Författararkiv:

THE BESNAZ
from Bäsna, Sweden

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Members:
Sune Englund (75 years), rhythm guitar
Ove Bergman (66 years), drums
Bernt Andersson (77 years), solo guitar
Anders Jansson (69 years), bass

Background and description:
I (Bernt) have been interested in Spotnicks since the first time I heard THe Old Spinning Wheel back in 1961.
I had a band in the 60’s where we played dance music around central Sweden and the border areas in Norway. We already had some Spotnicks songs and also songs by Shadows.

Besnaz was formed in the spring of 2013. The name comes from the fact that we have our rehearsal room in Bäsna community center.
We then had Ingemar Lindström on bass. He has a distinct Stockholm dialect and could not pronounce the letter ”ä”. He always said Besna and then the band’s name got to be like that.

From 2018, we now have Anders Jansson on base. Anders and drummer Ove have both played in dance bands in the 70s and 80s.

We play a lot at pensioner meetings and nostalgia days. We have also participated in the Spotnicks Festival at Apple hotels (2017) and Backa Folkets hus (2018) in Gothenburg and has also played with the Cadillac Band.

We have recorded two CDs. The first with the title ”Just listen to my heart” 2016 and ”The Besnaz on Wheels” in 2020 and also had several songs on Radio Spotnicks’ top list.

Equipment:
Solo guitar: Fender Stratocaster, Vox AC 30, (Boss Katana 100), Hall & Collins signature echo.
Rhythm guitar: Fender Sstratocaster, Boss Katana 100.
Bass: Fender P-bass and Mustang
Drums: Tama or Ludvig from 1965.

Repertoire:
Our repertoire includes songs by The Spotnicks (about 12) and The Shadows (about 25) but also by Violents and
Ventures. Occasional songs from other bands too.
Favorite songs among Spotnick’s songs are Amapola, Johnny guitar, Karelia and Old spinning wheel.

Youtube:
Medley
The Old Spinning Wheel
Apache & Amapola

Contact:
Bernt Andersson
Sjövägen 24
78561 Djurås
Sweden
+46-730-635065

THE BESNAZ
från byn Bäsna i Gagnef kommun Dalarna

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Medlemmar:
Sune Englund (75 år), kompgitarr
Ove Bergman (66år), trummor
Bernt Andersson (77 år), sologitarr
Anders Jansson (69 år), elbas

Bakgrund och beskrivning
Jag (Bernt) har varit intresserad av The Spotnicks ända sedan första gången jag hörde The Old Spinning Wheel redan 1961.
Jag hade på 60-talet ett band då där vi spelade dansmusik runtom i mellansverige och gränstrakterna i Norge. Vi hade redan då med några Spotnickslåtar och även låtar av Shadows.

Besnaz bildades våren 2013. Namnet kommer sig av att vi har vår övningslokal i Bäsna bygdegård.
Vi hade då Ingemar Lindström på bas. Han har en utpräglad Stockholmsdialekt och där har man ju inte bokstaven ä. Han sa alltid Besna och då fick bandets namn bli så.

Från 2018 har vi nu Anders Jansson på bas. Anders och trummisen Ove har båda spelat i dansband på 70 och 80-talet.

Vi spelar mycket på pensionärsträffar och nostalgidagar. Har även medverkat på Spotnicksfestivalen på Apple hotell (2017) och Backa Folkets hus (2018) i Göteborg och har också spelat ihop med Cadillac band.

Två CD-skivor har vi Spelat in. Den första med titeln ”Just listen to my heart” 2016 och en till nu ”The Besnaz on Wheels” år 2020. Vi har även haft med flera låtar på Radio Spotnicks topplista.

Utrustning:
Sologitarr: Fender stratocaster, Vox AC 30, (Boss Katana 100), Hall & Collins signature echo.
Kompgitarr: Fender stratocaster, Boss Katana 100.
Bas: Fender P-bas och Mustang
Trummor: Tama eller Ludvig från 1965.

Repertoar:
I vår repertoar ingår låtar av The Spotnicks (c:a 12 st) och The Shadows (c:a 25 st) men även av Violents och Ventures. Enstaka låtar från andra band förekommer också.
Favoritlåtar bland The Spotnicks låtar är Amapola, Johnny Guitar, Karelia och The Old Spinning Wheel.

Youtube:
Medley
The Old Spinning Wheel
Apache och Amapola

Kontaktperson:
Bernt Andersson
Sjövägen 24
78561 Djurås
0730-635065

THE GOLDFINGERS & THE ROADCASTERS
from Gothenburg, Sweden

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Members:
Hazze Strandberg (Gothenburg), rhythm- and solo guitar. Band master.
Kenneth Lindholm (Lidköping), rhythm- and solo guitar, vocals. Arranges and writes sheet music.
Lennart Eliasson (Gothenburg), bass and vocals.
Jan ”Mr Elvis” Andersson (Kungälv), drums and vocals.


The Goldfingers started in the late ’90s with a focus on sounding like our role models The Spotnicks.
We were ”house band” at The Spotnicks Swedish Fanklubb who had monthly meetings in Hedefors.
In 2001 we played at the Shadows Festival Oslo and since then we have played different places in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Germany, England and more.

The Goldfingers on YouTube: Space Walk


The Roadcasters story comes from people asking if we could play Rockabilly and Rock’N’Roll as well.
Said and done, presented with the Gretsch guitars, standing bass and drum club kit, ”all in” and new band name The Roadcasters.
Now we play everything from -50s onwards with i.a. many Elvis songs.
Roadcasters have also released an own CD which is recorded in ”Studio Skrikan” in Kungälv.
Responsible publisher:Carelia Records record company, Kristinehamn. Tel 076-825 96 83

Here are some samples from the CD:
Jailhouse Rock
Route 66
Gee Whiz It’s You

So we are two bands with the same good guys at a mature age.
Welcome to hear from you!

Website Link

Contact:
Hazze Strandberg
Mobile: +46-723-232803

COVER BANDS

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In June, a call was posted here and on Facebook where I was searching for bands – or individual musicians – who have The Spotnicks music as a guiding star and who want to share why they are stucked to this genre and how you do to carry this music forward.

It was Kent Brännlund who came up with the idea.
As a former Spotnicks member and now one of the musicians in A Tribute To The Spotnicks, he is one of many culture bearers who carry on this unique music genre.
He, like me – and hopefully many more – thinks it would be interesting to inform about who else keeps the Spotnicks music alive (more important now than ever!).

So far five bands have responded to the call. Hopefully more will get in touch!
Received entries are presented further down the page.

Your contributions should include the following:
• Name and picture and ”domicile” (city/town)
• Names (and perhaps also age) of participating musicians and their instruments
• Information about other equipment that may be of interest for others to read about
• What made you start playing The Spotnicks music
• How long you have been playing this type of music
• Which songs are your absolute favorites
• How you bring your music to others

You are also welcome to tell us if you have any special memory with The Spotnicks that you want to share.

I can publish some audio files on the website with your permission.
Any videos will only be published if they can be linked to YouTube or similar.

Does this sound interesting? In that case, send your contributions!
Send your contributions by email to webmaster@spotnicks.net
Don’t forget to let me know if your contact details may be published or not!

I take the liberty to edit the content so that it is suitable for publication and I also translate into Swedish if time permits.
Sören Alverfeldt

MYSTEERI
from Borås, Sweden

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Members:
Tomas Boström (70 years), rhythm and solo guitar
Swenne Wiberg (70 years), rhythm and solo guitar
Pop Persson (69 years), drums
Tony Sirén (59 years), electric bass

Background and description:
I – Swenne Wiberg – came in contact with Spotnicks and their music early 60’s.
I bought the first EP in Gothenburg then came one record after another.
I actually bought two EPs then, had received Christmas presents, the other was with The Violents, another Swedish band.
Already in the late 50’s I had Cliff Richard as my favorite.

I thought The Spotnicks had a sound that no other band had.
Favorite songs I got hooked on back then were My Old Kentucky Home and Midnight Special with incredible solos from Bo’s guitar and with Bob’s great vocals!
Then you fell in love with the other songs that came as if on a conveyor belt.

What you heard you wanted to try to practice yourself, got a Höfner electric guitar from my parents 1964/65, had a steel-stringed Bjärton before, which you tried to play after or take out songs yourself on. It went so and so…

Different basement bands were formed in the mid 60’s with different qualities, but as you got older and started working and buying proper stuff to play on type Fender Strata and Fender amplifiers Reverb Delux, then you could afford to buy Vox Ac30 (!)
Then it started to sound something like what you heard from the records, we thought. We rehearsed and rehearsed rehearsed, even bought notes.

In 2003, The Sound Of Fenders was started at Spotnicksklubben in Hedefors, with sedulous practice we had put together a repertoire with a lot of Spotnicks-related songs.
There were gigs at the Spotnicks club and at festivals here and there.

Now, at the age of 69, a new band was started with the name Mysteeri from Borås to continue to spread the guitar music like Spotnicks-/Shadows-/Rautalanka music further.
Mystery started on August 12, 2019 and we practiced for several hours and had a few gigs. After the Corona Pandoma struck in March, there have been no more exercises or gigs so far.

Equipment:
We use Fender Stratocasters, Vox and various other brands and the band plays i.a. Spotnicks music.

Repertoire:
The favorite songs we play are i.a. Theme From Leningrad, Johnny Guitar, Valentina, Busted, Last Date and Time Is Tight.

Contact:
Swenne Wiberg
Källhagsgatan 25
507 60 Borås, Sweden
+46-768-540583

HOTLANDERS
from Lidköping, Sweden

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Members:
Three of us were involved from the beginning:
Ola Humlefors (72 years), electric bass
Jonny Lönnström (68 years) drums
Lennart Berg (73 years) guitar

In 2015, Karl-Gustav Örtlund was replaced by Kenneth Lindholm (71 years old) on vocals and guitar

Background and description:
The band was formed in 2002 and then had Kristinehamn in Värmland as our home. Nowadays we have Lidköping as domicile because we use to practice there.
After a gig at Hedefors Café in front of the members of Spotnicks’ fan club, a journalist wanted to know the name of our band.
We then had nothing but had to come up with one during the 25 miles on the way home during the night. It then became a strange translation of the landscape Värmland = HOTLANDERS®.
The band then consisted of four members. In total, there have been ten people who have been involved.

Initially, the idea was that Kalle would play Shadows songs and Lennart Spotnicks songs.
When Kenneth turned out to play many Spotnicks songs with bravura, we dropped the idea.

We play live and meet our audience that way. Recently, there have also been some recordings and we have right now (September 2020) a song on Radio Spotnicks’ top list and some melodies are released on Carelia Records.

Equipment:
Lennart had Göran Holén to rebuild the Fender with active mics and he uses an echo/reverb made by the same man. The Fender super sonic 22 that is transferred out in PA gives the final sound.
Kenneth uses Fender guitars, Lexicon MPX G2 effects and Fender Super 60 amplifiers.
Ola plays at Fender and Arvidsson basses.
Jonny’s drums are made by Remo.

Repertoire:
With a few exceptions for a few melodies, we have not played anything other than Shadows and Spotnicks as we started in 2002 because we had it with us in our luggage from the 60’s.
Favorite songs for Lennart’s are: Moonshot, Havah Nagila, Ghostriders In the Sky, Last Date, Amapola, Johnny Guitar, Karelia, I Remember You, Just Listen To My Heart, Hang On, Ol´ Man River and La Rosita. The last three when Kenneth is in the lead.
Ola prefers the Shadows songs from the older recordings. Jonny wants to play the ”classic” Spotnicks and Shadows.
Kenneth likes to play old Shadows and Spotnicks songs and a little Cliff Richard.

Contact:
Lennart Berg
Centralgatan 21D
571 41 Nässjö, Sweden
+46-725-255315

Youtube:
La Rosita
Havah Nagila

STILL YOUNG & BEAUTIFUL
from Partille, Sweden

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Members:
Jan Andersson, drums and vocals
Staffan Wennerlund, rhythm guitar and vocals
Tommi Hyppönen, solo guitar and vocals
Conny Nilsson, keyboard and vocals
Hans Malmquist, bass
Stanley Nyquist, roadie
Åke Hammarin, rhythm guitar and bandmaster

Background and description:
I have liked Spotnicks since the early 60’s and I also liked Shadows as well.
The idea or dream of once being able to play guitar and preferably electric guitar was born there.

However, it took until the early 80’s before I bought an electric guitar. I then formed one small band in my newly built garage with the idea that we would become a guitar band. It showed to be a bit limited in the number of songs, so we also picked up some vovals.

We played many Spotnicks songs as decent covers.
Eventually we got offers to play at private parties and then we needed a lot of danceable songs.
We also had the opportunity to play for a paying audience at the Jazz House in Gothenburg in 1990.
We played several times a year for 20 years and we got good publicity in the press and appeared on radio and TV.

Through The Spotnicks Swedish Fan Club, I got to know members of Spotnicks.
I also became a bit of a helper for the group at various gigs and was sometimes a sound engineer.
I was with when the original group was reunited and did a short tour and also when Bo Winberg came back from Spain and restarted Spotnicks via Papa O`.
He then borrowed the equipment I bought from him.

In recent years, there have not been as many public gigs for our band. We have participated in the Nordic Guitar Club and Club Fenix.
We have recorded a cassette tape and two CDs.
As a curiosity, it can be mentioned that Hans Wahlström and Douglas Möller, with a past in The Spotnicks, have both participated in the band.

Equipment:
The group’s equipment includes e.g. an Ampeg amplifier that has belonged to Bo Winberg.

Repertoire:
In our repertoire we always have some Spotnicks songs, which are also our favorites such as. Last date, Johnny Guitar and Jessica.

Here are some samples:

Johnny Guitar
Jessica
Time Is Tight

Still Young And Beautiful on Youtube:
Johnny B Goode
Misirlou

Contact:
Åke Hammarin
Svedjevägen 26
433 49 Partille, Sweden
+46-70-4212140

THE GOLDFINGERS & THE ROADCASTERS
från Göteborg

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Medlemmar:
Hazze Strandberg (Göteborg), solo- och kompgitarr. Kapellmästare.
Kenneth Lindholm (Lidköping), solo- och kompgitarr samt sång. Skriver noter och arrangerar.
Lennart Eliasson (Göteborg), bas och sång.
Jan ”Mr Elvis” Andersson (Kungälv), trummor och sång.


The Goldfingers startade sent -90 tal med inriktning att låta som våra förebilder The Spotnicks.
Vi var ”Husband” på Spotnicks Svenska Fanklubb som hade månadsträff på Hedefors Cafe i Hedefors.
2001 spelade vi på Shadows Festivalen Oslo och därefter har vi spelat olika ställen i Sverige, Danmark, Norge, Tyskland och England m.m.

The Goldfingers på YouTube: Space Walk


The Roadcasters historia kommer av att folk frågade om vi inte kunde spela Rockabilly och Rock’N’Roll också.
Sagt och gjort, fram med Gretsch gitarrerna, ståbas och drum club kit, ”fullt ös” och nytt bandnamn The Roadcasters.
Nu spelar vi allt från -50 tal och framåt med bl.a. många Elvislåtar.
Roadcasters har också släppt egen CD som är inspelad i ”Studio Skrikan” i Kungälv.
Ansvarig utgivare: Carelia Records skivbolag, Kristinehamn. Tel 076-825 96 83

Här är några smakprov från CD’n:
Jailhouse Rock
Route 66
Gee Whiz It’s You

Vi är alltså två band med samma goa gubbar i mogen ålder.
Välkommen att höra av er!

Länk till hemsida

Kontaktperson:
Hazze Strandberg
Mobil: 0723-232803

COVERBAND

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(Link to an English version)

I juni lades en efterlysning ut här och på facebook där jag sökte band – eller enskilda musiker – som har The Spotnicks musik som ledstjärna och som vill dela med sig varför just ni fastnade för denna genre och hur ni gör för att föra musiken vidare.

Det var Kent Brännlund kom upp med idén.
Som före detta Spotnicksmedlem och numera en av musikerna i A Tribute To The Spotnicks är han en av många kulturbärare som för denna unika musikgenre vidare.
Han, liksom jag – och förhoppningsvis många fler – tycker att det skulle vara intressant att informera om vilka andra som håller Spotnicksmusiken vid liv (mer angeläget nu än nånsin!).

Hittills är det fem band som har svarat efterlysningen. Förhoppningsvis är det fler som hör av sig!
Inkomna bidrag presenteras längre ner på sidan.

Era bidrag bör innehålla följande:
• Namn och bild samt ”hemvist” (stad/ort)
• Namn (och kanske också ålder) på medverkande musiker och deras instrument
• Uppgifter om annan utrustning som kan vara intressant för andra att läsa om
• Vad det var som fick dig/er att börja spela The Spotnicks musik
• Hur länge ni har spelat denna typ av musik
• Vilka låtar som är era absoluta favoriter
• Hur ni för ut er musik till andra

Ni får också gärna berätta om ni har något speciellt minne med The Spotnicks som ni vill dela med er av.

Jag kan publicera några ljudfiler på hemsidan med er tillåtelse.
Eventuella videor publiceras endast om de kan länkas till YouTube eller liknande.

Låter detta intressant? Hör i så fall av er med era bidrag!
Ni mejlar era bidrag till webmaster@spotnicks.net
Glöm inte att meddela om ni era kontaktuppgifter får offentliggöras eller inte!

Jag tar mig friheten att redigera innehållet så att det passar för publicering och jag översätter i mån av tid även till engelska.
Sören Alverfeldt

MYSTEERI
från Borås

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Medlemmar:
Tomas Boström (70 år), komp- och sologitarr
Swenne Wiberg (70 år), komp- och sologitarr
Pop Persson (69 år), trummor
Tony Sirén (59 år), elbas

Bakgrund och beskrivning:
Jag Swenne kom i kontakt med Spotnicks och deras musik tidigt 60.
Köpte den första Ep på Ferdinand Lundkvist i Göteborg sedan kom den ena skivan efter den andra.
Jag köpte faktiskt två Ep då, hade fått julklappspengar, den andra var med The Violents.
Redan i slutet på 50-talet hade jag Cliff Richard som favorit.

Jag tyckte att The Spotnicks hade ett sound som ingen annat band hade.
Favoritlåtar som jag fastnade för då var My Old Kentucky Home och Midnight Special med otroliga solon från Bos gitarr och med Bobs enorma sångröst!
Sedan blev man förtjust i de andra låtarna som kom som på ett löpande band.

Det där man hörde ville man försöka utöva själv, fick en Höfner elgitarr av föräldrarna 1964/65, hade ju en stålsträngad Bjärton innan, som man försökte spela efter eller ta ut låtar själv på. Det gick ju så där..

Olika källarband bildades mitten på 60 med olika kvalitet, men eftersom äldre man blev och började arbeta och köpa ordentliga grejer att spela på typ Fender Strata och Fenderförstärkare Reverb Delux, sen fick man råd att köpa Vox Ac30 (!)
Då började det låta nåt liknande det man hörde från plattorna, trodde man. Man övade och övade åter övade, köpte även noter.

2003 startades The Sound Of Fenders på Spotnicksklubben på Hedefors, med träget övande så hade vi fått ihop en repetoar med mycket Spotnicksreleterade låtar.
Spelningar fanns det på Spotnicks klubben och på festivaler här och var.

Nu vid 69 års ålder så startades ett nytt band med namnet Mysteeri från Borås för att fortsätta sprida gitarrmusiken typ Spotnicksmusik/Shadows/Rautalanka vidare.
Mysteeri startades 12 augusti 2019 och vi övade flera timmar och hade några spelningar. Efter att Coronapandomin slog i mars till har det tillsvidare inte blivit några fler övningar eller spelningar.

Utrustning:
Vi använder oss av Fender Stratocasters, Vox och div andra märken och bandet spelar bl.a. Spotnicksmusik.

Repertoar:
Favoritlåtarna som vi spelar är bl.a. Theme From Leningrad, Johnny Guitar, Valentina, Busted, Last Date och Time Is Tight.

Kontaktperson:
Swenne Wiberg
Källhagsgatan 25
507 60 Borås
0768-540583