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Staffan Fenander

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Torsby, Sweden

A big thanks to all of you who have sent comments, messages, mail etc. sharing my grief for my little brother who passed away a week ago.. Here he is two years old with me and my sister...

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Staffan Fenander

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Torsby, Sweden

(http://greenheritagenews.com/staffan-fenander-on-finding-your-way-in-music/ My turn to speak about my music in my own words and thanks to Carol! Fun!

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Staffan Fenander - Bass

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Torsby, Sweden

Summerhat

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Staffan Fenander

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Torsby, Sweden

Blue Christmas

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Staffan Fenander - Acoustic/electric guitars and vocals

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Torsby, Sweden

Night in the city (Joni Mitchell song) my tribute to Joni and her debut album , released 50 years ago!

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Staffan Fenander - Acoustic and electro-acoustic guitars/ vocals.

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Torsby, Sweden

Yvalain - Lazy or Broken (with Staffan Fenander)... some months ago my coupain Yvalain offered me to sing this lovely song ( part of a story album).. I immediately took a liking to it and put my old soul into it... really glad that Yves liked my input! I haven´t done a song in six months... so hope this will be a new beginning....

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Staffan Fenander - Vocals/harmonicas

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Torsby, Sweden

Andmoreagain... a classic song from Love´s Forever Changes a collab with Jony Tomelin

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Staffan Fenander - Vocals/acoustic guitar

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Torsby, Sweden

Green Rocky Road, Drop-D tuning.. my tribute to Dave Van Ronk ( and Fred Neil)...

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Staffan Fenander - Vocals/acoustic guitar

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Torsby, Sweden

A Walk feat Yvalain, Gene O'Neill & Staffan Fenander

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Staffan Fenander - Electric 2nd guitar/harmonicas/ diatonic and chromatic

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Torsby, Sweden

Song to a seagull by Joni Mitchell.

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Staffan Fenander - Vocals/acoustic guitar

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Torsby, Sweden

The Circle Game..I recently turned 70 and what better song to celebrate with than this wonderful Joni Mitchell song about the cycles of life...

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Staffan Fenander - Vocals/acoustic guitars

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Torsby, Sweden

Strolling down the highway, an early Bert Jansch song.. reminds me of my hitch-hiking days...

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Staffan Fenander - Vocals/acoustic guitar

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Torsby, Sweden

Minglewood Blues

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Staffan Fenander - Vocals/acoustic guitar/harmonica

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Torsby, Sweden

Wizard ( inspired by the Earthsea books by Ursula LeGuin)

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Staffan Fenander - Vocals/acoustic guitar

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Torsby, Sweden

Honky Tonk Women

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Staffan Fenander - Slide guitar/vocals

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Torsby, Sweden

Death Don't Have No Mercy (Reverend Gary Davis song)

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Staffan Fenander - Vocals/acoustic guitar

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Torsby, Sweden

Speaking out, from Tonight´s the night by Neil Young.

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Staffan Fenander - Vocals/acoustic guitars

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Torsby, Sweden

A minor ballad ( A minor), by Gordon Lightfoot, a classic ballad, not often heard or played..

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Staffan Fenander - Vocals/acoustic guitars

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Torsby, Sweden

Bruce Cockburn again.. this time a classic blues with jazzy alternate chords.. one of his best!

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Staffan Fenander - Vocals/acoustic guitars

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Torsby, Sweden

High Winds, White Sky by Bruce Cockburn , a winter song for this season.. happy holidays to everyone!

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Staffan Fenander - Vocals/acoustic guitars

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Torsby, Sweden

Sisters of Mercy...a collab with Cyril Eudes, who provided the echoing guitar solo (in the left channel)...and Jony Tomelin, who provided the wonderful string arrangement in the last two verses..thank you my dear friends!

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Staffan Fenander - Vocals/acoustic-electric guitara/cyril eudes/ 2nd guitar.. jony tomelin/ string arrangement.

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Torsby, Sweden

Goatwillow, a long improvisation with my friends in The Freak Valley Boys.. me playing wah wah..Garcia inspiration obviously...

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Staffan Fenander - Wah wah electric guitar

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Torsby, Sweden

Who by fire by Leonard Cohen.. I have decided to do a series of interpretations of his songs.. this is the 2nd..

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Staffan Fenander - Vocals/acoustic and electric guitars

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Torsby, Sweden

Bird on the wire( for Leonard)...sleep well, master!

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Staffan Fenander - Vocals/guitar/mandolin

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Torsby, Sweden

The Donald blues.. my spontaneous and improvised reaction for Election Day...

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Staffan Fenander - Slide guitar/vocals

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Torsby, Sweden

Werewolf, a song by underground folk weirdo and genius , Michael Hurley.. get his albums!

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Staffan Fenander - Vocals/acoustic and electric guitars/harmonica

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Torsby, Sweden

Chauffeur Blues ( by Memphis Minnie..slightly modernized .. ;-) )

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Staffan Fenander - Vocals/acoustic guitar

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Torsby, Sweden

As I went out one morning by Bob Dylan, the Nobel Prize winner !! Congratulations Bob!!

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Staffan Fenander - Bass/acoustic and electric guitars/vocals

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Torsby, Sweden

Heaven, a wonderful Carl Wilson ballad with my coupain Yvalain scoring a wonderful string arrangement..

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Staffan Fenander - Vocals/acoustic guitar/yvalain strings

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Torsby, Sweden

Silence like a cancer grows.. for all the victims of terror in France, Syria, Iraq...

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Staffan Fenander - Vocals/acoustic guitars

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Torsby, Sweden

50 ways to leave your lover, a great song from Paul Simon... time to sit out in the garden and play!

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Staffan Fenander - Vocals/acoustic guitar

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Torsby, Sweden

For You Blue(s) a bluesified version of George Harrison´s Beatle song from Let it be....

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Staffan Fenander - Slide guitar/vocals/acoustic guitar

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Torsby, Sweden

Guess it must be love blues , a great song by Robin Rendell...vocals and electric guitar by yours truly...

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Staffan Fenander - Vocals/electric guitar

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Torsby, Sweden

Dandelion blues , a happy blues from the first album by Incredible String Band...

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Staffan Fenander - Vocals/acoustic guitars/kazoo

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Torsby, Sweden

Painting Box, my first collab with my daughter Åsa, real happy to introduce you to a fine singer..Åsa sings alto in a church choir...

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Staffan Fenander - Vocals/acoustic guitar/harmonies: my daughter åsa

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Torsby, Sweden

Kathy Shortt & Yvalain - You Promised Me Roses (with Staffan Fenander).. a bluesy collaboration in heaven!

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Staffan Fenander - Harmonica

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Torsby, Sweden

That old time feeling ( R.I.P. Guy Clark )... one of my favourite singer/songwriters and a wonderful luthier too..sad in my heart!

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Staffan Fenander - Vocals/acoustic and electrig guitar

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Torsby, Sweden

When i was a cowboy , an old folk song, slightly bluesified...

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Staffan Fenander - Vocals/harmonica/acoustic guitar

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Torsby, Sweden

Stuffy´s Morning Blues, a loving blues tribute...

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Staffan Fenander - Vocals/slide guitar/harmonica

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Torsby, Sweden

Crazy, a ballad written by Willie Nelson and a huge hit for Patsy Cline in 1962..all vocals, harmonicas and guitar by yours truly...

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Staffan Fenander - Vocals/harmonicas/acoustic guitar

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Torsby, Sweden

Bluebird by Paul McCartney and Wings..the final song in my bird trilogy...

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Staffan Fenander - Vocals/guitars

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Torsby, Sweden

The Falcon, a symbolic anti-war song, written by Richard Farina in the early 60s..still sadly current...

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Staffan Fenander - Vocals/acoustic guitars

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Torsby, Sweden

Blackbird..from The White Album by The Beatles of course..because birds are singing in my garden and it feels like Spring..happiness!

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Staffan Fenander - Vocals/guitar and bird-sounds

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Torsby, Sweden

This Empty Place.. a fine example of classic songwriting from Bacharach and David..love those interesting and challenging changes and chords!

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Staffan Fenander - Vocals/acoustic guitar

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Torsby, Sweden

Norwegian Wood, in a version inspired by the music of George Harrison´s music to the film Wonderwall..also with a bow to another George.. Martin i.e. R.I.P.

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Staffan Fenander - Vocals/acoustic guitar/recorders and chromatic harmonica

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Torsby, Sweden

Tango Chromatique, an excursion into the chromatic harmonica..learning!

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Staffan Fenander - Chromatic harmonica/ percussion and humming...

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Torsby, Sweden

Small Town Talk, a song from one of my absolute favourite albums and from one of my favourite songwriters....

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Staffan Fenander - Vocals/acoustic guitar and harmonica

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Torsby, Sweden

Five long years, a live late night interpretation of a classic blues song , written by Eddie Boyd...

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Staffan Fenander - Vocals/acoustic guitar

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Torsby, Sweden

Don´t you tell Henry, Bob Dylan song from Basement Tapes..old favourite.. kind of absurd!

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Staffan Fenander - Vocals/lap steel and acoustic guitars/harmonica

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Torsby, Sweden

London, summer of 1966.. a musical memory of my first visit to Swinging London!

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Staffan Fenander - Vocals/acoustic guitars

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Torsby, Sweden

Who knows where the time goes ( Sandy Denny classic).. vocals and all guitars by me...

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Staffan Fenander - Vocals/acoustic and electric guitars

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Torsby, Sweden

Hallelujah, a Leonard Cohen classic, done in Jeff Buckley style or mine.. guitar and all vocals by yours truly.. my kind of Christmas song..rejoice!!

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Staffan Fenander - Vocals/guitar/harmonica

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Torsby, Sweden

When the Levee breaks ( Led Zeppelin version) a collab with Jony Tomelin and others...

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Staffan Fenander - Lap steel/harmonica

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Torsby, Sweden

There is a town (testament song) .. a newly written song about our fate and the wind...

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Staffan Fenander - Vocals/acoustic guitar

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Torsby, Sweden

Oh Susanna is a very traditional song, written by Stephen Foster and published in 1848.. all guitars and vocal by me...

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Staffan Fenander - Vocals/acoustic guitars

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Torsby, Sweden

Factory Girl, a Stones classic and a wonderful loving tribute to a working girl.. all instruments and vocals by yours truly...

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Staffan Fenander - Vocals/acoustic and slide guitar/harmonica and mandolin

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Torsby, Sweden

I Want You, an alternate version of this Bob Dylan classic...

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Staffan Fenander - Vocals/guitar/harmonica

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Torsby, Sweden

Tennessee Waltz ( the flipped out version).. playing around with that old Patti Page standard song... having fun!

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Staffan Fenander - Vocals/amplified acoustic guitar

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Torsby, Sweden

Sitting in the park, a sunny sweet soul song by Billy Stewart in 1965.. all vocals and instruments by me... https://soundcloud.com/tasunke/sitting-in-the-park to go directly to Soundcloud.

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Torsby, Sweden

Everybody´s been burned before, a bittersweet ballad from the pen of David Crosby.. all guitars and vocal by me......

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Staffan Fenander - Vocals/guitars

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Torsby, Sweden

Zapple Pie's Boy - Yvalain Debodinance, Glenn Basham and Staffan Fenander

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Staffan Fenander - 12 string guitar

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Torsby, Sweden

Carry on, a JJ Cale song in collab with the swinging Marc Roberge!

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Staffan Fenander - Vocals/all guitars

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Torsby, Sweden

Crying in the rain, an old Everly Brothers song.. inspired by the version by James Taylor and Art Garfunkel...

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Staffan Fenander - Vocals/acoustic guitar

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Torsby, Sweden

Swedish melancholia ( an original composition for three instruments..)

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Staffan Fenander - Guitar/ harmonica and recorder

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Torsby, Sweden

I want to see the bright lights tonight, a lovely classic from the album with the same title, by Richard and Linda Thompson.

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Staffan Fenander - Guitar and vocals

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Torsby, Sweden

Genesis Hall ( for the refugees of this world..)..stop the tragedies!

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Staffan Fenander - Acoustic and electric guitars

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Torsby, Sweden

Rock me, baby, a classic blues song ..done in drop D tuning .in the sun!

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Staffan Fenander - Vocals/guitar

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Torsby, Sweden

Rainy Day Man , from James Taylor´s first album ( wrong pic, sorry! ).. very appropriate for this rainy, Swedish summer...

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Staffan Fenander - Vocals/guitars

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Torsby, Sweden

Shadows upon Tyne ( an original song) , my little tribute to my early influences, Hank Marvin and The Shadows....

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Staffan Fenander - Guitars

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Torsby, Sweden

Happy Trails, a slide improvisation in D6 tuning..kinda happy country blues or whatever!

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Staffan Fenander - Slide guitar

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Torsby, Sweden

Blind Willie´s rag(a)..12 string improvisation, a tribute for the master of rag and blues , Blind Willie McTell..his friend Blind Boy Brown sits in on comments and kazoo!

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Staffan Fenander - 12 string guitar/vocals and kazoo

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Torsby, Sweden

Dervish Dance, a slightly Oriental improvisation for finger-picked mandolin.. it´s mandolin time!

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Staffan Fenander - Mandolin

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Torsby, Sweden

I think it´s going to rain today, a collab with my wonderfully talented friend Jony Tomelin.

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Staffan Fenander - Vocals/guitar/wind and string arrangement by jony tomelin

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Torsby, Sweden

4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy), one of Bruce´s best early songs, from probably my favourite album by him...

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Staffan Fenander - Vocals/acoustic and electric guitars/harmonica

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Torsby, Sweden

The Inner Light by George Harrison..B-side to The Beatles´Lady Madonna..all instruments and good vibes by yours truly...

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Staffan Fenander - Vocals/acoustic and electric guitars/percussion and harmonica plus good vibes!

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Torsby, Sweden

That´s all-right,mama..the Kings have left their thrones...long live the Kings!

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Staffan Fenander - Vocals/guitars

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Torsby, Sweden

I who have nothing, a classic soul ballad by Ben E. King .. for all the abdicated Kings, B.B.., Albert and Freddie too..R.I.P.!

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Staffan Fenander - Acoustic and electric guitars/vocals

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Torsby, Sweden

Annie, a Ronnie Lane folk ballad that I have always loved...

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Staffan Fenander - Guitars/vocals/harmonica

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Torsby, Sweden

Loner( Neil Young)..from Neil´s first album..acoustic version in D-modal tuning...

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Staffan Fenander - Acoustic guitar/vocals

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Torsby, Sweden

Come on (if you wanna) I am not that prolific when it comes to songwriting ( too self critical or lazy or both) but now and then something pops up..this is a shameless invitation to dig my music! Dug up the old kazoo for this good-time number...

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Staffan Fenander - Guitar/vocals/kazoo and harmonica

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Torsby, Sweden

The River from Blue..Did a Joni song some weeks ago and learned shortly thereafter that she had fallen very ill..it seems she is recovering now.. so here´s to you Joni!

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Staffan Fenander - Guitar/vocals

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Torsby, Sweden

Once I had a sweetheart ( for John Renbourn, influential acoustic guitar player of my generation..R.I.P)

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Staffan Fenander - Guitar/vocals/percussion

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Torsby, Sweden

Michael from Mountains..the music mag Uncut, had artists picking their favourite Joni Mitchell songs in the last issue..this was not included..but I think it should have been.. an early romantic painting in words and music! All guitars and vocals by yours truly...

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Staffan Fenander - Guitar/vocals

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Torsby, Sweden

One of Coltrane´s greatest ballads, from his fantastic album "Giant Steps", really unusual chords, I ... am always surprised that he got such a beautiful melody out of these complicated chords.. a genius! My version is on the border between jazz and psychedelia I suppose! ;-) All instruments recorded live by yours truly....

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Staffan Fenander - Bass/guitar/drums and percussion

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Torsby, Sweden

All of me, a classic vocal jazz standard.. all instruments except drums by me... my third song in my little jazz series..

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Staffan Fenander - Guitar/piano/bass/ vocals/ harmonica and on drums my friend bo.

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Torsby, Sweden

Just a little while to stay here...second out in my mini jazz series..Early New Orleans jazz hymn, learnt the main arrangement in a seminar with Geoff Muldaur, added a speeded up middle section..

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Staffan Fenander - Guitar

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Torsby, Sweden

A classic jazz standard but actually a French chanson from the beginning... written by Joseph Kosma ( music) and Jacques Prévert ( lyrics)in 1946. This version is Django influenced but mostly my own.... This is the first in a series of jazz songs that I have interpreted my way...

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Staffan Fenander - Guitar

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Torsby, Sweden

The thrill is gone , a classic from B.B.King..all instruments by me...

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Staffan Fenander - Guitar/bass/harmonica/ vocals and shaker...

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Torsby, Sweden

Fairytale Love Song, time for an original.. sort of romantic fairy tale ..happy ending and all..hope you enjoy!

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Staffan Fenander - Guitar/harmonica/vocals

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Torsby, Sweden

Magnolia again! Sorry, but I was dissatisfied ( self critical! ) with the lap steel on the last one so here is an acoustic version that I prefer..

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Staffan Fenander - Guitar/harmonica/vocals

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Torsby, Sweden

If I had my way, the story of Samson and Delilah according to the mighty Reverend Gary Davis..and me

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Staffan Fenander - Guitar/vocals/handclaps and jubilees...

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Torsby, Sweden

The Flying Scotsman ( tribute to Jack Bruce).. Jack passed away recently.. may his soul play that thundering bass forever... ( original improvisation by me)

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Staffan Fenander - Bass/guitar/percussion

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Torsby, Sweden

No Time To Live, from Traffic´s second album 1968..I never thought I´d dare to tackle this difficult song but now I went and done it! Hope you like it

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Staffan Fenander - Bass/guitar/harmonica/ electric guitar and pan flutes

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Torsby, Sweden