Yngve And His Boogie Legs

Yngve & his Boogie Legs is a band with roots in the blues and rock-genre.With focus on self-made material, a unique sound and a breathtaking live-act, Yngve and his Boogie Legs areone of the most innovative band on todays Norwegian Blues and Rock scene. Yngve & his Boogie Legs started up i 2009 as a trio, but wheels really started to turn when they with 5members participated in the Union Blues Cup at Notodden Blues Festival in 2011 and won a large Norwegian Tour as"Union Blues Band 2012". During this period they did 52 concerts all over Norway and recorded their first album - "Yngve & his Boogie Legs" with Martin Windstad as their Producer. In 2013, the band was chosen to represent Norway in the International Blues Challenge in Memphis and the European BluesChallenge in Toulouse. This resulted in concerts in Germany, Denmark and Sweden the same year. During November 2013 their second record - "Straighten Up" was released, still with Martin Windstad as producer.It was recorded in Athletic Sound in Halden, with the legendary Kai Andersen on the controls.Like the debut record, all songs are self-written with great determintation to breathe new life into the blues genre. Yngve & his Boogie Legs: Yngve Jordalen - Double Bass Bjørnar Ekse Brandseth - Vocals/Guitar Lars Finborud - Guitar/Harmonica Morten Bessesen - Organ/Piano Anders Fretheim - Drums