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Lars Åstrand: Mandolins & Violin.
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Stefan Swén: Harmonica & Washboard.
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"..Slide guitar is first about listening.. Then it's about feeling.. It's about how you can make your guitar sound more like a voice than wood and steel or bronze... Don't be afraid to play less, to work with your voice and with the silence between the notes.. A lotta nothing is still nothing. A little something... now THAT's something!!.." Resonatin' words of wisdom.. |
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Live in Italy, June 2009.

Click here to see some photo's from Italy 2009!!!
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Here's the new rhythm section, hahaha!!!
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Preachin' the blues..!!
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The Delta Trio with Mattias Nordqvist on piano..
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Sometimes as the Delta Duo..
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BJ's Delta Trio!!! Mostly old-timey 1920's and 30's unpolished, raw delta, hokum & country blues stuff.. Spirituals(early bluesy gospel) are also an essential part of our repertoire!! We play blues clubs, festivals, churches, cultural events etc.etc.. This kind of music fits in everywhere!!!! Best described as a mix of old-timey slideguitar Delta/Country blues and Spirituals that have been heard and felt by audiences on numerous concerts and shows around Scandinavia and Europe.. The heart in our music is the genuine sound of resonator guitars, when performing, there's also washboard, harmonica, fiddle, mandolin, kazoo and other typical instruments of the golden era! And what a wonderful sound they all make!! What better way to get your audience in the mood than with a set of laid back stuff from the Delta?! Anywhere where there´s a need for real old blues.. We´ll be there!! Classic tunes from masters like Robert Johnson, Son House, Blind Willie Johnson, Skip James, Muddy Waters, Tampa Red, Bukka White etc.. As well as my own songs in the genre of course..!! * Bottleneck
John's Delta Trio
Johan "Bottleneck John"
Eliasson, bluesmusiker från Östersund. Han turnerar ute i Europa och har även gjort
en USA-turné i södra staterna Mississippi, Tennesee och Arkansas med
spelningar på klubbar och festivaler där, bl.a. King Biscuit Blues
Festival i Helena! Som namnet antyder spelas det en hel del bottleneck
slide på gitarrerna av resonatortyp, gamla plåtburkar stämda i öppna
ackord. Bottleneck John's Delta Trio bjuder på ol’timey blues,
hokum &
spirituals(tidig gospel med blues i botten) med rötterna djupt nere i 1920/30-talets Mississippidelta,
ibland intensiv, rå och tempofylld men även tillbakalutad och känslosam.
BJ's Delta Trio bjuder
på en musikalisk tidsresa med låtar av legendarer som Robert Johnson,
Son House, Bukka White, Blind Willie Johnson och Muddy Waters men även
eget material i denna traditionsfyllda genre! Don
Hooper från Unplugged Records i
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The past few years has taken BJ on tour to various stages/venues throughout Europe and USA, among others:
-Rootsway
Blues & Food Festival, Parma, Italy 2009 ![]()
-Davis
Jazz Club, Vienna, Austria 2008 ![]()
-Arkansas
Blues & Heritage Festival, Helena, USA 2006 ![]()
-Blues
au Chateau Festival, La Chèze, France 2007
-Swing
Blues Festival, Wespelaar, Belgium 2007
-Nidaros
Blues Festival, Trondheim, Norway 2007, 2005, 2003
-PaasBlues
Festival, Asten, The Netherlands 2007
-Copenhagen
Blues Festival, Copenhagen, Denmark 2006 ![]()
-Dundee
Blues Bonanza, Dundee, Scotland 2005, 2006 ![]()
-Åmål
Blues Festival, Åmål, Sweden 2005 ![]()
-The
Helicon Jazz Cafe, Warsaw, Poland 2005 ![]()
-Music
Café Pegasus, Munich, Germany 2006 ![]()
-Breakfast
Blues, Bunky’s, Helena, Arkansas, USA 2006 ![]()
-Streets
of Blues Festival, Tropea, Italy 2005, 2006 ![]()
-Frankfurt Musik
Messe,
Amistar Guitars, Germany 2006 ![]()
-Felsenkeller,
Schwandorf, Germany 2006 ![]()
-Jazzland,
Vienna, Austria 2006 ![]()
-Mississippi
Welcome Center, Lula, MS, USA 2006 ![]()
-Blues
Cruise on the Baltic Sea, 2005, 2007 ![]()
-Dalane
Blues Festival, Egersund, Norway 2006, 2007
-Tartu
ResoFest, Tartu, Estonia 2005 ![]()
-Resophonic
Guitar Festival, Pilzen, Czech Rep. 2005, 2006 ![]()
-Street
Blues, Memphis, Tennesee, USA 2006 ![]()
-Isle
of Capri Casino, Lula, Mississippi, USA 2006 ![]()
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Skalica Cultural Centre, Slovakia 2005 ![]()
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Sometimes BJ goes solo..
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A bass-harmonica..!!

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Hear that train
a'comin'.. ![]()
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Live at the Östersund Blues Festival 2008. The trio with some friends on piano and drums..!

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The Delta Trio with Mattias Nordqvist on piano..

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1931 Chevrolet!!! A true bluesmobile..
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BJ in the delta.. It was like coming home...
See some USA photos here!!
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Playin' the old 12-string blues, Leadbelly style..
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Sometimes Fredrik Eriksson joins us on double-bass!!
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Tools of our trade..
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The Delta Trio!!
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Kazoo-trumpet....!?
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The Delta Trio - Live at the Coffee House!
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On a festival stage..
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Lined up for recording..
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Stefan plays acoustic through an old megaphone, haha..!!
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BJ goes Mississippi Delta!! See some USA pics!!
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The Delta Trio live at Smokestack Records, Stockholm!!
Sure is a small place but when we played totally acoustic, we managed to find enough space!!
Behind the counter, shop owner Tommy!
Swedens coolest little music store, a lot of roots music on disc, sometimes also live, like this saturday when we played for a while!!
Such gigs are so much fun!!
Resonatin'
And with the mandolin, a loud reso-mando!!
Photo: Kenth-Åke Norman
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This is the ol'timey blues, a'cappella...
Xmas cards 2008.. ![]()


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