Sven Zetterberg
Scandinavian bluesman Sven Zetterberg impressed Swedish audiences beginning in the early '70s with his guitar, harp, and raw soulful vocals. He was born in 1952 in Skärblacka, Sweden, and started playing harmonica at the age of 12 when he discovered the music of Little Walter. His first band, Telge Blues, was formed in 1972 and played the Swedish club scene for a number of years, followed by the formation of Sven Zetterberg & the Chicago Express. This band, for the better part of ten years, held the top position in the Swedish blues scene and recorded four albums -- The Blue Solution (1990), Watch Your Step (1991), Permanently Blue (1995), and Steppin' Out (1996) -- before breaking up. Through the years, Zetterberg learned from and played with a host of American blues greats who traveled through Scandinavia, including Jimmy Rogers, Sunnyland Slim, and Jimmy McCracklin.
In 1979, Zetterberg made his first trip to America, heading directly to Chicago, making further contacts with several important musicians. This culminated in the 1983 album Chicago Blues Meeting, featuring Sunnyland Slim and S.P. Leary. Zetterberg continued to tour and release discs, including his first solo recording, Blues from Within, issued by the Amigo label in 1999. Let Me Get Over It followed in spring 2001, and he remained prolific over the next decade and a half, releasing such albums as Moving in the Right Direction (2004), Southern Soul Agenda (2006), Hollerin' Up a Storm (2007), Grounded in Reality (2010), Mileage (2012), and Something for Everybody (2016). After concluding a Christmas tour in mid-December of 2016, Zetterberg died of heart failure in Stockholm on the 18th of that month. He was 64 years old.
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Discography
15 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Rain On (The Lost Session)
Soul - Released by Pama Records a divison of Pama music group on 3 Jun 2022
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Permanently Blue
Chicago Express, Sven Zetterberg
Blues - Released by Amigo on 20 Dec 1995
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Moving In The Right Direction
Rock - Released by Last Buzz on 8 Jun 2004
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Something For Everybody
Rock - Released by Gamlestans Grammofonbolag on 6 May 2016
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Holleri´n Up A Storm
Rock - Released by Border Music on 17 Oct 2007
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Southern Soul Agenda
Rock - Released by Border Music on 8 Jun 2010
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Soul Of A Man 1990-1999
Blues - Released by Amigo on 31 Mar 2004
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Grounded In Reality
Rock - Released by Border Music on 3 Nov 2010
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I Ain't from Mississippi
Blues - Released by Pama Records a divison of Pama music group on 1 May 2022
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Rain on Tears
Soul - Released by Pama Records a divison of Pama music group on 28 Mar 2022
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Rooster Blues
Knut Reiersrud, The Four Roosters, Sven Zetterberg
Blues - Released by Hot Club Records on 13 Nov 2007
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When the Sun Comes Up
Peter R. Ericson, Sven Zetterberg, Jukka Tolonen
Blues - Released by Comedia on 25 Feb 2021
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo