| Roger
Palm - Drums |
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Rogers first recording with ABBA was
"Rock'n Roll Band", recorded in
August 1972, followed by titles as:
Mamma Mia, Rock Me, Dancing
Queen,
I Do I Do I
Do, Take A Chance On Me, Thank You For The
Music, and many other ABBA-related recordings. Roger Palm has played on no less than 4 182
registrated songtitles. |
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| Finn
Sjöberg - Guitar |
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Finns' ABBA period stretches
from 1974 to 1977. At first Finn was the extra guitarst in the group Beatmakers who did a few tours backing up
ABBA. Later followed a few tours with a more regular
freelance musician set-up. The last tour was the
Australian tour 1977, documented in ABBA - the Movie.
Finn did approximately 50 live gigs with ABBA. |
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| Åke Sundqvist - Percussion
& Drums |
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Åke has recorded with ABBA and took part on all ABBA tours. Åke is one of the greatest percussionists and drummers in the world. |
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| Janne
Schaffer - Guitar |
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The first song that Janne
recorded with ABBA was "People need love". During the years up to the last album he played at 47 of
ABBAs about 100 songs. Janne Schaffer did his firts concert with
"Arrival" in 2006, and that was his first ABBA-concert
since he recorded with ABBA in the 70´s. |
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| Ulf
Andersson (Saxophone) |
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Ulf Andersson was one of the
most sought after saxophone players in Stockholm in the
1970s, and Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson and their
sound engineer Michael Tretow immediately thought of him
when they needed a groovy musician. The most famous of
Ulfa Andersson saxophone features probably remains the
recording of" I do, I do, I do". He is still one of the
most wanted saxophone players in Europe and has performed
with Monica Zetterlund, Tchad Jones, Frank Sinatra Jr,
Georgie Fame, Rich Matteson, Larry Willis, Lars Samuelson
Big Band and others. Ulf Andersson also participated in
the ABBA world tours and has appeared on thousands of
recordings. |
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| Mats Ronander - Guitar |
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Mats
Ronander was invited to perform with ABBA on their world
tour, when Björn and Benny needed a guitar player who
could also sing. |
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| Rutger Gunnarsson - Bass |
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Bass player Rutger Gunnarsson
was a member of various local rock bands before he did
his first studiorecording sessions playing on annot so well-known
Swedish ABBA track: "Åh, vilka tider".
Rutger went on to appear on all of ABBA's albums and became
their main string arranger from 1976 onwards and toured
with the group in 1977, 1979, and 1980. |
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IN MEMORIAL
Ola
Brunkert - Drums |
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Olas first known ABBA-related session
is also the groups very first single, People Need Love.
Ola and the bass player Rutger Gunnarsson are probably the
only musicians who have appeared on all ABBA albums. Ola
also toured with ABBA in 1977, 1979, and 1980. Ola
Brunkert did his first concert with ARRIVAL
already in 1998. Ola Brunkert tragically died in his home
in Spain in March 2008. |
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| Janne
Kling - Saxophone |
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Janne has recorded with ABBA since 1972 and he was the one playing the famous flute in the song "Fernando". Janne also has recoded with Anni-Frid Lyngstad (Frida from ABBA) on her solo albums. |
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| Mike
Watson - Bass |
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Although Rutger Gunnarsson was to be ABBA's most frequently used bass player, MIke Watson played on noteable tracks over the years. He is also the man dressed up sa Napoleon on the cover of ABBA's Waterloo album. Mike Watson also contributed to People Need Love, the very first recording issued under the name Björn, Benny, Agnetha & Anni-Frid. |
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