Lasse Wellander
Lars-Ove "Lasse" Wellander was a Swedish guitarist, best known for his association with ABBA. He first recorded with the group's backing band in 1974, and played on all their studio albums from ABBA to Voyage.
Wellander came from the village of. His musical career began at the age of 16 when he joined, which without leader Peps Persson later became. Subsequently, they were asked to become a backing band for Ted Gärdestad, who introduced Wellander to Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson.
Speaking after Wellander's death, the members of ABBA commented: "The importance of his creative input in the recording studio as well as his rock solid guitar work on stage was immense".
Awards and honors
- 2005 – Albin Hagström Memorial Award
- 2018 – Swedish Musicians' Union award
Discography
Albums
- 1976 – Electrocuted
- 1978 – Wellander & Ronander
- 1985 – Full hand
- 1987 – Tweed
- 1990 – Poker-face
- 1992 – Från Rickfors till Peterson-Berger
- 2018 – 2017/2018
Singles
- 1992 – Vingar/Anthem
- 2017 – Samba Loelek
- 2017 – Out of the shadows
- 2017 – Fri som en fågel
- 2017 – The Parting Glass
- 2018 – Old School Boogie
- 2018 – Ut mot öppet hav
- 2018 – In My Heart And Soul – instrumental version
- 2018 – In My Heart And Soul
- 2018 – Postludium
- 2019 – Anitra's Dance
- 2020 – Mellan hägg och syren
- 2020 – Is There A Chance
- 2021 – Guitarism
- 2021 – Nostalgia
- 2021 – O helga natt
- 2022 – Overdrive
- 2022 – Merry-Go-Round
- 2022 – Oh Come, All Ye Faithful