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Flamman
12+ albums
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After years in the background with his guitar, Per "Flamman" Westling finally takes the step forward as singer/songwriter and guitarist in his own band Flamman. — During the years I've been playing with other people I also have been writing my own songs, but it was not until a while ago that I realised that I actually could sing them myself… I simply haven't had the courage to sing earlier, but suddenly it all fell into place. In the company of the band Flamman we travel to an American rock and roll landscape, with people like Neil Young and Tom Petty lurking about at the backroads, while some lighter pop melodies are blowing around in the dusty wind. The bands in Per "Flamman" Westling's past didn't necessarily belong to the same tradition. — I have played, and in some cases sometimes still play, in several different jazz constellations, with Gothenburg singer/songwriter Dan Viktor, with Stockholm pop band The Virtues and with Elvis tribute act Uncle Jam, "Flamman" explains. But while listening to his own songs it is obvious in which company and world "Flamman" feels most at ease. — Sure, my musical influences mostly come from people like Neil Young and let's say, Creedence, but I think I add some pop to the sound as well, "Flamman" says. — I often listen to softer pop such as The Shins or Elvis Costello. The thing is that I listen to music non stop, everywhere and all the time and I never get tired of it. When it comes to singers I admire for example Neil Young (sorry for
