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For those of a similar name, see Bo Hanson (disambiguation).

Musical artist

Bo Hansson (10 April 1943 – 23 April 2010)^[1] was a Swedishmusician best known for his four instrumental progressive rock studio albums released throughout the 1970s.

Early life and musical career

Hansson spent his early life in a remote village in the pine forests of northern Sweden, but a change in his parents' fortunes forced a move to Stockholm and they were forced to leave the young Hansson behind, in the care of family friends.

As a teenager he joined his parents in Stockholm, where he soon became interested in the burgeoning rock and roll scene and taught himself to play the guitar, before joining the band Rock-Olga.

After the rock and roll craze gave way to jazz and blues in the late fifties, he joined 'Slim Notini's Blues Gang' as a guitarist.

Hansson was able to move on and form his own blues group The Merrymen, who supported The Rolling Stones on an early S