Английская Википедия:Danne Larsson

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Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox musical artistDan "Danne" Tage Bexér (né Larsson; born 11 January 1948) is a Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist and businessman who is best known for being the rhythm guitarist in the Swedish rock band Tages, and subsequently Blond, between 1963 and 1969. Additionally, Larsson briefly played keyboards with the group and gave them their name. Though not a very prolific songwriter for the group, he provided them with some of their more well-known songs and also sang on several tracks. After the group broke up, Larsson left Sweden to become a businessman in various countries across Europe, including Spain and France, where he currently still resides.

Early life

Dan Tage Larsson was born on 11 January 1948 in Gothenburg, Sweden.Шаблон:Sfn He became interested in music at a young age and started partaking in piano lessons once a week.Шаблон:Sfn During this time, he became acquainted with Göran Lagerberg who attended the same school as him.Шаблон:Sfn Larsson quickly became bored with the piano lessons as he thought the teacher was "extremely boring".Шаблон:Sfn Instead, he picked up the guitar and doubled the lessons to twice a week.Шаблон:Sfn His parents also bought him a drum kit as a birthday gift and he quickly started playing that as well.Шаблон:Sfn He then played in his first group, East End Jazzband, eventually meeting guitarist Anders Töpel in Kullavik.Шаблон:Sfn

Tages

During the summer of 1963, when Larsson was only 15 years old, Töpel invited him to join Alberts Skiffelgrupp, which at the time only consisted of him and Tommy Blom.Шаблон:Sfn At the time, the group was caught up in the skiffle craze,Шаблон:Sfn and as a result, Larsson suggested they invite Lagerberg to play the washboard.Шаблон:Sfn After they became a quintet, a name change was quickly proposed.Шаблон:Sfn They decided to use one of the members' middle names as a band name. Töpel's middle name, Per-Inge, was ruled out as it was considered "too lame", as was Lagerberg's Bertil.Шаблон:Sfn This left only Larsson's middle name, Tage, as a viable alternative.Шаблон:Sfn Larsson, whose middle name had been taken from his father, accepted this. The group members all agreed that this was "perfectly lame" and stuck with the group, eventually becoming Tages Skiffelgrupp.Шаблон:Sfn

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Larsson (middle) performing with Tages in 1966

For the rest of 1963, the group played skiffle, but by Christmas of that year, the group decided to follow in the footsteps of Beatlemania and become a beat group instead.Шаблон:Sfn After recruiting drummer Freddie Skantze, Larsson signed a contract for an electric guitar, which would become his primary instrument for the remainder of his career in the group.Шаблон:Sfn Unlike many other Swedish groups, who had one lead singer, the members of Tages were each was allowed at least one lead vocal per show, often harmonizing.Шаблон:Sfn This included Larsson, who often would get lead vocals during primarily rhythm and blues numbers.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn Larsson, together with the band, achieved nationwide fame after winning a contest in Liseburg called Västkustens Beatles, in which Larsson sang harmony parts and generally played a larger part in.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn

Larsson remained in obscurity on the group's debut single, "Sleep Little Girl", as he did not contribute to it vocally, nor did he write it or its B-side, "Tell Me You're Mine".Шаблон:Sfn However, the following single, "I Should Be Glad", increased Larsson's popularity as he co-wrote it with Lagerberg and provided harmony vocals.Шаблон:Sfn He also composed and sang the B-side, "I Cry", with Lagerberg.Шаблон:Sfn The most important song that Larsson wrote for the band was arguably "The One For You", which he wrote alone.Шаблон:Sfn The song was a large departure from the group's earlier, softer sound and began a very fruitful and successful collaboration with producer Anders Henriksson.Шаблон:Sfn The song was praised by Chuck Berry who called it the best song he had heard in Sweden.Шаблон:Sfn

In mid-1965, Larsson looked to branch out from the group's regular sound, and began experimenting with various keyboard instruments, most notably the electric organ. The first song which featured his keyboard playing was a rendition of Ritchie Valens' "Donna" that appeared on their debut extended play, Tages.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn Larsson made his solo vocal debut on the song as well, as all previous songs involving his vocals were largely harmonized with other band members.Шаблон:Sfn

However, for the rest of the band's career, Larsson would largely stay out of the spotlight, writing no more A-sides (excluding ones that were credited as group compositions), but did however compose and sing on their albums.Шаблон:Sfn Their second album, Tages 2, heavily features Larsson's keyboard playing, including piano, electric organ and the spinet.Шаблон:Sfn He composed and sung the title track on their third album, Extra Extra.Шаблон:Sfn After writing a few songs for their fourth album, Contrast, Larsson co-wrote five of the twelve tracks found on their fifth album, Studio, however he did not sing any lead vocals on the album.Шаблон:Sfn After Blom left the group in 1968, they continued on as a quartet, attempting to break through internationally.Шаблон:Sfn This resulted in them changing their name to Blond and releasing one album, The Lilac Years, which was recorded in March 1969 and features one of Larsson's compositions, "The Girl I Once Had", which he had written together with Adrian Moar and Kathe Green.Шаблон:Sfn However, both Töpel and Larsson had had enough by June of that year, leaving for the mandatory conscription Sweden had within a week of each other.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn

His work with the band was largely influential, with Lennart Wrigholm writing that he and Töpel were the best "radar pair guitarists" in Sweden.Шаблон:Sfn

Later life

Following his time in Tages and Blond, Larsson was conscripted and served in the military for a few months,Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn and following his discharge in 1970, decided not to return to a musical career.Шаблон:Sfn Instead, Larsson worked as a DJ on a Swedish radio station for a few months, and later became the manager of a nightclub called Spooky in Gothenburg.Шаблон:Sfn During this time, Larsson changed his last name to Bexér as this was a more unique last name than Larsson, and the fact that he wanted to avoid the publicity in the fact that he had been a member of Tages.Шаблон:Sfn

Bexér studied at the Stockholm School of Economics in Gothenburg during the 1970s and later became a businessman, opening several businesses involving the production of clothes.Шаблон:Sfn He purchased rights to famous brands such as My Little Pony and mascots such as Mickey Mouse, successfully using these rights to print clothes, and worked with that for the remainder of his career.Шаблон:Sfn He sold these businesses and retired, moving to France where he still resides to this day.Шаблон:Sfn He has on several occasions, however, returned to Sweden to partake in re-unions of Tages, visit former bandmates, and attend the funeral of Blom.

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