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		Instru- ment	Born	Resi- dence	First band	Also played with	Musical influences	Profession	Miscel- laneous
Jan-Olof Eriksson		Lead guitar, rhythm guitar	1949 in Umea	Pitea	The Lightnings, Umea 1961	The Beat Section, Our Own Side, Tre Gitarrer, Various chamber ensembles (classical- and jazzmusic) etc.	Shadows, Spotnicks, Ventures, Violents, Chet Atkins, Andres Segovia, Julian Bream, John Williams, John Dowland, Bach	Professor of Guitar at the School of Music, Pitea	Has arranged, edited and published music and tutors for spanish guitar. Is also a collector of records and sheet music.
KG Johansson		Rhythm guitar, lead guitar	1952 in Sodra Sandtrask	Pitea	Anyhow, Sodra Sandtrask 1966	Tre Gitarrer, Paul Lindberg Kvintett, Hemul,  A Bunch Of Lonesome Heroes, Black Pack,   Beaver  etc.	Who, Doors, Jimi Hendrix, Robert Johnson, Neil Young, Nirvana, Pantera, John Williams, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Dowland, Bach etc.	Lecturer (rock ´n´ roll) at the School of Music, Pitea	Is successful author of many tutors for electric guitar, rockgroups etc. Has translated about 80 novels and a bunch of short stories from english to swedish.
Jan Hofverberg		Bass guitar	1950 in Umea	Umea	The Lightnings, Umea 1961	Pleasure, Favorit- orkestern, Byske,   Ford Cortina etc.	Shadows, Violents, Beatles, bass guitarists Paul McCartney, Bosse Haggstrom and Chris Squire, etc.	Teaching mathematics and physics at Mimerskolan, Umea	Wrote local rock-history "Rock i Umea 1958-1983". Is photographer for Umea FC (football) and IF Bjorkloven (icehockey).
Micke Langs		Key- boards	1958 in Vasa, Finland	Pitea	Valencia, Vasa, Finland 1972	Zotch (Finland), Tom Jones, Danny Kaye, Dolly Parton (USA), Yngve Forsells, Black Pack etc.	None	Lecturer (piano) at the School of Music, Pitea	Co-wrote tutor "Rockgruppen - Keyboard" with KG Johansson. Is a private pilot and a certified formula driver.
John Eriksson		Drums, per- cussion	1974 in Pitea	Stock- holm	Blue Shadows, Pitea 1989	Catfood Quartet, Peaux, Peter, Bjorn and John, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Kroumata etc.	Kiss, Motley Crue, Peter Erskine, Vinnie Caliuta, Pavement, Iannis Xenakis	Percussionist in swedish percussion- ensemble Kroumata	Used his father´s (Joe) instrumental- singles at an early age to explore his drum- playing.
		Instru- ment	Born	Resi- dence	First band	Also played with	Musical influences	Profession	Miscel- laneous

    Additional musicians  

Olle  Strandberg		Singer who does most of the vocals with Joe´s Combo both on record and on stage. Has worked at the School of Music, Pitea, but nowadays he teaches younger people to sing in hometown Lulea. Olle has appeared in many goups in northern Sweden, among them Ramaskri, Rama and Black Pack, the latter together with KG, Micke and Esbjorn, where he sang in impressing Led Zeppelin-style. He co-wrote tutor "Rockgruppen - Sång" with KG Johansson. While everyone else in the Joe´s Combo-camp is gaining weight, Olle goes in the opposite direction as he is a devoted runner.
David  Myhr		Singer born in Pitea who co-wrote and sang "Only Love" on "Time Out With Joe´s Combo". Appears sometimes on stage with Joe´s Combo. Lives in Stockholm and is a member of The Merrymakers. The band has released "No Sleep ´til Famous" and "Bubblegun", the latter including hit-singles "Saltwater Drinks" and "April´s Fool". The Merrymakers  have played in both Japan and USA. David Myhr and fellow merrymaker Anders Hellgren also have their own music production company called Monogram Recordings. David is a big fan of The Beatles and knows most of their songs despite his young age.
Esbjorn  Mortzell		Since John Eriksson is so busy with Kroumata excellent drummer Esbjorn Mortzell is deputizing for him. Esbjorn is an old friend with all of the boys in Joe´s Combo and has played with them all before. With Jan-Olof in Tre Gitarrer, with KG, Micke and Olle in Black Pack and is currently playing in blues- and rockband Ford Cortina together with Jan Hofverberg and guitarist Jan Svensson. Esbjorn lives in Nordmaling where he leads the local music school and is also teaching drums. He has played all different styles of music and has even performed with Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Cassidy from Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna. Esbjorn also co-wrote drumtutor "Rockgruppen - Trummor" with KG Johansson.

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