Kent Liljendahl, harmonica & vocals. Per Stenmark, Bass. Kjell Store, Guitar. Kenth Olsson, drums.
Influences
Big Walter Hornton, Muddy Waters, Lester Butler, Sven Zetterberg, Red Devils, Anson Funderburgh & The Rockets, T-Birds, Paladins, Ronnie Earl, Little Charlie & The Nightcats, William Clarke, Eddie Taylor, Hollywood Fats, Hound Dog Taylor, Junior Watson, Pee Wee Crayton, T-Bone Walker, Paul Butterfield, Jimi Bott, Steve Freund, and many more...
Lazy Roosters, Winner of the 2008 Scandinavian Blues Contest.
Lazy Roosters won the 2008 finals at the SBC. This is what the jury wrote about the band: "A solid musical performance, with good groove by a tight band. The band features a top-rate singer and harmonica player, which makes the band stand out."
The Band
The band was formed in 2007 by 4 guys from the "mountain country" of middle Sweden called Bergslagen. Here in the backwoods all the members had played in different bands and setups since the early seventies and eighties. Drummer Kenth Olsson and guitarist Kjell Store, also in the Örebro based Chicago-style band Blues Solution, both had a previous background from different local blues bands. Singer-songwriter and harmonica player Kent Liljendahl and bassist Per Stenmark where members of the Mojodoc Blues Band, with who they recorded the album "Ain't Much to Worry About" in 2001. They also played and toured with Boogie Doctors, a local blues-rock band famous in the late eighties and early nineties.
The music
Lazy Roosters plays a mix of Texas and Chicago-style blues. Kent Liljendahl's vocals and harmonica is essential in the band, and the backing trio of Olsson, Store and Stenmark lays a solid ground for Liljendahl's work. The music is a mix of old standards, new blues and own material.;
Hey now Lazy Roosters, yes, after US miswest and east coast all of July I'll be in Denmark/Sweden Aug 20 thru Sept 2. then Norway-Sept 3 thru 14. then Belgium & Holland Sept 15 thru 30 then on to Spain for October. I hope you can come to a show and say hello. y'all stay well, cool and in touch, James Harman
Tack ska ni ha grabbar och jag håller med er ang John Némeths framträdande...han gjorde en kanonturné rakt igenom! Vårt eget set var dock oinspirerat och inget att skriva hem om...vill ogärna skylla från mig men arrangemanget hade allt annat att önska...
Materialet hos er låter "gubba" och bra! Ska hälsa Jonas om guran också. Kämpa på! /Tommy
Grattis ännu en gång. Tack för att lånade ut er utrustning till oss på lördagen. Det var kul att få dela scenen med de Skandinaviska Bluesmästarna 2008! Mike Chorizo & The Other Hotdogs
Jupp.. grattis igen till segern... O jävligt kul o träffa resten av bandet. Stenmark blev ja ju inte av me, för han va ju på samma camping. :) Tack Per för den underbara hawaianska skortan.. Jag är mycket stolt.
