TOTTE BERGSTROM

• From Sweden.
• Pronounced “Totty.”
• 1969, performed with a group called Country Express.
• 1970’s, had a bluegrass group called The New Strangers.
• Was influenced by guitarist Clarence White in Sweden in 1973. Began using the Parsons-White stringbender (which White was using on his electric guitar) and formed a country-rock band called Moonshine
• Prmarily a vocalist, he also performs on guitar, banjo, mandolin, harmonica, Dobro™, autoharp and bass.
• 1996-1997, toured and recorded with Bluegrass Etc.
• 1996, released album Totte Bergstrom.
• With a crooner’s voice and a penchant for love songs, he says he’s doing his part to put a little more “romance” in bluegrass music.