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Georg " Wadenius, born May 4, 1945, in Stockholm, Sweden, is a guitarist, bassist, singer and composer who made a name for himself during the 1970s and 80s as a studio and session guitarist/bassist, as well as releasing a popular series of albums of children's songs in Sweden.

After appearing on a number of Swedish hit records and being founder-member of two Swedish supergroups of the early 70s, Made in Sweden (1966–1972 and 1976) and Solar Plexus (1971–1972), he relocated to the United States to become lead guitarist of the US supergroup Blood, Sweat & Tears from 1972 to 1975. In 1979 he joined The Saturday Night Live Band on television. He stayed on until 1985 and has since worked for many important artists as a session player and/or touring musician, among them Steely Dan, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Dr. John, David Sanborn, James Brown, Marianne Faithfull, Kent, Paul Simon, Joe Thomas, Dionne Warwick, Roberta Flack, Donald Fagen, Doug Katsaros, Paul Desmond, Jim Hall, John McLaughlin, Michael Franks, and Luther Vandross, as well as many important artists in Sweden.

In 1970, he received a Swed*1969 - Snakes In A Hole

1970 - Live! At the Golden Circle
1970 - Made In England
1970 - Regnbågslandet
1971 - Best Of
1976 - Where Do We Begin

with Blood, Sweat & Tears

1972 - New Blood
1973 - No Sweat
1974 - Mirror Image
1975 - New City

as a session musician

Live & More (1980) - Roberta Flack and Peabo Bryson
Never Too Much - Luther Vandross (1981)
Forever, For Always, For Love (1982) - Luther Vandross
Busy Body (1983) - Luther Vandross
Jump to It - Aretha Franklin
How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye (1983) - Dionne Warwick and Luther Vandross
Swept Away (1984) - Diana Ross
Passion Fruit (1985) - Ronnie Cuber
Camera Never Lies (1987) - Michael Franks
Kamakiriad (1993) - Donald Fagen
Scene is Clean (1993) Ronnie Cuber
Television (1994) - Dr. John
Alive in America (1995) - Steely Dan
Vapen & ammunition (2002) - Kent
Irreplaceable (2003) - George Benson
Hjerteknuser (2007) - Jan Eggum

External links

Georg Wadenius official web site

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-'''Georg "Jojje" Wadenius''', born May 4, 1945, in [[Stockholm]], [[Sweden]], is a guitarist, bassist, singer and composer who made a name for himself during the 1970s and 80s as a [[Studio musician|studio]] and [[session musician|session]] guitarist/bassist, as well as releasing a popular series of albums of children's songs in Sweden.
+'''Georg " Wadenius''', born May 4, 1945, in [[Stockholm]], [[Sweden]], is a guitarist, bassist, singer and composer who made a name for himself during the 1970s and 80s as a [[Studio musician|studio]] and [[session musician|session]] guitarist/bassist, as well as releasing a popular series of albums of children's songs in Sweden.
 After appearing on a number of Swedish hit records and being founder-member of two Swedish [[Supergroup (music)|supergroup]]s of the early 70s, [[Made In Sweden (band)|Made in Sweden]] (1966–1972 and 1976) and [[Solar Plexus (band)|Solar Plexus]] (1971–1972), he relocated to the United States to become lead guitarist of the US supergroup [[Blood, Sweat & Tears]] from 1972 to 1975. In 1979 he joined The [[Saturday Night Live Band]] on television. He stayed on until 1985 and has since worked for many important artists as a session player and/or touring musician, among them [[Steely Dan]], [[Aretha Franklin]], [[Diana Ross]], [[Dr. John]], [[David Sanborn]], [[James Brown]], [[Marianne Faithfull]], [[Kent (band)|Kent]], [[Paul Simon]], [[Joe (singer)|Joe Thomas]], [[Dionne Warwick]], [[Roberta Flack]], [[Donald Fagen]], [[Doug Katsaros]], [[Paul Desmond]], [[Jim Hall (musician)|Jim Hall]], [[John McLaughlin (musician)|John McLaughlin]], [[Michael Franks (musician)|Michael Franks]], and [[Luther Vandross]], as well as many important artists in Sweden.
-In 1970, he received a Swedish [[Grammis]] for Made in Sweden and another for his work on children's songs.
+In 1970, he received a Swed*1969 - ''Snakes In A Hole''
-In recent years he has spent more time producing other Scandinavian performers, including [[Anne Sofie Von Otter]], and in 2001 he set up a recording studio in Oslo, Norway.
-== Discography ==
-=== with Made in Sweden ===
-*1968 - ''Made In Sweden With Love''
-*1969 - ''Snakes In A Hole''
 *1970 - ''Live! At the Golden Circle''
 *1970 - ''Made In England''