Bo hansson biography
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Bo Hansson
For those of a similar name, see Bo Hanson (disambiguation).
Musical artist
Bo Hansson (10 April 1943 – 23 April 2010)[1] was a Swedishmusician best known for his four instrumental progressive rock studio albums released throughout the 1970s.
Early life and musical career
[edit]Hansson spent his early life in a remote village in the pine forests of northern Sweden, but a change in his parents' fortunes forced a move to Stockholm and they were forced to leave the young Hansson behind, in the care of family friends. As a teenager he joined his parents in Stockholm, where he soon became interested in the burgeoning rock and roll scene and taught himself to play the guitar, before joining the band Rock-Olga.
After the rock and roll craze gave way to jazz and blues in the late fifties, he joined 'Slim Notini's Blues Gang' as a guitarist. Hansson was able to move on and form his own blues group The Merrymen, who supported The Rolling Stones on an early S
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Bosse Hansson
Swedish television journalist
Bo Gunnar Hansson, publicly known as Bosse Hansson (born 20 December 1933) is a Swedish television journalist and sports broadcaster.
Career
[edit]Hansson was born in Jönköping, Sweden, the son of Gerald Hansson, an office manager, and his wife Dagny (née Ahnberg).[1] He passed studentexamen in 1953 and studied at the University of Gothenburg between 1954 and 1957. Hansson worked at Idrottsbladet from 1957 to 1962, at Strömbergs förlag from 1962 to 1965 and at Radiosporten, the sport section of Sveriges Radio from 1965 to 1969, before switching to Sveriges Television (SVT) in 1969.[1]
As a journalist he has covered several international sporting events such as the FIFA World Cup and the Olympics. He was the live commentary when Thomas Ravelli saved the decisive penalty in the 1994 World Cup quarter final penalty shootout between Sweden and Romania; a moment that was later dubbed the biggest Swedish spo
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Bo Hansson, a multi-instrumentalist from Goteborg (Sweden), who had already released three albums with the duo Hansson & Karlsson, composed Sagan Om Ringen (1970), reissued as Lord Of The Rings (Buddah, 1972), an original take on psychedelic, gothic, progressive and electronic rock. Hansson played almost all the instruments, including the synthesizer. The resulting sound of the 12 impressionistic vignettes was unique, predating both Brian Eno's electro-pop and new age music, blandning folk, classical, jazz and pop one year before Mike Oldfield.
The jazz element is stronger on Magician's Hat (1972), which fryst vatten more of a group effort and includes lengthier tracks (Big City).
A more ambitious production (with an impressive cast of keyboards) bestows on Attic Thoughts (1975) a Yes-like storhet. This would remain a classic of symphonic rock, at least as far as "sound" goes.
Bo Hansson died in april 2010 at the age of 67.