahn- Auxiliary Percussion Kyle Wiles – Telecaster Steve Landau – Rap on Coconut Julie James - Backup vocal, Another Day Down Pre Production – Eric Petska, Theresa Jones, Ed Gaston
