Jonas Fjeld is a Norwegian singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He is best known in the English-speaking world for two albums recorded by Danko/Fjeld/Andersen, a collaboration with Canadian Rick Danko

Rick Danko

Richard Clare "Rick" Danko was a Canadian musician and singer, best known as a member of The Band.-Early years :...

 of The Band

The Band

The Band was an acclaimed and influential roots rock group. The original group consisted of Rick Danko , Garth Hudson , Richard Manuel , and Robbie Robertson , and Levon Helm...

 and American singer-songwriter Eric Andersen

Eric Andersen

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. Fjeld also recorded two albums with the American bluegrass group Chatham County Line

Chatham County Line

The members met in 1996 when lead singer/songwriter Dave Wilson was playing for "Stillhouse". Wilson was living in the Blue House, an infamous Raleigh crash pad and romper room for the areas hottest young musicians. The other members are banjo picker Chandler Holt, upright bassist Greg Readling,...

.

Biography

Fjeld took his name from the principal character of a series of novels written by Øvre Richter Frich

Øvre Richter Frich

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. Although he was born in Bodø, he moved with his family to Drammen, Norway

Drammen

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 when he was a child.

Fjeld's first recording contract was with the Jonas Fjeld Rock 'n' Rolf Band, a comedy band which included Herodes Falsk

Herodes Falsk

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, in 1972. He switched to acoustic folk after listening to Eric Andersen's album Blue River

Blue River (album)

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. His first solo album, Take Two Aspirins and Call Me in the Morning, was released in 1975. The album Svært nok for meg (Tough Enough for Me), released in 1990, went gold in Norway. It included Engler i sneen (Angels in the Snow), a duet with Lynni Treekrem.

Fjeld was introduced to Rick Danko by Andersen in 1990. Danko, Fjeld, and Anderson started doing concerts in September, 1990, and recorded the eponymous Danko/Fjeld/Andersen album in Norway in 1991. This album included a bilingual version of Engler i sneen (Angels in the Snow) and two more songs co-written by Fjeld, When Morning Comes to America and Blue Hotel.

Fjeld was introduced to Chatham County Line in 2005, and was sufficiently impressed with them to invite them to Norway for some concerts. Fjeld and Chatham County Line have toured together, and recorded two albums, both of which went gold in Norway.

Fjeld has received four Spellemannprisen

Spellemannprisen

Spellemannprisen is an award presented to Norwegian musicians for their contributions.-Operation:The award was established on the initiative of International Federation of the Phonographic Industry , an organization that represents the interests of the recording industry worldwide...

, the Norwegian equivalent of a Grammy.

Discography

Jonas Fjeld Rock 'n' Rolf Band

• Jonas Fjeld Rock 'n' Rolf Band (1973)
• Pans Fløyte (1974)
• The Best of Jonas Fjeld Rock'n'Rolf Band (1974)
• Endelig (Uff, ikke nå igjen) (1976)

Jonas Fjeld Band

• Tennessee Tapes (1977)
• Back in the USA (1978)
• Make up (1979)
• Neck n' Neck (1984)
• Time and Motion (1985)

Jonas Fjeld (solo album)

• Take Two Aspirins and Call Me in the Morning (1975)
• Jonas Fjeld's beste (1977)
• Living for the Weekend (1983)
• Neonlys på Wergeland (with Ingrid Bjoner and Ola B. Johannessen)
• Etterlatte sanger (with Sidsel Endresen)
• Svært nok for meg (1990)
• Texas Jensen (1992)
• Nerven i min sang (1994) (live)
• Beste (1999) (greatest hits)
• Voice on the Water (2000)
• Tidevann (2001)
• 50 fra før - 1973-83 (2002)
• Mårrakvist (2006)
• Den gamle veien (2009) (with Henning Kvitnes)
• Hjemmeseier (2011)

Danko Fjeld Andersen

• Danko/Fjeld/Andersen (1991)
• Ridin' on the Blinds
  Ridin' on the Blinds
  Ridin' on the Blinds was the second and final album by the folk-rock trio of Rick Danko, Jonas Fjeld and Eric Andersen. Released in 1994, it was different from its predecessor in that its focus was rootsier, influenced more by the folk leanings of the group than their rock leanings.Among the tracks...
  
  (1993)
• One More Shot (2001) (greatest hits)

with Chatham County Line

• Amerikabesøk (2007) (live)
• Brother of Song (2009)

To Rustne Herrer

• To rustne herrer (1996)
• Damebesøk (1997)
• Tolv rustne strenger (2002)

Bratland/Fjeld/Saugestad/Larsen

• Hank Williams på Norsk (1995)

External links

• Homepage
• YouTube video - Jonas Fjeld with Chatham County Line - Engler i Sneen (Angels in the Snow)