Tennessee Five

Swedish country band that was was originally formed in 1966 and was initially an "instrumental band" playing mainly songs from the Chet Atkins repertoire - the group had no name and no singer.

In 1967 Nils Nordström and Joseph Lundberg met at the Grand Hotell in Avesta and Joseph joined the group as a singer. That's when the name Tenneesee Five came about. The band, which is one of Sweden's oldest and most experienced in country music, has over the years accompanied a number of artists both Swedish and American, such as Carola Szücs and Martin Nilsson, both from Fame Factory, Mats Rådberg, Alf Robertsson, Elisabeth Andreasson, Red Jenkins, Göran Danielsson, Kerstin Dahlberg, Marie Hedman, Lalla Hansson, John Bee and more. Among the American artists can be mentioned, Joe Sun, Darrel Mc Call, Dough Sahm, Billy Yates, Dennis Adkins, Joe Diamond, Jim Mundy, Bill Green, Becky Hobbs, Rick Sousley, Dawn & Kenny Sears, Joni Harms, Tony Booth.