Dag Vag - Samma Sak

 

Today we show some respect to the Stig Vig who unfortunately has left us. Per Odeltorp or Stig Vig, born 19 November 1948 in Boden, died January 23, 2012, was a Swedish musician, singer and composer known as the frontman and bass player in trans-continental rock reggae band Dag Vag. As Stig Vig he mixed Ska and Reggae to Blues, punk, Prog and Popular movement with a pinch of Swedish cultural heritage as Elsa Beskow, Dan Andersson, Evert Taube and Thore Skogman.

The band was formed in 1977 under the name of Dag Vag & Svagsinta. The style of music was as punk as you could notice on their first two songs "Dimma" and "När vården slår till". The band with Stig Vig as the front leader, later shortened the name to Dag Vag and the music was now a mixture of different musical styles. The actual members would categorize their music as "Trans Continental Rock Reggae". Their first single under the name of Dag Vag contained the group's first hit, a reggae cover of Anita Lindblom's song "Sånt är livet".

This was followed by a number of albums of different character on the label Silence, often with world music at some of the tracks. A recording that became popular in wider circles was a cover of Thore Skogman and Lill-Babs duet Pop up the top from 1965. Dag Vag appeared with Gyllene Tider in the SVT´s Måndagsbörsen 1981 .The two bands closed the television program with Popitop, when Thore Skogman appeared as a surprise and sang with in the last verse.

1983 split Dag Vag, and Stig Vig and Zilverzurfarn started when the band Ojj!600 with guitarist Anders Åborg from Aston Reymers Rivaler and drummer Per Erik Gunnarsson Stenroth. Dag Vag resurfaced again at the end of the decade with the song You Will Never Enough. In 1999 came the next resurrection and the latest in 2004.

During their career, Dag Vag sold over 300,000 albums, won a Rockbjörnen, with a few gold records, danced naked on the roof, appeared in the movie Ebba Grön-movie "Ebba the Movie" and become Sweden's most famous rock reggae band.

In 2008 was their first five albums re-released as digipak with bonus tracks.

In 2011 did Dag Vag released their first EP epette. Then the band consisted of Stig Vig on vocals and bass; Tage Z Dirty on drums and vocals; Zilverzurfarn on guitar and vocals, and Teka Pukka on guitar and vocals.  Rest in peace Stig Vig!

Dag Vag Members
Per Odeltorp ("Stig Vig") - Bass, Vocals.
Lennart Odeltorp ("Tage Dirty) - Drums.
Per Westling ("Teka Pukk") - Guitar.
Johan Zachrisson ("Zilverzurfarn") - Guitar, Vocal.

Todays tune "Samma Sak" is a tune that Dag Vag did perform as the band "Zeg Deg" in the animated short film "HELVETE OCKSÅ" (1980) av Lennart Gustafsson. The tune is from the 3:rd album "Palsternacka" released 1980.



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Official Dag Vag Web
Official Per Odeltorp Web

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