Lars Lilholt (born in
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on 14 March 1953) is a Danish singer, violinist, guitarist and composer.
Career
Kræn Bysted's
In the early 1970s, he was part of Kræn Bysted's, a Danish acoustic folk, electric folk and rock group made up of Lars Lilholt, Jacob Ohrt and Lars Dam, all from Aalborg. The singer Inger Nyholm from Silkeborg joined in 1975 and drummer Jens Jørgen Pedersen in 1977. The group had various bass players contributing including Jakob Dalsgaard, Karsten Kongsøre, Johs Stærk and Ole Grønbæk.
Lars Lilholt Band
He performs with his band Lars Lilholt Band. In 1982, he released album , his first solo album. He formed Lars Lilholt Band the following year made up of Lars Lilholt, Tine Lilholt, Kristian Lilholt, Gert Vincent and Tommy Kejser. When Kejser became manager of the band, he was replaced by Tom Bilde (from
Mek Pek
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The band has seen many changes and the present set-up is made up of Lars Lilholt (vocals, violin, guitar), Gert Vincent (electric guitar), Klaus Thrane (drums, percussion), Tom Bilde (bass), Kristian Fogh (keyboard) and Eskild Dohn (trumpet, saxophone).
Lilholt has written hundreds of songs, but by far the most famous is "Kald det kærlighed" (meaning Call it love).
Dalton
He was also part of a Danish supergroup named
Dalton
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made up of Lilholt,
Johnny Madsen
Johnny Madsen (born in Thyborøn, Denmark on 31 March 1951) is a Danish musician, songwriter and painter. In the period 1983 to 1992, he was part of Dalton, a supergroup trio made of Madsen, Lars Lilholt and Allan Olsen. Johnny Madsen is livin ...
and
Allan Olsen
Allan Olsen (born 18 March 1956 in Grønholt, Vendsyssel) is a Danish folkrock musician and singer-songwriter. His famous live performances combine his songs with satirical and dryly-tempered anecdotes. The music is delivered either acoustically ...
. It was formed in 1983 but had to wait till 1992 for their first album ''Dalton''. They reunited in 2005 to work on new materials and had a comeback in 2010 for a grand tour.
Discography
Albums
Lars Lilholt
Lars Lilholt Band
Albums with other bands
;In Spillemændene fra Himmerland
*1975: ''Liegstouw''
;Kræn Bysted's
*1975: ''Gammel dansk MC''
*1977: ''Kræn Bysteds''
*1978: ''Den anden Kræn''
*1980: ''Stavnsbundet''
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Dalton
Dalton may refer to:
Science
* Dalton (crater), a lunar crater
* Dalton (program), chemistry software
* Dalton (unit) (Da), the atomic mass unit
* John Dalton, chemist, physicist and meteorologist
Entertainment
* Dalton (Buffyverse), minor cha ...
* 1992: ''Dalton''
* 2009: ''Tyve Ti''
* 2010: ''Var Her''
Singles
References
External links
Official Lars Lilholt Band website*
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Danish folk music groups
Danish violinists
Male violinists
Danish composers
Male composers
1953 births
Living people
21st-century violinists
21st-century Danish male singers
People from Herlev Municipality
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