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Holy shit! What a bus!

Saturday 7 July kl 12:57

Holy cow! Last night at the gig at Gumboda Hed (country festival in the north of Sweden) we saw it – the ultimate rock n roll tourbus. It was a…

Retromega

Sunday 17 June kl 23:35

Retromega just released the book ”Rockabilly Lifestile”. Many of the astounding pictures were shot by Michael Persson (Musicpix) – some of them were shot during our Sweden spring-tour last year. The…

Number two on the Swedish album chart

Tuesday 15 May kl 08:29

Right now we are number two on the Swedish album chart! Swedens second most sold album! Who’s number one you ask? Well, that’s Kent, the number one Swedish pop act.…

Happy birthday Rubber Duck

Sunday 6 May kl 11:26

Hooray, hooray! It’s Rubber Duck’s day today – his birthday! Meanwhile, we’re heading home with our tourbus. See ya!

Third most sold album

Friday 4 May kl 10:56

Great news! Today our new album “Rock The Road” entered the list over most sold albums in Sweden. We reached the third place right after Kent and Europe. Tonight we…

Tour

Date	City / Venue	Notes	Tickets
Saturday, 25 May	The Playtones i Emmaboda Emmaboda	Runes bensin och The Playtones bjuder på en högoktanig Rocakbilly-dag! Gasen i botten!	—
Saturday, 25 May	The Playtones i Hässleholm Björksäter - Map »	Rock ‘n’ roll kväll i rock ‘n’ roll staden Hässleholm!	—
Saturday, 1 June	The Playtones i Torsby Torsby nostalgidag	Vi och Slim jim Phantom rockar loss i Torsby under nostalgidagen!	—
Friday, 7 June	The Playtones i Löddeköpinge Lucy’s Diner	Två kvällar på 50-tals stället Lucy’s Diner – kan inte bli bättre!	—
Saturday, 8 June	The Playtones i Löddeköpinge Lucy’s Diner	Två kvällar på 50-tals stället Lucy’s Diner – kan inte bli bättre!	—
Saturday, 15 June	The Playtones i Charlottenberg Charlottenberg	Rockabillykväll!!!	—
Friday, 28 June	The Playtones i Skara Sweden Rockabilly Festival - Map »	SRF – here we come! Med bl a JLT, Jack Baymore m fl.	—
Saturday, 29 June	The Playtones i Falkenberg Björnås countryfestival	Country!	—
Wednesday, 3 July	The Playtones i Borgholm Borgholms torg	—	—
Thursday, 4 July	The Playtones i Ronneby Terassen, Ronneby brunn	Mr. Boppin Steve med gästartister, bl a Eva Eastwood	—

Discography

Rock the Road

2012

Rock the Road

2012, Lionheart Records

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Rock’n'roll is King

2011

Rock’n'roll is King

2011, Lionheart Records

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Rock’n'roll Christmas Party

2010

Rock’n'roll Christmas Party

2010, Lionheart Records

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Rock’n'roll Dance Party

2010

Rock’n'roll Dance Party

2010, Lionheart Records

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The Band

The Playtones originates from Boppin Steve & The Playtones, whose energetic piano-based rock ‘n’ roll still remains as a foundation throughout their music and sound. The lineup is classic with piano, guitar, double bass and drums. On the latest release, “Rock The Road”, one can clearly hear the band’s love of 1950’s music and sound – compared to earlier material the band emphasizes it’s influences in rockabilly, rock ‘n’ roll and rhythm and blues.

After have made several TV-appearances, touring continuously, sold most albums in Sweden the band has made a decision; frontman and singer Boppin Steve and the rest of the band wanted to make a statement with next album – further approach and embrace the genuine retro and vintage-style rock ‘n’ roll that they all so much love. “Everything is recorded live and we had a fantastic and creative time in the studio with engineer Amir Aly” says Boppin Steve. “We wanted a more genuine and old school sound than on previous albums. More old style rock ‘n’ roll with as little overdubs as possible. Everyone was up to it, so we just did it and had a whole lot of fun doing it!” he continues.

The Playtones is Stefan ‘Boppin Steve’ Jonasson on piano and vocals. He is a name on the retro rock and rockabilly-scene in Europe since the mid 1990:s and is the founder of the band. He handpicked the other members; on upright is Mattias ‘Doghouse Matt’ Schertell, Anders ‘Rubber Duck’ Svensson on guitar and on drums Per ‘Svannte’ Sennerhall. The band is located in the southeast of Sweden, in Blekinge – the Mississippi of Sweden if you will.

Boppin Steve

Piano and vocals

Boppin Steve

Piano and vocals

Frontman Boppin Steve has been seen on the retro rock and rockabilly-scene in Europe since the mid 1990’s. He started the band in 2008 from Boppin Steve & The Playtones – it now became The Playtones.

It is no secret that his piano-playing and voice resembles a certain Jerry Lee Lewis. He is passionate of american culture and music from the 1950’s.

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Doghouse Matt

Double bass

Doghouse Matt

Double bass

Previous to The Playtones, Doghouse has been slappin’ the bass in several bands in different genres such as blues, rock ‘n’ roll and rockabilly. His musical influences in the american 50‘s and 40‘s music was discovered via Chuck Berry’s Maybelline. It was the first single he heard and he was blown away by mr. Berry’s music. Doghouse has a special passion for raw blues from the 40’s and early 50’s.

Twitter: Mattische

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Svannte

Drums

Svannte

Drums

Educated in jazz-music Svannte has been active on the jazz- and blues scenes in Sweden.
Svannte was also a member of Boppin Steve & The Playtones and bandmate in blues bands with Doghouse. Svannte’s influences is musicians such as Earl Palmer and Stanton Moore – they taught him “second line” and “between the cracks”.
Occasionally he listens to some 70’s rock but it is more likely you will see him rock out to some old school New Orleans based rhythm and blues.

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Rubber Duck

Guitar

Rubber Duck

Guitar

The guitar player in The Playtones, Rubber Duck, joined in as soon as the spot was available. Educated in rock, his raw old school guitar-playing adds a bite and edge to the sound. Starting with trumpet in his early days, he took up guitar as a teenager. When he first heard Carl Perkins he knew what to do from that point – play that guitar!
He is a passionate guitar-collector and knows just about everything there is to know about obscure boutique pedals.

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