The Country Side of Harmonica Sam

The Country Side of Harmonica Sam represents a rare and unique branch of contemporary country music. This is country music like it sounded in the late 50’s and early 60’s; more modern sounding than the 40’s Hillbilly style sometimes seen on the rockabilly scene around Europe. At the same time, it’s far from the contemporary Nashville sound of country music. The band members include bandmaster Peter Andersson (pedal steel), Ulrik Jansson (upright bass), Robert Skoglund (drums), Johan Bandling Melin (lead guitar/harmony vocals) and Harmonica Sam (lead vocals/ rhythm guitar). In 2013 the band released a 7” single Changing Her Thinking which created a buzz among country music and rockabilly fans. In 2015 the band went to Berlin and Lightning Recorders to record their debut album Open Letter to the Blues. For the recording of their second album A Drink After Midnight the band decided to record at the local Gula Studion in Malmö, Sweden. With the release of the first single from A Drink After Midnight in 2016, they had a major dance floor hit on the retro scene around Europe with the B-side Lookout heart. In 2019 the third album Broken Bottle, Broken Heart was released on El Toro Records. The Country Side of Harmonica Sam are among the nominees in the category Honky Tonk Group for the fourth time at Ameripolitan Music Awards 2020 in Memphis, Tennessee.