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Wasa Express

Swedish jazz rock band formed in early 1976. The members were then Bo Hallgren (keyboard), Bo Häggström (electric bass), Cary Sharaf el Din (guitar) and Åke "Doktor Åke" Eriksson (drums). The band recorded four records during the years 1976 to 1979, when the group split. After being briefly reunited in 1986, they were reunited for the second time in 2003. The first two albums were more or less instrumental, but on the third came Roger Holegård (from Neon Rose), now Future Elephants? into singing and the group thus became a more pure rock band. Cary Sharaf appeared on the album "Don't Say No" with Billy Squier in 1981. At the second reunion in 2003, the group gave a number of concerts, which gave more flavor, because since then they perform more regularly. A new record was recorded and released in 2004. Also in 2006 a record was released, "Wasa Express goes to Hollywood". Remaining members from the original group are Åke Eriksson and Bo Hallgren. The group has played live abroad and still plays together. In 2014, the group released a record that was only released on yellow vinyl.