Solleröbladet continues its series of articles on the theme of Music. In this issue we take a trip to Rullgården in Bråmåbo and say hello to Sölve Olofsson.
Sölve got music in her blood with her mother's milk!
Grandfather, grandfather, father and uncle played the accordion. It is said that grandfather cycled with the accordion on the parcel rack to Siljansnäs to play at dances. There was always music at home in Rullgården in Bråmåbo. But Sölve preferred the guitar to the accordion. “Dad bought my first electric guitar in Falun on installments for 508 SEK in the early 60s,” Sölve remembers. With the newly purchased electric guitar, Sölve then played at many school dances in the band The Groovers. "We played mostly instrumental music, like Shadows, Spotnicks and The Ventures. Then I joined Nippe Sylwén's organ trio "Lefvande Musik" and then it became more jazz. In 1969, Dagny Norman called and asked if I wanted to play with Charlie Norman's quartet. It was an intense year with, among other things, a revue at Liseberg Theatre and pub shows at Berns. Mona Thelmé and Anni-Frid Lyngstad (Frida in ABBA) sang."
Sten & Stanley got in touch and for 5 years Sölve played in the popular band. “There were summer tours in the parks and we also had recurring tours in the spring and autumn “Modeparaden” where you got to walk on the catwalk,” laughs Sölve. “It was a wandering life and I didn’t see much of my family back home in Karlskoga.” Sölve instead went to school in Gothenburg and trained as a music teacher.
A vacancy arose in Borlänge and Sölve remained there for 35 years at the Music School. The collaboration with Nippe Sylwén took off again with Meta Roos and Nippe Sylwéns Band. In the 80s, Nippe & Co were the house band in the popular TV program “Café Falun”. When asked who was the nicest and most positive artist to collaborate with, Sölve answers Barbro Lill-Babs Svensson. When Solleröbladet asks who was the worst diva, there are a couple of choices, but we won’t reveal them here.
Sölve also played in the band Fresh while teaching and leading the Forssaäng Choir to success. “I spent 14 years with that choir and then 21 years with the Music School Youth Choir before I retired and moved back to Sollerön with my family. At first we lived in our holiday home, later we took over Rullgården from my mother,” says Sölve.
He has played with many accordion kings such as Anders Larsson and Bengan Jansson. Today he has a musical collaboration with the troubadour Mats Höjer, a singing program. They toured before the pandemic hit. When Solleröbladet asks what music Sölve likes most, the answer is jazz. The nice thing for the villagers in Bråmåbo is that Sölve has his guitar with him when it is the Corn-Raising Festival and the party in the Threshing Floor.
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