Raj Montana Band is a famous Swedish pop and rock band that also served as a backing band for Swedish singers

Dan Hylander Dan Owe Michael Hylander known as Dan Hylander (born 21 June 1954 in Malmö, Sweden) is a Swedish songwriter, pop and rock singer and guitarist. He has collaborated prominently with Py Bäckman and the band Raj Montana Band, which served as a ba ...

and

Py Bäckman Py Marie Elisabet Ulrika Bäckman Wennborn (born 5 July 1948, Stockholm) is a Swedish musician. She is a singer and songwriter of pop and rock for musicals and films. She also plays piano and harmonica. Career Bäckman grew up in Iggesund (Gä ...

. The name derives from the band's original name, Ray Montana and his Moonlight Boys. The band dissolved in 1985 but was resurrected in 1997 for a series of reunion tours and a compilation album of earlier hits.

Members

Members of the band has varied over the years. Many of them were part of what in the 1980s as "Studioeliten". But the main setup in the band's heyday (1980–1985) were: *Pelle Alsing - drums *Clarence Öfwerman - Keyboards *David Carlson - guitar *Ola Johansson - bass *Hasse Olsson - organ and keyboards Other musicians associated with the band on various projects include

Mats Ronander Mats Ronander (born 1 April 1954 in Sundsvall, Sweden) is a Swedish rock musician, guitar player, producer and composer. Biography Ronander was born in Sundsvall, but grew up in Örebro. At the age of sixteen he succeeded Peps Persson as singer i ...

, Åke Sundqvist, Mats Englund, Tove Naess,

Anne-Lie Rydé Anne-Lie Rydé (born 17 October 1956 in Stockholm) is a Swedish pop and rock singer. Rydé grew up on Lidingö, but moved to Gothenburg in 1976. There she played with the Gothenburg-based band Extra from 1978 to 1983. She moved back to Stock ...

, Håkan Nyberg and others.

Discography

Albums

;Studio albums ;Live albums *1982: ''Bella Notte'' *1982: ''Belle De Jour'' *1985: ''Tele-Gram Långt Farväl'' ;Compilation albums

References

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