Mönsterås Blues Band was formed in 1974 and only three of the five on stage have been involved ever since.

Mönsterås Blues Band (MBB) started by Carl-Magnus "Calle" Engström, harmonica, guitar, vocals, Mats Grönqvist, guitar, vocals, Peo Fahlström, keyboards, Tommy Lindberg drums and Gunnar Eriksson, bass on May 2, 1974 .

Since 2012, MBB only consists of 3/5ths of the bands original lineup. The new members are Tommy Medner (since 1995) and Bosse Olsson (since 1987). A variety of musicians over the years has come and gone, such as Jim Ingvarsson, drums Lars Hamnede, keyboards, Tomas Idebrant, drums, Eva Bergquist, keyboards, Erland Jakobsson, keyboards, Bosse "Shorty Bo" Johnson, bass, etc.

The band's repertoire has since consisted of a mixture of self-composed music with Swedish lyrics and American original songs in English.

Mönsterås Blues Band (MBB) has toured in all the Nordic countries and Germany, Holland and Belgium, and participated in radio and television in various forms. It has also toured with and compat a wide range of blues artists from both Sweden and other countries, mainly the United States.

Mönsterås Blues Festival was launched in 1994. Calle Engström , Lars Hamnede and Anders Erlandsson started the festival because of the Mönsterås Blues Band 20th Anniversary.

MBB has made a total of 13 albums. 4 LP's and 6 CD's one issue on cassette and two compilation albums that are only available on the web.


Mixture 1978 (Ip)
1980 The years just go (lp)
1982 Sunshine (Ip)
Monsteras 1988 BB
1989 Lucia (lp)
1994 Two roses in the bottle (CD)
1997 Blåast in Sweden (CD)
1999 Bricks In My Pillow (CD)
2004 MBB (CD)
2012 Seeds from the distance of time (CD)
2012 Collected Works 1978-1993
2012 collected works 1994- 2009
2014 40 Years (CD)

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