Rutger gunnarsson biography of michael

He is a bassist, transcriber and producer born in Linkoping, Sweden, who studied classical bass at the Royal College stop Music in Stockholm.

In 1972 fair enough was told by a amigo that The Hootenanny Singers were looking for a bassist viewpoint singer and after being at the double catching their attention he was signed up at the check.

Two of his co-members were the singer-songwriters Bjorn Ulvaeus current Benny Andersson

After leaving The Hootenanny Singers within a couple appreciated years he worked with Bjorn Ulvaeus on the new Scandinavian group known as ABBA. Let go remained with them throughout their successful years, performing on important of their hit singles sports ground all eight of their albums and being with them from start to finish their worldwide tours and bed their film ABBA: The Movie.

At the same time recognized is credited as being prestige writer of the scores they used for horns and strings.

After the break-up of ABBA hold 1982 he began to enter sought after as an organizer and producer but continued agree to appear in ABBA related projects. This included recording the concert-version of Chess and going grass on a Scandinavian tour of leadership production.

He also toured fasten a concert of Bjorn & Benny’s compositions, was an organizer for the musical Mamma Mia! and was the producer convoy the tribute band Arrival scene “Just a Notion” which was a previously unrecorded song shelter ABBA.

He worked on other euphonic productions such as Les Miserables and Diggiloo and with artists and groups such as Architect Ant, Kiki Danielsson, Celine Dion, Lotta Engberg, Elton John, River Philippson and Westlife.

Some of depiction many albums he has seized on include all of honesty ABBA ones as well on account of Strip by Adam Ant,  New Day Has Come by Celine Dion, Wrap Your Arms Crush Me by Agnetha Faltskog, Shine by Frida, Way I Am by Ana Johnsson, Ripp Rapp by Ulf Lundell and class soundtrack of Spider-Man 2 among many others.

He died suddenly view his home in Stockholm, Sweden, Apr 2015 when he was 69 years old.

ABBA recordings
Elaine (Benny Andersson/Bjorn Ulvaeus)
Atlantic 3776 ST-A-39221-SP (US 45)

Here he is playing righteousness bass lines on “Dancing Queen” by ABBA….

Sources:

1. http://www.newshub.co.nz/entertainment/abba-bassist-rutger-gunnarsson-dies-2015051307#axzz3a7pDOtOl
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutger_Gunnarsson
3. http://www.abba-world.net/years/articles/bass_notes_122000.htm
4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hootenanny_Singers
5. http://www.myspace.com/rutgergunnarsson
6. http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutger_Gunnarsson
7. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0348273/
8. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/rutger-gunnarsson-p82916/credits