Biography
Kenny Håkansson
Real name: Kenny Åke Håkansson
Effective period / Period of releases: 1978 - 1995
Swedish guitarist, born November 12, 1945 in Stockholm.When Kenny was 15 years old, he intended to buy a trombone for money he earned on a summer job. The music store also had electric guitars, so instead of a trombone he ended up buying a Höfner guitar. This was in -59 or -60. He went through a number of bands:
1: The Agents, own band with brother and friends, ca -63
2: T-Boones: joined in about -65
3: Baby Grandmothers: own band together with Pelle Ekman and Bella Ferlin. -67
4. Mecki Mark Men, merger of BGm and MMM. -68
5: Kebnekajse, together with Pelle E., Bella F., and Roffe Scherrer. Summer -71
6: Dag Vag, joined in -79
7: Bill's Boogie Band, formed together with Bill öhrström, Jukka Tolonen, Hasse Larsson and Bosse Skoglund. -84
Beside the bands, he played with Cornelis, Lisa Ekdahl, Janne Hammarlund, Clas-Göran Hedenström, Jack Downing and more.