Thyborøn
Thyborøn is a fishing village in Jutland, Denmark with a population of 1,890 (1 January 2022), In the period 1983 to 1992, he was part of
Dalton
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, a supergroup trio made of Madsen,
Lars Lilholt
Lars Lilholt (born in Herlev, Denmark on 14 March 1953) is a Danish singer, violinist, guitarist and composer.
Career Kræn Bysted's
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and
Allan Olsen
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. Johnny Madsen is living on the island of
Fanø
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, where he has his own art gallery "Madsens Malerier". He has also been part of Hobo Ekspressen.
Painting
Johnny Madsen has been painting for many years, mostly inspired by
expressionism
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and has mentioned
Vincent van Gogh
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and
Jens Søndergaard
Jens Søndergaard (October 4, 1895 – May 21, 1957) was a Danish expressionist painter. He specialised in strongly coloured landscapes depicting his feelings for the power of nature and the sea. Søndergaard won both national and international ...
as inspirations. Madsen has exhibited in numerous galleries and at many events across Denmark and selected paintings are on permanent display at his art gallery on Fanø. In 2007, he published the book "''Hvorom alting er''", discussing the artistic process as he sees it, and showing a few of his own works. The book has only been printed in limited copies, with a few translated to English titled "By all means".
Discography
Solo
;Studio albums
*1982: ''De tørre er de best... men våde er de flest''
*1986: ''Madsens septiktanker''
*1987: ''Chinatown, Yellow Moon og den sorte fugl''
*1988: ''Udenfor sæsonen''
*1989: ''Nattegn''
*1991: ''Bounty Blue''
*1994: ''Ses vi i Slesvig''
*1997: ''Room Service'' (1997)
*1998: ''The Blues''
*1999: ''Checkpoint Charlie''
*2001: ''Den blinde lotterisælger''
*2003: ''Regnmanden''
*2007: ''Spidsen af kuglen''
*2011: ''Le New York''
*2015: ''Godt nyt''
;Live albums
*1992: ''Halgal Halbal'' (double CD)
;Compilation albums
*1996: ''Madsens bedste – 40 af de fede'' (double CD)
*2004: ''Madsen – på den anden side''
*2007: ''De Tørre & de bedste'' (double CD + DVD)
Dalton
;Albums
*1992: ''Dalton''
*2009: ''Tyve Ti''
*2010: ''Var Her'' (Live 2 CDs +DVD) (with Allan Olsen and Lars Lilholt)