Tages (band)

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Tages
Tages in 1965; from left to right: Anders Töpel, Danne Larsson, Göran Lagerberg, Freddie Skantze and Tommy Blom
Background information
Also known asBlond
OriginGothenburg, Sweden
Genres
Years active1963–1969
Labels
Past members
Websitetages.nu

Tages were a Swedish

Kvällstoppen, such as "Sleep Little Girl", "I Should Be Glad", "In My Dreams", and "Miss Mac Baren", as well as having two albums certified gold, Tages (1965) and Tages 2
(1966).

Tages began their recording career as a beat band, heavily influenced and inspired by the Beatles. Initially, the group garnered much criticism from other musicians, who considered them inexperienced. This led to them quickly developing as a group, drawing influences from British mod artists, specifically Small Faces, and like them, were the center of Swedish male fashion from 1965 onward. The band would cover songs from virtually unknown artists in Sweden, such as John Lee Hooker, Willie Dixon and Muddy Waters, but also from competitors, such as the Everly Brothers, the Easybeats and Small Faces.

Between 1965 and 1967, Tages managed to record five

Studio (1967), which solely contains original material and has often times been considered among the best Swedish albums of the 1960s. In mid-late 1968, Blom departed the band, after which they renamed themselves Blond. After a line-up change leaving Lagerberg the only original member left, they released one album, The Lilac Years, on the Fontana
label in 1969.

History

1963–1964: Formation and breakthrough

In the summer of 1963, Tommy Blom and Anders Töpel started a skiffle group, originally named Alberts Skifflegrupp after Blom's middle name. Töpel invited Danne Larsson to join the band, who suggested they also invite Göran Lagerberg to play the washboard.[1] The quartet then renamed themselves Tages Skifflegrupp after Larsson's middle name, Tage, hoping the unusual name would help them stand out.[2][3] The group initially sang mainly sing-along songs.[4] They usually performed at private events, but occasionally were scheduled to play at venues. In October of that year, the group entered a talent show called "Oktobersmällen" ("The October Bang"). The band was flat out panned by the jury, and ended up last place.[5] However, it gave them their first major performance, at Kungälv Folkpark.[5]

By early 1964, Tages Skifflegrupp had changed their name to simply Tages, as they quickly ventured away from skiffle due to the impact of Beatlemania. Lagerberg received a bass guitar as a Christmas present and the other members purchased electric guitars of their own.[6] After recruiting drummer Freddie Skantze, Tages became a beat group.[7][8]

A black-and-white image of four men standing on a stage receiving a prize
Tages receiving the prize for the West Coast's Beatles competition, 16 August 1964

The group caught their first break during 13–17 August 1964, when they signed up for

Youth Hostel.[4] Without Blom, Lagerberg, Larsson, Töpel and Skantze successfully made Tages into a quartet.[10] They won the contest, garnering 600 votes out of the 1300 voting members of the audience.[10][11]

Blom had by now returned to Sweden, and the band were authorized to record their first single. For this release, they chose to record a song which was written by Blom, "

Kvällstoppen in December 1964, and topped radio chart Tio i Topp, staying eleven weeks on that chart.[13][14] Due to its massive success, "Sleep Little Girl" was re-issued in January 1965.[15]

Personnel

Main article: List of Tages members

Classic line-up

  • Tommy Blom – vocals, guitars, harmonica (1963–1968; died 2014)
  • Göran Lagerberg – vocals, bass (1963–1969)
  • Danne Larsson – vocals, guitars (1963–1969)
  • Anders Töpel – guitars, vocals (1963–1969; died 2014)
  • Freddie Skantze – drums, percussion (1963–1966)

Discography

Main article: Tages discography

As Blond

  • The Lilac Years (1969)

Citations

  1. ^ Brandels & Wrigholm 2012, p. 12.
  2. ^ Wrigholm 1991, p. 1.
  3. ^ Brandels & Wrigholm 2012, p. 13.
  4. ^ a b c "tomyblom". 60spunk.m78.com. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  5. ^ a b Johansson, Lennart (April 1991). "Now & Then". Tages: Makalös grej i Götet….
  6. ^ Englund 1988, p. 1.
  7. ^ "Göran Lagerberg". www.fuzz.se. Archived from the original on 3 August 2021. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  8. ^ Wrigholm 1991, p. 3.
  9. ^ Brandels & Wrigholm 2012.
  10. ^ a b "HISTORIA -" (in Swedish). Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  11. ^ "Svenskt Rockarkiv - Sveriges radios popbandstävling". 9 May 2011. Archived from the original on 9 May 2011. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  12. ^ "Tages - Sleep Little Girl". www.svenskpophistoria.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  13. ^ "SLEEP LITTLE GIRL av TAGES". NostalgiListan (in Swedish). Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  14. ^ "Tages - Tio i Topp". www.svenskpophistoria.se. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  15. ^ "Tages - Sleep Little Girl - Reissue". www.svenskpophistoria.se. Retrieved 15 August 2020.

Sources

External links

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