”It doesn’t matter who the original five members were, or even if there were any. The band has a seasoned bluegrass sound with flavorful country, hillbilly, and Western Swing influences. And it truly shines with impressive original material.”
Bluegrass Unlimited
BACKGROUND
The Original Five mixes traditional Bluegrass with their own material, more well-known, crowd-pleasing country songs and musical excursions into both folk music and gospel. A wide spectrum of musical experiences that are held together by the band's solid bluegrass background.
The band started in 2010 as a Jam session at Far I Hatten in Folkets Park in Malmö, but since then the music has taken them around to festivals and gigs all over Europe and of course the homeland of bluegrass, the USA.
Five own studio albums and many collaborations with other musicians over the years, e.g.
a live album in collaboration with a Swiss chamber orchestra.
For the past decade, The Original Five, perhaps one of the world's smallest quintests, has consisted of:
Jonas Svahn
Guitar,Vocals
Johan Malmberg
Banjo,Fiddle, Vocals
Daniel Olsson
Dobro,Vocals
Dan Englund
Dubble bass, Vocals
