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The Alabama Lovesnakes
12+ albums
bluesbluesrockblues rock artistsouthernrock
about
The Alabama Lovesnakes was formed in 2006 in Karlstad, Sweden, during the recording of Claes Nilsson's country project "The Wheels". Late nights in the studio aroused an irresistible feeling of the band that just had to break loose - with the blues. Six years down the road, the band is still made up of the same members, and has logged countless miles and gigs all over Sweden. The band has been a regular headliner at the largest blues festival Åmåls Bluesfest and they attract great attention wherever they play. Crocodile Claes & The Alabama Lovesnakes is your guarantee for a heavy blues rock with roots in southern Värmland’s genuine blues swamp. (Tony Berg, PD) The Alabama Love Snakes have several large festivals booked for 2013, like Mönsterås Blues & Roots, Dusty Roads in Tidaholm, Karlskoga Bluesfestival, and Kristinehamns Blues Festival. The band is feverishly working during the spring on their material for two CD releases on their own label, LOVEBITE. A group with an irresistible name: Crocodile Claes and the Alabama Lovesnakes. They performed covers, as well as an original called "Nasty Weather," with flair. (New York Times reporting from Åmåls Bluesfest 2012) The members of the band are vocalist and guitarist Claes "Crocodile" Nilsson (b. 1977), bassist Fredrik Nilsson (b. 1974) and drummer Henry Gillgren (b. 1977). The songs are written by Claes and the whole band picks covers they want to do as the rest of their material. The repertoire consists mainly of trio-based
