Totta Näslund

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Torsten "Totta" Erik Näslund (April 1, 1945 – June 19, 2005) was a Swedish rock and blues musician, with leftist political views. He was born in Sandviken and grew up in the small northern town Köpmanholmen, but moved to Gothenburg in 1970 to find work. He was working in the Gothenburg docks when he joined Nynningen, a rock group with leftist political texts and inspired by the Russian Communist poet Mayakovsky. Totta Näslund became the group's main singer. In the mid-1970s, Nynningen fused with Nationalteatern, a musical theater ensemble with many members. Totta Näslund joined the group as singer, guitar-player and actor. Nationalteatern developed away from the theater and became a straight rock group, a rock orchestra as they called themselves. Even though Totta never wrote any own songs for the band, he was probably the most prominent member, next to Ulf Dageby. Nationalteatern was one of the many leftist music and theater groups that came together in 1977 to form Tältprojektet, The Tent Project, a musical theater performance on the history of the Swedish working class, which toured the country that summer. Totta Näslund played the Beggar, the central story telling character of the play, and he sang some of the lead songs, like Aldrig mera krig (Never War Again) and Vi äro tusenden (We are legion). Tältprojekted, a non-profit making experiment financed by its members and supporters, was highly successful. In the beginning of the 1980s, Nationalteatern dissolved and Tot

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Totta 6: Bortom Månen Och Mars

Totta's Basement Tapes: Down In The Flood - 11 Songs By Bob Dylan

Totta: Duetterna

Totta 4; Duetter

Totta 8: Bättre Begagnat/Tottas Bästa

Den Flygande Holländaren

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TOTTA 6: bortom månen & mars

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Hjärtats slutna rum

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Totta 2: Hjärtats Slutna Rum

Totta 7: Soul!/På Drift

Totta 5; Turnén

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