Stanley Samuelsen

Bio:

STANLEY SAMUELSEN, FAROE ISLANDS. GUITARIST, COMPOSER, SINGER, SONGWRITER. Stanley Samuelsen was born in a small village, Fuglafjord, in the Faroe Islands as the youngest of 12 children. At the age of 12 Stanley got his first acoustic guitar. Listening to the radio he tought himself to play. A few years later he got himself an electric guitar and became a member of the local band Silly Boys who played at the dancehall every weekend. In 1970 Silly Boys won a competition as the most popular band in the Faroe Islands. Stanley went to Denmark in 1970, and he played in different bands thoughout the years. In 1980's Stanley started playing for the Danish Tradeunions in a duo called "Den Udødelige Duo"- For many years this duo entertained at congresshalls, schools and universities. They played for politicians and workers all over Denmark, Sweden and even in Jamaica. For this work the Duo recieved the Danish LO Culture price in 1992. In july 2008 Stanley recieved a Faroese cultural award called - Listavirðisløn Miðlahúsins- Mediehusets kunstpris - Stanley began touring solo in the 90's and he has been travelling and performing many times in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Germany. Stanley has a huge repertoire and besides faroese he sings in english, danish and swedish. STANLEY HAS RECORDED 3 SOLO ALBUMS You can purchace them from www.tutl.com.

Reverbnation Gig Map It is obvious that Stanley is influenced by some of the well known musicians from the 60's but Stanleys childhood as well as growing up in the rough but beautifull landscape of the Faroe Islands is a very big influence to his sensitive music. Playing the guitar is Stanleys way of expressing his inner feelings, and every chord , every tiny tone is perfectly placed and shines like a jewel to the listeners. So natural and so fine that people often say they do not need to understand the words when he performs in a language unknown. You are wellcome to visit Stanleys official website http://www.stanleysamuelsen.dk Tallbacken Rag

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Member Since:

September 26, 2006

Members:

Stanley Samuelsen med band: STANLEY SAMUELSEN: guitars, vocals, mouth organ. KNUT HENRIKSEN: bass, vocal. (Ref: Brødrene Olsen, Rugsted & Kreutzfeldt, Bifrost, Cornelis Vreeswijk, Bjørn Afzelius, Bo Diddley, C. V. Jørgensen, ”Den Benhårde Trio” with Peter Thorup & Ken Gudman). GERT SMEDEGAARD: drums, percussion. (Ref: Erik Grib, Allan Olsen, Tamra Rosanes, Ivan Pedersen, Niels Skousen & C. V.) Trio ACOUSTICA www.trioacoustica.com Nordisk guitar- og vokaltrio Stanley Samuelsen, Steen-Vidar Larsen og Øistein Rian

Influences:

The Beatles off course and Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, The Byrds, John Renbourn, Moody Blues, Chris Hillman, James Taylor, Clapton ......... .. .. .. .. ..

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