Slap Back Joe
Biography Slap Back Joe
Slap Back Joe
is a blues band that played blues and rock covers in 2017-2020 in various pubs and festivals. When the pandemic hit, the band decided to play their own music. Their debut album ‘System Breakdown’ was released in June 2021 and received good reviews, including Sweden Rock Magazine, which gave it a 7/10 rating.
Over the years, the band has also served as a backing band for the artist Ninna Westerholm Karlsson, which led to Ninna joining Slap Back Joe in 2022 as lead singer. In the autumn of 2023, work and recording began on the sequel ‘Singing my blues away’, which will be released on 15 March 2023 via Killander Music Records AB.
With the new disc, the band hopes to reach out to a wider audience and open up new and exciting paths.
Raimo Rommedahl
Songwriter, producer and democratic bandleader who also plays guitar and sings. Raimo has a wide experience and has been in the business for years but wants to go back to where he once started; playing rocky blues. Their favourite song on their latest album is ‘End of the road’.
Ninna Westerholm Karlsson
Rock and blues singer with both grit and honey in her voice. ‘Live, learn and develop’ is her motto in life. Her favourite on the new album is ‘Singing my blues away’. When we asked Ninna why, we got the answer: ‘...because music has made me sing away many tragedies in life’.
Ulf Kandell
The guitarist who has toured the country with many blues and rock bands. He is the one in the band who is ‘closest’ to classic blues and makes sure they don't let go of their roots. His favourite song is ‘Waiting for the angels of light’ as it is a great mix between country, blues and classic hard rock.
Håkan ‘Hågge’ Olsson
The bassist who started with hard rock but who in adulthood has mostly played around with a lot of blues bands. Håkan likes all the songs on the album but if he had to choose, it would be ‘When the tables are turned’ because he likes the cool sound, and also because he helped write parts of it.
Thomas Persson
The drummer in the band but has played many years in different contexts ranging from melodic hard rock to blues. His role is to keep the tempo in the music and the nice vibe in the band. He does this by always having humour close at hand. His favourite song is ‘Baby’, for which he also wrote the riff and acted as the announcer at the end of the song.
