graphic
graphic
The Hollies Forum Index » Boys In The Band » Mikael Rickfors
graphic
Post new topic   Reply to topic
graphic

graphic graphic
Agneta Post subject: Mikael Rickfors
Rythym Guitar


Rythym Guitar
Joined: 29 Oct 2006
Posts: 251
Location: Sweden

I saw Mikael Rickfors last Friday, performing at a rock club in Alingsås, not far from where I live. With him was a very good guitarist called Jonatan Stenson. (“The world’s greatest guitarist” Mikael called him, but we all know who that really is, don’t we?)
Mikael was great too, as usual, and performed about 20 songs, most of them in English but some of his Swedish hits as well.
A song I have never heard him sing live before, was “House On The Beach” that he wrote together with Keith Reid from Procul Harum. http://www.youtube.com/user/53Agneta?feature=mhee#p/u

Some other songs he sang was: Bus Stop, When A Man Loves A Woman, Away Again, I Want You, Tender Turns Tough, Vingar, Mitt Bästa För Dig and Där Gullvivan Blommar.

Everybody in the club stopped talking when he performed, and he got lots of applause and came back twice and did three encores!

PostPosted:Thu Jun 02, 2011 9:31 am
graphic
View user's profile Send private message Reply with quote Top of page
graphic

graphic graphic
snowflake Post subject:
Acoustic Guitar


Acoustic Guitar
Joined: 02 Feb 2007
Posts: 149
Location: Delaware, USA

Hi Agneta!

Sounds like it was a great concert! I love the song "House on the Beach"; it's one of my favorites of Mikael's songs. Nice photo as well. Cool

_________________
~*snowflake*~
PostPosted:Thu Jun 02, 2011 13:02 pm
graphic
View user's profile Send private message Reply with quote Top of page
graphic

graphic graphic
Carrie Anne Post subject:
Rythym Guitar


Rythym Guitar
Joined: 27 Jan 2008
Posts: 388
Location: Manchester UK

Great pic and footage of Mikael Agneta. He sounds as good as ever - Would love to see him at a live gig but methinks I will have to travel further afield ! Cool
PostPosted:Thu Jun 02, 2011 22:26 pm
graphic
View user's profile Send private message Reply with quote Top of page
graphic

graphic graphic
Agneta Post subject:
Rythym Guitar


Rythym Guitar
Joined: 29 Oct 2006
Posts: 251
Location: Sweden

Hi Snowflake and Carrie Anne! Thank you.
PostPosted:Mon Jun 06, 2011 20:04 pm
graphic
View user's profile Send private message Reply with quote Top of page
graphic

graphic graphic
Connie Post subject:
Banjo


Banjo
Joined: 03 Nov 2007
Posts: 49
Location: Georgia USA

Wow, thanks Agneta! I like the House on the Beach song also. If that's a new one I wonder if he wrote it while he was living in the States last year?

Nice picture too. You lucky girl. Smile
PostPosted:Sat Jun 11, 2011 11:35 am
graphic
View user's profile Send private message Reply with quote Top of page
graphic

graphic graphic
Agneta Post subject:
Rythym Guitar


Rythym Guitar
Joined: 29 Oct 2006
Posts: 251
Location: Sweden

You're welcome Connie!
Mikael said that he wrote the song when Keith Reid visited him on Sweden's largest island Gotland, where he lived in the 90's when he played with Grymlings.
It was released on his album Happy Men Don't Kill (1997).
I found the lyrics here:

http://www.procolharum.com/kr_house-on-beach.htm

By the way, the only town on the island, Visby, is very old and surrounded by a stone wall. Mikael told us that Keith asked him why the wall was there, and that he answered that he assumed it was built to keep the peasants out. Only Keith misheard him, and later asked him if the pheasants on the island were particularly large and agressive!
PostPosted:Wed Jun 15, 2011 20:22 pm
graphic
View user's profile Send private message Reply with quote Top of page
graphic

graphic graphic
Connie Post subject:
Banjo


Banjo
Joined: 03 Nov 2007
Posts: 49
Location: Georgia USA

Thanks, Aneta, for the story and the link. Smile
PostPosted:Sun Jun 19, 2011 17:13 pm
graphic
View user's profile Send private message Reply with quote Top of page
graphic

graphic graphic
Sass E Frass Post subject:
Acoustic Guitar


Acoustic Guitar
Joined: 12 Jul 2011
Posts: 127
Location: Texas, USA

great song, agneta, thnx for the link - was wonderful to see and hear mikael again, he still sounds really good - kc

_________________
Then, Now, Always a very special place in my heart for those cute mop-top British lads!
PostPosted:Tue Jul 19, 2011 3:51 am
graphic
View user's profile Send private message Reply with quote Top of page
graphic

graphic graphic
Agneta Post subject:
Rythym Guitar


Rythym Guitar
Joined: 29 Oct 2006
Posts: 251
Location: Sweden

You're welcome, Connie and Sass E Frass.

For those of you who understand Swedish: Here Mikael performs the beautiful "Där gullvivan blommar" ('gullviva' is a yellow spring flower) from his time with the Grymlings, on Swedish Radio Gotland, and then talks about how he wrote the song together with Pugh Rogefeldt.

http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=2672&artikel=4629331

Press the link:' När gullvivan blommar' under the photo.
PostPosted:Sun Aug 07, 2011 22:16 pm
graphic
View user's profile Send private message Reply with quote Top of page
graphic

graphic graphic
Bonus Post subject:
Rythym Guitar


Rythym Guitar
Joined: 13 Feb 2004
Posts: 225
Location: Sweden

Last week Mikael Rickfors gave a really good concert on the Swedish island that Agneta mentioned above, Gotland. It was a kind of family gig with family andmany old friends at place. I think it was a special gig for Mikael as he lived on the island 15 years ago. His son Otis (about 4 years old) had announced that he was tired of listening to Mikael Rickfors. He prefered his dad. That´s the way kida are, I suppose.

Mikael was in rather good shape with a superb voice. A little more bluesy, but still very strong. It´s just Mikael and, according to him, the best guitarist in the world, Jonathan Stensson on stage.

A special memory was the extra tribute to his friend Percy Sledge, When a man loves a woman. What a performance!, it would have made made Percy happy.

He also gave us his acoustic version of Bus stop. As a comment to the applause he said "Now would be guys in Hollies have been glad!". I´m not sure that he´s aware that The Hollies will visit Swden for two concerts in about a months time. Sorry, but I didn´t get the opportunity to tell him.
PostPosted:Tue Aug 09, 2011 18:04 pm
graphic
View user's profile Send private message Reply with quote Top of page
graphic

graphic graphic
Agneta Post subject:
Rythym Guitar


Rythym Guitar
Joined: 29 Oct 2006
Posts: 251
Location: Sweden

Great to hear about the concert, Bonus!

I'm looking forward to seeing Mikael in Trollhättan on the 19th, when he's coming by boat on the "Göta Kanal Rock" tour, together with seven other fine Swedish artists.
They come to Kungälv on the 20th.

Here is a link to a commercial for the tour:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPA2qD7EVfA

And here I found the last part of Bus Stop, performed on the boat!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=zj0WAHl4-vY
PostPosted:Thu Aug 11, 2011 16:39 pm
graphic
View user's profile Send private message Reply with quote Top of page
graphic

graphic graphic
Bonus Post subject:
Rythym Guitar


Rythym Guitar
Joined: 13 Feb 2004
Posts: 225
Location: Sweden

Congrat´s Agneta! You really do have something to expect!!
PostPosted:Thu Aug 11, 2011 19:33 pm
graphic
View user's profile Send private message Reply with quote Top of page
graphic

graphic graphic
Hope2005 Post subject:
Bass Guitar


Bass Guitar
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Posts: 98
Location: Rugby

Sounds good, he is a very talented singer and musician

_________________
What goes around
PostPosted:Sun Aug 14, 2011 20:27 pm
graphic
View user's profile Send private message Reply with quote Top of page
graphic

graphic graphic
Agneta Post subject:
Rythym Guitar


Rythym Guitar
Joined: 29 Oct 2006
Posts: 251
Location: Sweden

The outdoor concert on Friday was really great, although it was raining the whole evening. Mikael sang four songs, all in Swedish.
Earlier, in the afternoon, he was interviewed on local radio, on the boat, and there he sang “Moder Svea”, as a tribute to our beautiful country, he said. I was lucky enough to be there. I asked him if he knew the Hollies are coming to Stockholm, and he did, and said that he might go and see them.

Mikael is touring a lot this year and he’s got many projects. In another interview, he said that he wants to go to Kenya and record a cd with some Maasai friends of his.
PostPosted:Wed Aug 24, 2011 18:46 pm
graphic
View user's profile Send private message Reply with quote Top of page
graphic

graphic graphic
Bonus Post subject:
Rythym Guitar


Rythym Guitar
Joined: 13 Feb 2004
Posts: 225
Location: Sweden

Sounds great Agneta! Suppose it was some kind of package then. On Gotland he sang at least 15-20 songs.

Hope Mikael will visit The Hollies concert in Stockholm. But why doesn´t the boys invite him? Is he that far away in their memories?

(It´s a pity but I´ll miss the Stockholm-concert myself, but will be at the gig in Malmö the next night)
PostPosted:Tue Aug 30, 2011 11:56 am
graphic
View user's profile Send private message Reply with quote Top of page
graphic

graphic
Post new topic   Reply to topic
graphic
The Hollies Forum Index » Boys In The Band
graphic
   
graphic

graphic graphic
Display posts from previous:   
Jump to:  
View previous topic :: View next topic


Page 1 of 1
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
graphic graphic


KDM2 template v1.0.2 © jasidog.com
Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2002 phpBB Group
The time now is Thu Mar 28, 2024 13:42 pm. All times are GMT