Peps Persson

Peps Persson
Birth name	Per-Åke Tommy Persson
Also known as	Peps Persson
Born	(1946-12-20) 20 December 1946 Sweden
Genres	Progg Blues Reggae Roots rock
Occupation(s)	Musician Singer-songwriter
Instrument(s)	Vocals, Guitar, Harmonica
Years active	1966-present

Peps Persson (born 20 December 1946 in Klippan) is a Swedish blues and reggae musician from Tjörnarp, Scania. Throughout his career he has mostly made music in Swedish and is well known for his Scanian dialect. At an earlier stage he made a few albums in English.

Career

Persson's career up to 1975 was mostly inspired by the blues, and he's known for having reworked many famous blues and reggae tunes into Swedish, by such artists as Muddy Waters, Elmore James and Bob Marley.

After 1975, his career turned away from the blues and focused mostly on reggae. Some of his songs, like "Falsk matematik" and "Hög standard", made a political statement, and were considered part of the progg movement.

Discography

Solo career

• 1968 - Blues Connection
• 1969 - Sweet Mary Jane
• 1972 - The Week Peps Came to Chicago
• 1975 - Blues på svenska
• 1980 - Rotrock
• 1984 - En del och andra
• 1992 - Oh Boy

Peps Perssons Blodsband

• 1974 - Blodsband
• 1975 - Hög Standard
• 1976 - Droppen Urholkar Stenen
• 1978 - Spår
• 1988 - Fram med pengarna!
• 1993 - Spelar för livet
• 1994 - Röster från Södern
• 1997 - Rotblos
• 2005 - Äntligen!

With Pelle Perssons Kapell

• 1977 - Fyra tunnlann bedor om dan
• 1982 - Persson sjonger Persson!

Compilations

• 1993 - Bitar 1968-1992
• 2006 - Oh Boy: Det Bästa Med Peps Persson

External links

• Progg.se - Peps Persson