Pressrelease_Skebobruk sessions

THE BALLROOM BAND
Pressrelase October 2014
NEW ALBUM OKT 29
The Ballroom Band
Album: Skebobruk Sessions
Release Oct 29, 2014
BBCD007
1. Hey whats your name
2. Remake
3. Hard times feat Linda Ström
4. Bad luck
5. I´ve been running
6. The Champ
7. If you were around
8. Capable of it
9. The Journey
10. Maria´s crying
11. On the road
CREDITS SKEBOBRUK SESSIONS:
Produced, Recorded & Mixed
by Pelle Andersson
Co producer Martin Frontman
Arrangements by The Ballroom Band
All songs written by Pelle Andersson,
exept #03 (Kjellgren/Persson)
#05 & #11 Music: Pelle Andersson
Lyrics: Pelle Andersson/Martin Frontman
#2 Pelle Andersson/Roger Porshage
Mastered by Pelle Andersson & Jan Lilja
Coverart & Layout by Martin Frontman
Photo: Hasse Lindén & Martin Frontman
SINGLES
Hey! What´s your name?
Release: Sep 26, 2014
MORE INFO:
www.theballroomband.com
www.facebook.com/THEBALLROOMBAND
THE BAND:
Martin Frontman - Lead vocal & Acc guitar
Pelle Andersson - Accordion, Mandolin, Piano & B-vox
Jonas Lönngren - Guitars, Lap steel & Banjo
Clas Lassbo - Upright & Electric bass, B-vox
Peter Hjerpe - Drums
FRIENDS:
Jesper Lindberg - Banjo & Pedal Steel
Linda Ström - Vox on #3
Lotta Andersson - B-vox on #10
Remake
Release: April, 2014
PRESS CONTACT
Ola Nilsson
[email protected]
Hard Times
Release: Nov 2013
THIS IS THE BALLROOM BAND’S BIG BREWERY
The country village of Skebobruk is located in the countryside, some 90 kilometers north of Stockholm. Right in the middle of woods, creeks, winding roads, abandoned work sheds and a blacktop
road that in the end will take you to the dull and uninspiring industry cluster called Hallstavik.
The village of Skebo is most known for the Skebo Herrgård (=Mansion) which is known for three
things; here the band Europe detoxed and slimmed down before going on world tour in the 80s,
the restaurant at the mansion is real fine dining and is mentioned in the White Guide, and in the
mansion the ghost of the White Lady roams the corridors at night, checking out that all is well.
A stones throw from the mansion is the old mill by the pouring stream. In the mill there is now a
pub where films are shown now and then, bands perform for local audiences and a micro brewery
produces strong and interesting brews not to be forgotten once they passed your thirsty lips.
And here The Ballroom band recording the new yet untitled album. Upstairs in the mill, in a big room
with hardwood floor, big rafters high up in the ceiling and windows facing the pouring stream. Get you
somehow thinking about The Band’s Big Pink. This is The Ballroom Band’s Big Brewery…
The plan was simple. Let’s record an album together in a big room IRL. Let all the instruments
blend, let all the personalities swing in time, let the songs be created and let it be live and direct!
And here we are, in the big room. With all the microphones, wires, headphones, instruments,
amplifiers, and some refreshments at the little kitchen in the corner.
Here they are, the Honky Tonk heroes that call themselves The Ballroom Band.
In the corner behind all the drums, Peter Hjerpe. On his side the bass man Clas Lassbo with two
Fenders and a Upright bass. Behind all the recording gear, the mixer, the piano/organ, and the
accordion standing with his mandolin in hand – Pelle Andersson the composer. Guitarist extraordnaire Jonas Lönngren is sitting behind his immense pedal board with a couple of Fenders, a
barytone and an acoustic guitar. He is checking his head phones ’cause his amplifier is standing
in a cupboard out in the kitchen. Jesper Lindberg is sitting behind his pedal steel guitar with his
5-string banjo whithin reach. He has his amplifier miked up out in the toilet.
And behind the microphone the master of ceremonies, The Frontman, Martin Frontman Andersson. With two acoustic guitars, one used as a stand for his hat. He sings the songs of the Ballroom Band; songs of drifting, longing, loving and living. Songs from the heart of everything from
the road to the sky. On the last day the great Linda Ström came by and blessed the session on
the track ”Hard Times”. Now the album was complete .
The band get their rest in a nearby house but Frontman sleeps on a bed in a corner of the mill
house. Every night he has felt the strong presence of someone who tucked him in at night. But
there was nobody else around. Maybe the White Lady of the Skebo Mansion approved of the music…
Jesper Lindberg , September 2012