Vidar Busk (born 19 May 1970 in

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, Norway) is a

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guitarist, vocalist, composer and record producer within genres blues and

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. Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian) (in Norwegian)

Career

Busk grew up in

, but went to US when 15 years old, to play with the American blues artist Rock Bottom. He toured the U.S. several years before returning to Norway in 1990, and was awarded ''Smugetprisen'' 1994. Later he was awarded two times

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, as This year's artist in 1998 and in the blues/country class in 2003. Busk played at Moldejazz 2011, 16 years after the formation of ''His True Believers''.

Honors

*''Smugetprisen'' 1994 *''Bluesprisen'' 1997, from The Norwegian Blues Union *

1998, as This year's artist *

2003, in the class Blues/country

Discography

Vidar Busk and His True Believers

*''Stompin Our Feet With Joy'' (1997) (nyutgitt i 2011) *''I Came Here To Rock'' (1998) *''Atomic Swing'' (1999) *''Civilized Life'' (2021)

Vidar Busk

*''Venus Texas'' (2001) *''Love Buzz'' (2003) *''Starfish'' (2005)

Vidar Busk and The Voo Doodz

*''Jookbox Charade'' (2007)

Vidar Busk and His Bubble of Trouble

*''Troublecaster'' (2011)

Vidar Busk, Daniel Eriksen & Stig Sjostrom

*''Hustle & Flow'' (2019)

References

External links

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