ALF BJÖRNBERG & THOMAS BOSSIUS
1. Coolings Traditional Jazzmen, “The Pearls”
From: Cooling’s Trad Jazzmen. Celeste, DCEP 105, 1963, 45 rpm.
One of Mikael Wiehe’s earliest recordings.
2. Blunck’s Lucky Seven, “Royal Garden Blues”
From: Blunck’s Lucky Seven 1966. MCWCD03, 2004. CD.
Recorded live in Stockholm in 1965.
3. Hoola Bandoola Band, ”Vem kan man lita på?”
From: Vem kan man lita på? MNW, MNW 35P, 1972. 33⅓ rpm.
Apart from his work as a solo artist, Mikael Wiehe is best known for his time in one of the most popular of the Swedish progg-bands the Hoola Bandoola Band. “Vem kan man lita på?” (Who can you trust?) is one of their most popular songs taken from the album with the same title. The clip starts with Wiehe talking about, among other things, the differences between Stockholm and Malmö.
4. Mikael Wiehe, Nyberg, Franck & Fjellis, ”Flickan och kråkan”
From: Kråksånger. Amalthea, AM20, 1981. 33⅓ rpm.
One of Wiehe’s most popular songs recorded with a group named after its members: Mikael Wiehe, Nyberg, Franck & Fjellis. Performed live on the TV show Lena Marias Show (1981).
5. Kartellen feat. Mikael Wiehe, ”Vi är inte skit”
From: “Vi är inte skit”. Soblue Music, 2014.
6. Ebba Forsberg, Plura, Wiehe: “Sakta lägger båten ut från land”
From: Dylan på svenska. Rhino Records, 5051442-5584-2-5, WEA, 5051442-5584-2-5, 2007. CD.
Wiehe is famous for his translations of Bob Dylan songs. In this clip he has teamed up with singer-songwriters Ebba Forsberg and Plura Jonsson to perform his and Forsberg’s rendition of Dylan’s “It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue”. The clip is from the TV show Lotta på Liseberg (2014). Mikael Wiehe and Ebba Forsberg released the album Dylan på svenska (Dylan in Swedish) in 2007.