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Bo's organ playing was considered by many to be ground breaking at a time when keyboard provided mainly backing for most rock bands.īo was one of the very first rock musicians to put the keyboard up front, often without an electric guitar anywhere in sight,& was one of the earliest to make full use of the Moog synthesizer as an exciting new lead instrument. This unusual rock duo released their own albums under the name "HANSSON & KARLSSON" & had a number of jams with none other than Jimi Hendrix. It is worth noting that Bo was held in high regard in the British music scene in the late sixties when he played & recorded with fellow Swede Janne Karlsson. On this album Hansson plays organ, Moog, guitars,& bass, & most of it was compiled whilst he lived reclusively on an island off Stockholm. These were the days of the Hammond organ & the original Moog synthesizer. It must be remembered this music was created way before state of art digital electronic keyboards & computer enhanced sound. Other artists soon followed with their own rock music adaptations of popular stories, historic,& folklore themes. I admit to being a fan of Bo Hansson since the appearance of this album & I would go as far as accrediting him with having introduced storybook fantasy music to the broad realm of rock. The track titles bear the names of chapters from the story in sequence "Leaving the Shire, the Fog on the Barrow Downs, the Black Riders,& the Flight to the Ford", & so on until the ending "the Grey Havens". These musical visualizations by the Swedish composer-musician almost seem to have arisen from the very pages of the book.
