1987

Charming! The first press photo. From left: Lasse Persson, Ronny Lindskog and Ralph Svensson.

1990

On stage with piano player Lars Jansson.

1991

Concert with Ulf Wakenius. 

1991

Key board legend "Tollarparn" and Ronny

1992

During a couple of years in the early nineties we had "our own" stage at FestivalDax in the town Hässleholm, southern Sweden where we invited a lot of guests to play with us. At one occation Mr Sky High himself - Clas Yngström guested us.

Peps och Totta 1994

The two happy boys in front are Peps Persson (left) and Torsten "Totta" Näslund (right). The two are considered the two most respected artists on the Swedish blues scene. We are very proud and happy for have doing a lot of concerts with both of them. (June 2005 Totta sadly left us due to cancer. We´ll meet again up there Totta...)

Denmark 

During the years we have been doing a lot of gigs in Denmark, it almost become our second home. It´s a great country to tour in with short travelling distances, superb beer and generally a very nice audience. Here Ralph and Ronny are posing outside the club Ricks Café in Randers. Our poster (at the left) was made from a wooden carving by Lena Mansén, Finland and finished by the world famous artists Beck & Jung, Sweden.

Ralph behind the drum kit

Don´t remember when the photo is taken but probably in the late 1990:s. Ralph has just finished mounting the drum kit when someone took this picture. There´s a mike attached to the snare drum. Did we play that loud back in those days?

Finland

Happy boys in Helsinkki!

Denmark

Max and Ralph on a windy beach.

1999 in Pfungstadt, Germany

Peter Edelmann and Maria Bauer promote a private institution in their home presenting live music, theatre and others. We were fortunate to play there at one occation. After the concert we were invited to a superb dinner. We will never forget the superb Bouillabaisse! From left: Max, Ralph and Peter.

Schmölzer Blues Tage

Early September 1999 we played at the beautiful located Schmölzer Blues Tage. We stayed in an old castle which was really exciting. To the right Ralph is having coffe in the morning at the old "bierstube".

The Netherlands 2003

Lasse bought a digital camera and shot pictures all the time. Ralph droved the bus, Max was a sleep so Lasse must have taken this picture himself...

Greece 2003

Ralph and Max in Volos, Greece. It was very hot, I´ll tell you! We played at the European Breeze Festival together with several European bands. Very nice, indeed!

Polar Cirkel 2004

We took a flight to the end (almost) of Sweden to play at Flakasand Rock & Blues festival in June. The midnight sun was impressive! All night long it was day light. We played on the beach along the great Kalix river, people where sitting by camp fires enjoying the music.

More Flakasand Festival

Just have to show you this! Max is hangin´ in the bar. Yes, there where a lot of mosquitos...The people there also claimed that bears are common visitors in the forrest!

The Malmoe festival, Sweden 2004

Pierre Swärd some times joins the trio which is so great! He is one of the greatest Hammond B3 players around. The instrument is from way back when with a fantastic sound. Analog sound, by the way. Halleluja!

Steve and Dennis

During the years we have been doing some gigs with our good friends Steve Grahn (guit/vocals) and Dennis Westerberg (harp/vocals). We really have great fun together. It´s not so much rehersal, more like wide open ears and an open mind. The picture was shot August 28-2004 by Dennis father Lars Westerberg. From left: Lasse, Max, Ralph, Steve and Dennis.

Bluesfestival in Eslöv, Sweden 2004

Max had a lot to do during the festival playing with the trio and guest artist Pelle Lindström but also as a member in the back up band supposed to play with Artur Duncan. Unfortenuatly Duncan cancelled the show due to illness, but the band did a great show anyway. Great work, Max!

Christmas blues in Eslöv

Every Christmas Day we promote our own show in the city of Eslöv. At this occation we got a gift from a "fan" - a bottle of very fine whisky. Not bad!

March 2005

During the spring we stayed indoors rehearsing new material. But we went outside to take some pictures with the strong sun light teasing our eyes.

April 2005

Springblues at Gya is a happening in my own little country village that we annually do together with our dear friends Steve Grahn(left) and Dennis Westerberg (right). 2005 also Mattias Bogefors(not in the picture) guested us with his harmonica.

One more time: the Malmoe festival 2005

We had a great evening together with the crowd in Malmoe August 21. This place is one of the best!

Blue Heart Blues Club 2005

During a December weekend we did a couple of nice gigs, one of them at Blue Heart Blues Association in Halmstad at the Swedish west coast.

Blues Festival in Eslöv 2005

The band in action on stage at Blues Festival in Eslöv 2005. We had the pleasure to play with the great trombone/piano player Ulf Johansson Werre. Always a great pleasure to be on stage with Ulf!

Christmas Day 2005

At last we made our first live recording! Everything went fine, the audience were just great and we had a really nice evening. We did the recording process as simple as possible and, by our opinon, it sounds really good. In August 2006 the CD entitled "Live!" was released.

Blues at Gya 2006

As always a lot of fun on stage. Together with some of our best friends both on stage and in the audience we did this concert for the forth year April 1st.

Musikhuzet, Rönne, Bornholm, Denmark 2006

Friday August 18 we visited the fantastic place called Muzikhuset in the small city of Rönne situated on Bornholm, a Danish island. Great support from both the staff and the audience! Actually this was our forth visit at Musikhuzet.

Sightseeing

The day after the gig in Rönne we killed some time waiting for the ferry by driving round the small island. The pic: Max and Lasse at the market place in the village of Nexö.

Jaunsgyde, Denmark 2006

A friend, Henrik, is a bass player who lives in Denmark. He invited us to play at his birthday party in September. It was a great party with a lot of music and great feeling. We´ll be back when you celebrate 50, Henrik!

Freakin´out!

Just had to find out, Yes, I can s tand up and play the drums! The dark area on the skirt is...sweat!

Lasse 2006

Shot at Bluesfestival in Eslöv.

Max

at the same stage same occation.

Twenty years anniversery

October 26:th 2007 we celebrated our 20:th birthday on stage together with some really nice friends: Roland Gottlow-piano/voc, Filip Jers-harp and Steve Grahn-guit/voc. A super celebration! Let´s do it again...25:th birthday?

Christmas blues 2007

Well, don´t know what to say...but Max surprised us all apperaing like Santa!

A weekend in Denmark April 2008, part 1

The picture is taken Saturday 26:th of April in the Danish city Kalundborg. Spring time and some shopping (wine, beer, whisky, tobacco-all very expensive in Sweden) made the day terrific. In the evening we had a superb gig with some really nice fans in the audience...

A weekend in Denmark April 2008, part 2

We did some tourist activities in Kalundborg and visited the church which by the way was built around 1170 by Esben Snare, brother to the famous bishop Absalon. A very interesting construction, a so called "octagon".

Back in Rönne, Bornholm, Denmark 2008

Saturday October 18:th we played for the first time at Raschs Pakhus in the capital city of Bornholm. W hat a fantastic place! Great staff and a superb audience. The pic to the right shows a statue of a trombone player outside the venue.

Bluesfestival in Eslöv 1/11-08

We invited German harp player Marc Breitfelder to play with us. Halleluja what a gig...

Christmas Blues in Eslöv 25/12-08

Christmas blues no 5 was succesful with a sold out house and a very nice and enthusiastic crowd. Extra plus was guest apperances with our singing friend Rosa and the excellent harmonica player Mattias. And best of all was Ralph´s tie which has a built in light and play Christmas songs...

Spring blues at Gya 2009

A lot of sun, spring flowers, barbeque and a lot of people made the Spring blues session to a succesful evening. Super!

Saturday 2/5-2009

We played in Malmoe (Sweden) with the fantastic harp player Marc Breitfelder. What a thrill! The pic at the right tells us that everybody was feeling great...

The Blues tent, Malmoe 20/8-2009

Since our guitar player Lasse had to stay in bed because of a bad back, we asked our old friend Jan Gerfast to help us out at this very nice gig together with Marc Breitfelder (harmonica). Jan came and did a great job! The tent was really crowded with an enthusistic audience.

Eslöv Church 12/9-2009

Ralph recieved an cultural award and to celebrate we invited a chiore and played gospel music. A gig to be remebered for a long time!

The 10:th Blues Festival in Eslöv 24/10-2009

We played together with Marc Breitfelder who impressed both us in the band and the audience. What a pleasure to play with such a skilled musician. The band was on top, a great concert!

Blue Heart, Halmstad August 14-2010

Our guitar player Lasse had to cancel the gig and we found a sub in Magnus "Mange" Lindeberg who did a fantastic job! Together with Marc on harmonicas we had one of the best nights in a long time!

The Market Place, Eslöv August 3-2011

The city celebrated 100 years and we played together with Dan Hylander, a Swedish legend.

The Malmö festival August 23-2011

back in the Blues Tent in Malmö again. We´ve been there many times by now, always well treated by the staff and the audience. Super!

Bluesfestival in Eslöv October 29-2011

We invited one of the best saxophone players in Sweden, Ove Ingemarsson. A very exciting concert! Thank you Ove!

More from the same festival

Singer Susanne Eriksson made a couple of songs with us. Succes! Something´s telling us that we gonna do more gigs with her...

Christmas blues 2011

Crowded house, Susanne on stage with us-all together a super duper gig!

Jazzparty festival 2012

We had the pleasure to play with the great Kellie Rucker. Wow, talk about output!

More Jazzparty festival 2012

On the same gig we also invited the skilled trombone player Fredrik John and our new musical star-singer Susanne Eriksson. What a combination!

Eslöv February 6-2012

Kellie came from Italy to stay one night in Eslöv and we did a great gig with her before she went on her way to LA, US. Thank you Kellie, it was super!. The pic shows Kellie and Ralph.

Private party February 11-2012

Kenneth invited a bunch of friends and kins to his birtday party and we were invited to play. Since we know that he adores singer Susanne Eriksson we convinced her to join us! Kenneth was in heaven all the evening! Succes! To the right Susanne and Ralph gathered in the ktichen!

Sprin blues at Gya, Stehag April 14-2012

A really great evening with a lot of friends on stage. But we had to rehearse a bit with Susanne first.