Bo Hansson (10 April 1943 – 23 April 2010) was a Swedish musician best known for his four instrumental albums released in the 1970s. Early life and musical career Hansson spent his early life in a remote village in the pine forests of northern Sweden, but a change in his parents' fortunes forced a move to Stockholm and they were forced to leave the young Hansson behind, in the care of family friends. As a teenager he joined his parents in Stockholm, where he soon became interested in the burgeoning rock and roll scene and taught himself to play the guitar, before joining the band Rock-Olga. After the rock and roll craze gave way to jazz and blues in the late fifties, he joined 'Slim Notini's Blues Gang' as a guitarist. Hansson was able to move on and form his own blues group The Merrymen, who supported The Rolling Stones on an early Scandinavian tour. In 1966, Hansson saw American jazz organist Jack McDuff perform at Stockholm's Gyllene Cirkeln Club, and was so captivated by the performance that he decided to leave
Bo Hansson (10 de abril de 1943 – 23 de abril de 2010) fue un músico sueco más conocido por sus cuatro álbumes instrumentales lanzados en la década de 1970. Vida temprana y carrera musical Hansson pasó su vida temprana en una remota aldea en los bosques de pinos del norte de Suecia, pero un cambio en la fortuna de sus padres obligó a mudarse a Estocolmo y se vieron obligados a dejar al joven Hansson atrás, en el cuidado de los amigos de la familia. Como adolescente se unió a sus padres en Estocolmo, donde pronto se interesó en la escena del rock and roll y se enseñó a tocar la guitarra, antes de unirse a la banda Rock-Olga. Después de que el rock and roll loco dio lugar al jazz y el blues a finales de los años cincuenta, se unió a 'Slim Notini's Gang Blues' como guitarrista. Hansson pudo continuar y formar su propio grupo de blues The Merrymen, que apoyó a The Rolling Stones en una gira escandinava temprana.