Bo Linné
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Swedish violinist, born January 8, 1946 in Brännkyrka parish, Stockholm, died January 2, 2011 in Burlövs parish, Skåne county. He was a classically trained violinist and played in the Swedish Radio School Orchestra 1958–1959 under the direction of Sven-Erik Bäck. From 1967 he was a member of the bluegrass group Fake Mountain Boys and then in Growing Grass. In the winter of 1970/1971, he became a member of the group Contact (8), which was awarded a Grammy for the album "Hon kom över mon" 1971. He also appeared in the song Fred (to Melanie) on Hoola Bandoola Band's debut album "Garanterat individuell" (1971). After moving to Skåne, where Linné was active as a music teacher for many years, he became a member of the group Grus I Dojjan in 1979, which led to the group's purely folk songs being supplemented with swing songs and rock'n'roll. In the early 1980s, he was also a member of the country orchestra Tractor from Malmö, which, among other things, played at the country gala at Wembley Arena in London. Linné also participated in Eldkvarn's tour Cirkus Broadway in 1988. He was also often hired as a studio musician, including recordings with Gösta Linderholm, Ola Magnell, Anders F. Rönnblom and Thomas Wiehe. Linné also had his own orchestra Swinging Blue Strings, in which he expressed his love for gypsy jazz and swing. With this group he released the music album Swinging Blue Strings, including the song Stormy Horizons, Linnaeus' own English language version of the song Rainy Clouds (music: Thore Ehrling-Eskil Eckert-Lundin, lyrics: Hasse Ekman).