THE JACKIE FOUNTAINS

THE JACKIE FOUNTAINS, 1965. L-R: Hasse Wärmling, Bob Yell, Andy Eklof, Bulan, Hangry Lundin

RnB From Gnesta, Sweden: 1964 - 1967 (by Peter Wärmling) Members of JACKIE FOUNTAINS: "Hasse" (Hans) Wärmling: bandleader, lead guitar, harp, trumpet, backing vocals (1964 - 1967) Hangry Lundin: bass, backing vocals (1964 - 1966) Lasse Ringel: played rhythm guitar with Hasse and Hangry in the absolute beginning (1964) "Bulan" (Sören) Gustafsson: drums, backing vocals (1964 - 1967) "Lasse" (Lars)  Kjellström: lead vocals, tambourine, guitar, organ (1964 - 1965) "Andy" (Anders) Eklöf: rhythm guitar, backing vocals (1965) Ingemar Darsell: played lead guitar on some occasions (1965) "Bob Yell" (Boris Jelovic): lead vocals, occasional second guitar (1965 - 1967) Ingo Brandt: played lead guitar on some occasions (1965) "Mimi" (Mladen Matisic): piano (1966 - 1967) Peter Wärmling: manager (1964 - 1967) "Janne Trötter" (Jan Carlson): roadie JACKIE FOUNTAINS, 1965. L-R: Andy, Hasse, Hangry, Lasse Kjellström, Bulan. Photo by Kerstin Eklöf JACKIE FOUNTAINS Biography: In 1982, the British new wave group The Stranglers had one of their biggest hits with the song "Strange Little Girl." Now, what could The Stranglers possibly have to do with a discography about an obscure 60's group from the small country town of Gnesta in Sörmland, Sweden? Well, let's go 20 years back in time. During 1963 and through early 1964, Hasse (Hans Wärmling) and Hangry (Hangry Lundin) played together in a local Gnesta rock group called The Hot Dogs. After The Hot Dogs folded in summer 1964, Hasse and Hangry rehearsed with Lasse Ringel, another former member of The Hot Dogs. During this formative period, they rehearsed in Peter Wärmling's livingroom,  Peter being Hasse's brother. Lasse, who initially influenced Hasse and Hangry, played with them only for a short time before he moved on to other things. Together, Hasse, Hangry, and new member Bulan (Sören Gustafsson) rehearsed a great deal, trying to sound like the then popular British combo The Shadows and the Swedish instrumental group, The Spotnicks. All they had were old radio speakers as amplifiers, but they played on proper Fender guitars. By August 1964, they had accumulated all of the necessary, good sound equipment: Vox AC-30 amplifiers, a Vox PA, and, most important, a new, better place to rehearse! JACKIE FOUNTAINS, November 1964. L-R: Hasse, Bulan, Lasse, Hangry Aware of the importance of the business end of things, Peter decided that he'd become the group's manager. Soon afterwards, they teamed up with another Lasse (Lars Kjellström) who already had good contacts in the music business.  It was Lasse's idea to name the group "The Jackie Fountains". As Lasse had been a sailor, he spoke English well. He was a good singer, who, luckily, knew the lyrics to a lot of English pop songs. In September, 1964, The Jackie Fountains performed their first gig. They ditched the Shadows' repetoire in favour of covers of, amongst others, Elvis, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Chuck Berry, and The Kinks. At this time, the band bought its own white Volkswagen van and painted THE JACKIE FOUNTAINS on its sides in red print! A friend of the group, "Janne Trötter" (Jan Carlson), became their roadie and one man stagecrew. They became a staple of school dances and local social events. About this time, they decided to add a fifth member to the group, and recruited a fellow from Södertälje called Andy (Anders Eklöv). JACKIE FOUNTAINS, in 1965. L-R: Hasse Wärmling, Andy Eklöf, Hangry Lundin, Bulan Gustafsson, and Lasse Kjellström The band made their first demos recordings in a home-studio owned and run by Dr. Sixten Albertus. Dr Albertus, an ear-nose-and-throat specialist, was a sound enthusiast if there ever was one! In 1963, he opened his first recording studio, Biographen Grand, housed in a cellar at Allhelgonagten 3, Stockholm. All of the original Jackie Fountains demo recordings were made here. In 1965, he changed the studio (and label)'s name to Euphonic and moved house to Bellmasv 1, Sodertalje. Here he engineered all subsequent Jackie Fountains records. Dr Albertus was quite the dedicated enthusiast! He engineered the groups' recordings on reel-to-reel tapes, and then issued them as official releases on Euphonic. He later mastered the vinyl releases. Euphonic folded in 1968, but as of this writing, Dr Albertus is alive and well! JACKIE FOUNTAINS, in 1965. L-R: Hasse Wärmling, Andy Eklöf, Hangry Lundin, Bulan Gustafsson, and Lasse Kjellström Hasse was accidentally injured whilst repairing cars for a small company in  Gnesta, and he nearly lost his thumb. So the band asked Ingemar Darsell from the small village Järna if he could play guitar with them, for they knew him to be a kind person and skilled guitarist. Hasse's thumb-injury lasted for about two or three months. May '65 at the Elektron May '65 Popgala at the Elektron May '65 Popgala, Elektron 1965/1966 poster by Peter Wärmling In the summer of 1965, Lasse had to leave the group to serve a prison sentence. He was not a criminal, but had had some very bad luck; he never returned to the band.  Soon after Lasse's departure, they found a new singer to replace him: The group's singer, Bob Yell (Boris Jelovic), was born in Zagreb, Croatia, Yugoslavia. Bob, a former member of the Yugoslavian pop group, The Lonely Ones, had studied international law after school, but he got fed up with it -- so off he went, hitch-hiking, his guitar slung over his shoulder. After stops in London, Paris,Germany, and Stockholm, he settled down in Gnesta where he joined The Jackie Fountains. After Bob signed on, the group became more blues oriented. They grew their hair long. And then in 1966, "Mimi" (Mladen Matisic), another former member of The Lonely Ones, joined The Jackie Fountains. JACKIE FOUNTAINS, 1965, inside the mill where they were practicing, with new singer Bob Yell. L-R: Bob Yell, Hasse Wärmling, Bulan Gustafsson, Hangry Lundin, Andy Eklöf CLICK TO VIEW FULL SIZE!! As Bob and Hasse wrote new tunes, their style evolved and changed, influenced by the creative, adventurous spirit prevalent in the recorded music scene of the mid '60s. Thrilled by the growing number of bands that epitomised this new sound -- Bob and Hasse added groups as diverse as The Yardbirds and The Lovin' Spoonful to their catalogue of revered musicians. Because of this influence on the band, later journalists wrote that The Jackie Fountains were ahead of their time in amongst the pop art scene. One of the highlights of their career, Peter recalls, occured in a small Swedish country town when The Jackie Fountains opened for The Who - a performance well received not only by the audience, but by The Who themselves. In fact, later that night, Keith Moon gave his high commendation to the band, told them that they were excellent -- and he presented his drum sticks to Sören! Another significiant event in their career occurred in 1965, when the band nearly reached the finals in the 'Sweden's Rolling Stones' competition. When not rehearsing, The Jackie Fountains all but lived in an old damp mill outside of Gnesta. Most of their gigs were bookings at pop clubs in the Stockholm area. For example, they played in the famous "Pråmen" ('The Old Barge') in the "Nalen," the district where rock 'n' roll began in Sweden. Some of the clubs, like the Club Bobbadilla and the Club Nette, were operated deep in the cellars of Stockholm's mediaeval Old Town district. The Club Nette, a very small, dark and smoky place, was a favourite venue for the band. Every member in The Jackie Fountains got paid very little, and they put almost all of the money from their gigs into paying off the amplifiers and the Volkswagen. It was only in their last six months as a band that they had extra gig money for coffee and cigarettes. Only Bob was paid more than the others: As he had no parents or relatives who could help or support him, he asked for, and received, a greater share of the money. Bob, Mimi, Bulan, Hangry, Hasse Then in 1969, M. Swingberg, an eccentric farmer from Sweden (he once paved his fields with concrete to create a private airstrip) recorded 'Spex + Pengar,' a rambling spoken word album on Dollar Records. The owner of Dollar Records, Åke Söhr, rang Peter Wärmling, former manager of the group, and asked Peter if they could use some old Jackie Fountains tracks to pad Swingberg's chat. Wärmling agreed, and four previously unreleased tracks from 1966 were used. As a consequence, the Swingberg album cannot technically be classified as a spoken word album. This mix of word and song made for an unusual, if not unique, record for the time! Because of The Jackie Fountains' songs, this album is considered one of the rarest extant Swedish beat group records! JACKIE FOUNTAINS 1966 unreleased outtakes from the You Better Look Around 45 cover photosession! JACKIE FOUNTAINS 1966 unreleased outtakes from the Love Time/Bad Girl 45 cover photosession! JACKIE FOUNTAINS, February '67 All in all, The Jackie Fountains performed about one hundred live gigs. Most of their shows lasted up to 4 or 5 hours -- mere one hour shows were rare! Hasse and Hangry jammed at length onstage, demonstrating their formidable improvisational skills to the people who came to see them in concert. Perhaps these lengthy, exhaustive sets began to take their toll on the group as a whole.and also, perhaps, they were getting older, and life began to draw them away from the group.although their interest in music continued. Hangry wanted to spend more and more time with his girlfriend, and this was the main reason he left The Jackie Fountains. They finally married and still are. So in August, after Hangry's departure from The Jackie Fountains, Bob would take over on bass, tutored extensively by Hasse. Since Peter was spending more and more time on his studies, his interest in managing slowly waned. So, Peter lost authority, and, as a consequence, his interest in continuing. JACKIE FOUNTAINS, in early 1967. L-R: Mimi Matisic, Bulan Gustafsson, Hasse Wärmling, and Bob Yell Sören had met a girl, Hangry had met a girl and so did Peter. Bob and Mimi wanted to play more dance-music, but Hasse wanted to develop a Jimi Hendrix-style band. Then Bob moved to Stockholm in early spring 1967, and so the group finally disbanded. Soon after Sören married and became a family man, he became an woodwork teacher. He started to build hurdy-gurdies and became an accomplished  hurdy-gurdy player. He still plays Swedish folk-music. JACKIE FOUNTAINS in 1966 Occasionally, Hangry gets together with his sons to play rock'n'blues -- that is, when he´s not participating in their motor-boat competitions! They became world-champions in 1996. 1966 set list Bob moved to Toronto, Canada , where he married and started an advertising agency including music-making for commercial advertising. He named his first daughter Nadine -- in tribute to his admiration for Chuck Berry. Unfortunately, in 1996, we received the sad news that Bob had died of a brain tumour. Mimi, who joined the band in 1966, also married, and he is now a taxi driver in Stockholm. His son Nicolas is an opera singer in England and Holland. Then there is Hasse, 'Strange Little Girl,' and The Stranglers. After The Jackie Fountains broke up, Hasse played guitar for a year for Barabas, a band from Södertälje, Sweden. Then he moved to Lund, where, together with Janne Knuda and Hugh Cornwell (the latter from England), he founded the group Jonny Sox. After a few years, they moved to Guildford, England. At that time, 1974, everyone was talking about a serial killer in America known as "the Boston-Strangler". Struck by the'strangler' bit, they incorporated into their new name, The Guildford Stranglers. Peter Wärmling warned them, "You'll never make it with a name like that!' Fortunately, Peter was wrong! They shortly dropped 'Guildford' and, in 1975, became simply known as "The Stranglers". After a year, Hasse Wärmling grew impatient that Cornwell´s new band wasn't going anywhere fast enough, so he moved back to Sweden. Back home, Hasse joined the group Kal P Dal which was quite well-known in Sweden. How well known? Well, in Sweden, railway trains have names, and in 2000, the authorities christened one train Kal P Dal in honour of this rock-group! Kal P Dal recorded some vinyl LPs, and they made a couple of appearances on Swedish TV. And then, in 1977, The Stranglers made their record debut with 'IV Rattus Norvegicus,' and they became a great success. Nevertheless, Hans Wärmling's the spirit was still with the group well into the 80's, because he'd written the music to their big hit, 'Strange Little Girl" back in the 60's! JACKIE FOUNTAINS 1967 lineup with Hasse Wärmling, Bob Yell, Mimi Matisic, and Bulan Gustafsson Unfortunately, Hasse drowned accidently in 1995, and he did not live to see the triumph of his work: His song was performed in The Royal Albert Hall, London by The Stranglers in 1998, and Tori Amos covered "Strange Little Girl" on a new CD which went to Number Four on the American top-selling list in October 2001. Peter Wärmling, manager/songwriter of Jackie Fountains , and brother of Hasse Wärmling PETER WÄRMLING in 2004 JACKIE FOUNTAINS poster JACKIE FOUNTAINS From the linernotes of The Jackie Fountains LP made by Feathered Apple Records (released February 2004). Last copies of The Jackie Fountains long deleted LP are available from Feathered Apple Records! FEATHERED APPLE RECORDS WEBSITE: http://homepage.swissonline.ch/featheredapple/index.html Edited by: Carey Fleiner Copyright for all contents: Feathered Apple Records

Your Love (Jan. 23. '66) Let's Make A Love Sentimental Blues You Better Look Around

JACKIE FOUNTAINS set lists: June 15th + 17th '65 June 29. '65 practice set July 31. '65 practice set Aug. 1. '65 practice set Aug. 5. '65 practice set Aug. 12. 1966 set list 1966 set list

JACKIE FOUNTAINS press clippings: CLICK IT! CLICK IT! CLICK THE PIC!! CLICK IT! CLICK IT! CLICK IT! CLICK IT! CLICK IT! CLICK IT! CLICK IT! From Folket, 18. Feb.1967 CLICK IT! CLICK IT! CLICK IT! CLICK IT! CLICK IT! CLICK IT! CLICK IT! Biography from Stora Popboken CLICK IT! CLICK IT! CLICK IT! The Stranglers Greatest Hits 1965 lineup with Ingo Brandt 1978 article from FUNTIME #1

JACKIE FOUNTAINS concert listing (by Peter Wärmling): The following original Jackie Fountains concert listing has been made by the band's manager, Peter Wärmling, in between September 1964 - May 1967. The listing only includes the concerts of the Jackie Fountains featuring Peter as their manager. It seems to be to about 99% complete. There are only around 5 early shows from the Hot Dogs period, as well as possibly around two Jackie Fountains gigs totally missing from the listings. The first sheet hails from the insert of the Feathered Apple LP, it includes all the 106 concerts on one page, along with the various lineups, and pay in Swedish Crowns (SEK). The original listings thereafter however feature some very valuable bonus infos, including the dates/lineups to at least four Jackie Fountains recording sessions. CLICK IT! CLICK IT! CLICK IT! CLICK IT! CLICK IT! CLICK IT! CLICK IT! CLICK IT! CLICK IT! CLICK IT! CLICK IT! CLICK IT!

JACKIE FOUNTAINS interview with Peter Wärmling: RR: Were Hasse and Hangry founding members of the Hot Dogs? Peter Wärmlng in 2004 PW: No, they were not in from the absolute beginning of the Hot Dogs (but soon afterwards) RR: How many shows have Hasse and Hangry played with the Hot Dogs? (There exists one live photo of the Hot Dogs from a gig at the Elektron in springtime 1964). PW: About 5 - 10 gigs as far as I can remember. Mostly in the small town Trosa. RR: Where was the last Jackie Fountains gig held at? PW: Town: Nykvarn, Locality: Nykvarn Grundskola. Date: 20. May 1967. They were not aware that this would be their last show. RR: Was Lasse receiving the same cut as the others too? PW: Every member in the Jackie Fountains got very little paid. Lasse did not get less than the others. Almost all the money from their gigs were needed to pay off for the amplifiers and the Volkswagen-bus. It was only in the last half-year that they got more money than enough for coffee and cigarettes from their gigs. RR: At what time was Bob starting to learn to play the Bass? PW: Not before he started to play with the Jackie Fountains. Hasse has taught him a lot as far as I can remember. RR: Does Hasse play on the track Love Time? JACKIE FOUNTAINS original T-shirt from 1965 PW: No, he does not play on this recording. RR: Has Hasse ever played the Trumpet on stage too? (The studio recording of Bad Girl includes some super smooth Trumpet parts by Hasse in the background mix, that are surprisingly not annoying at all!) PW: Well, Hasse did play the Clarinette in a traditional Dixieland Jazz-band once on stage in Autumn 1961, and he played the Trumpet in Jackie Fountains at some gigs in 1967 (on some tunes like for example Tea For Two) RR: How comes that Sören did not play the drums for gigs #6 and #7? (The concert listing puts Benne from Södertälje for drummer). PW: As I can remember Sören was sick, he had got a bad cold. I do not remember this drummer Benne from Södertälje. RR: Regarding concerts #34, 35 and 36: What type of event has the Oxelösundsmässan been? Booking form page 1 PW: Oxelösundsmässan was some kind of open air place for amusement. A "vanity fair" that was lasting for two days with animal-exhibitions, former boxing world champion Ingemar Johnasson showed up and a lot of other activities. At two nights Jackie Fountains were playing there. The newspaper wrote afterwards that "some kind of girl-look-a-like creatures with long hair and high-heel shoes" made so much noise that it was heard till Strömsholm (a village some 10 kilometers from the amusement-park) and that the police had to stop the noise already at 11 PM. Due to the fact that the visitors had paid for the concert which should last to Midnight there was some kind of a riot. The public was very angry at the arrangers who had called for the police. RR: Regarding Jackie Fountains concerts #45 and #46: What does "Operation Nattverket" stand for? PW: "Operation Nattverket" was a charity arrangment for poor people in Africa. Youths were asked to work for free one night in Stockholm. JACKIE FOUNTAINS booking form page 2 and 3 RR: Regarding Jackie Fountains concert #98: What does "Skyltsondagsbal stand for? Booking form from 1965 PW: Svenska Musikerförbundet = Swedish Musicians Trade Union had a christmas-show presenting bands at Folkets Hus. RR: Regarding Jackie Fountains concert #90: What does "Testspelning for Gyllene Cirkeln" stand for? PW: Well, I was not visiting all of their gigs. I was in the military duty Autumn 1965 and Spring 1966, and was studying and living in Uppsala from the summer of 1966. I suppose that I joined about half of their gigs. This gig I did not join. But at this time Gyllene Cirkeln was a very famous Jazz-scene in Stockholm were a lot of famous American (and others) Jazz musicians Telefunken Nyt (1966) performed. This gig was a gig for Jazz people who should judge if Jackie Fountains should play on this well-reputated scene. They played for free to present themselves. (They got however no offer to play at the Gyllene Cirkeln -- Thelonius Monk, and Charles Mingus did) RR: Regarding Jackie Fountains concerts #89, #91, and #92: I've noticed that you've put two different lineups for these gigs onto your concert listings, where they maybe played in two sets? PW: As I can remember Mladen played Piano on some tunes only, while Bob has played Bass on some tunes without Hangry. They were not different sets. Some tunes were played by Bob, Hasse, Sören, Hangry, some tunes were played by Bob, Hasse, Sören, Mladen, and some tunes were played by the full lineup including Bob, Hasse, Sören, Hangry, and Mladen.

A souvenir from the JACKIE FOUNTAINS Feathered Apple LP release party at the Gnesta Trappers club in Bryggeriholmen!
Lasse Kjellström was unfortunately not attending, but he has signed the contract, and was receiving 5 copies of the LP.

JACKIE FOUNTAINS studio recording sessions: There were no less but eight different Jackie Fountains studio recordings sessions. The early studio recordings featuring Lasse Kjellström on lead vocals have got an explosive, raw beat/rnb/punk sound that is very similar to the The Namelosers. Later recordings with Bob are in a unique Jackie Fountains beat/rnb, mod-beat/rnb, and folk-beat style. Your Love is a killer Swedish beat/rnb raver with a super fast blistering leadguitar break by Hasse, and perhaps my favorite recording from the 2nd lineup with Bob. The earliest demos of the Jackie Fountains from 1965 were recorded by Sixten Albertus at a movie theatre in Södertälje called Biographen Grand. The owner, Sixten Albertus was also operating the Euphonic studio in Stockholm where all the Jackie Fountains tracks from Ake Söhr/Lars E. Carlsson's legendary Dollar label were recorded at. JACKIE FOUNTAINS recording session #1: Euphonic promo card (1965) Euphonic catalogue from 1965 (page 1) Euphonic catalogue from 1965 (page 2 and 3) Euphonic catalogue from 1965 (page 4) Euphonic promo card (1965) Euphonic promo card (1965) Date: 16. April 1965 Location: Biographen Grand, Södertälje Engineer: Sixten Albertus Lineup: Lars "Lasse" Kjellström Hasse Wärmling Hangry Lundin Sören Gustafsson Andy Eklöf Titles: Brand New Cadillac Why Did You Leave Me? JACKIE FOUNTAINS recording session #2: Date: 19. June 1965 Location: Biographen Grand, Södertälje Engineer: Sixten Albertus Lineup: Lars "Lasse" Kjellström Hasse Wärmling Hangry Lundin Sören Gustafsson Andy Eklöf Titles: Bye Bye Johnny Talk About You JACKIE FOUNTAINS recording session #3: Date: ca. September 1965 Location: Euphonic Studio, Stockholm Engineer: Sixten Albertus Lineup: Bob Yell Hasse Wärmling Hangry Lundin Sören Gustafsson Andy Eklöf Titles: Promised Land Nadine Things I Used To Do Catch Us If You Can JACKIE FOUNTAINS recording session #4: Date: Sunday, 23. January 1966 Location: Euphonic Studio, Stockholm Engineer: Sixten Albertus Lineup: Bob Yell Hasse Wärmling Hangry Lundin Sören Gustafsson Titles: Sentimental Blues You Better Look Around Let's Make A Love Your Love JACKIE FOUNTAINS recording session #5: Date: 15. May 1966 Location: Euphonic Studio, Stockholm Engineer: Sixten Albertus Lineup: Bob Yell Hasse Wärmling Hangry Lundin Sören Gustafsson Mladen Matisic Titles: Club A-Go-Go Evil Hearted You (lost track) JACKIE FOUNTAINS recording session #6: Date: 19. May 1966 Location: Euphonic Studio, Stockholm Engineer: Sixten Albertus Lineup: Bob Yell Hasse Wärmling Hangry Lundin Sören Gustafsson Mladen Matisic Titles: Bad Girl Love Time JACKIE FOUNTAINS recording session #7: Date: August 1966 Location: Europa Studio (inside the Philips Records house), Lidingovägen, Stockholm Lineup: Bob Yell Hasse Wärmling Sören Gustafsson Mladen Matisic Titles: Listen Girl (Editors note: Mladen does not play on this recording) Kicks (Editors note: Recording has only survived as a copy in cut condition) Tea For Two (Editors note: Recording has only survived as a poor cassette copy) JACKIE FOUNTAINS recording session #8: Date: August 1966 Location: Europa Studio (inside the Philips Records house), Lidingovägen, Stockholm Lineup: Bob Yell Hasse Wärmling Sören Gustafsson Mladen Matisic Thore Härdelin (violin) Kristina From (violin) Titles: Unknown

BIOGRAPHEN GRAND / EUPHONIC

SIXTEN ALBERTUS, Euphonic

JACKIE FOUNTAINS discography:

	JACKIE FOUNTAINS The Promised Land /  Nadine / Things I Used To Do / Catch Us If You Can Medium: 4 track reel to reel tape Recorded: September 1965 Date of release: 1965 Original Label: Euphonic Release Number: No release number
	JACKIE FOUNTAINS You Better Look Around / Let´s Make A Love Medium: 45 r.p.m. vinyl Single Recorded: 23. January 1966 Date of release: 25 April 1966 Produced by: Peter Wärmling, and Bob Yell Original Label: Dollar Records Release Number: DS-7
	THE JACKIE FOUNTAINS Love Time / Bad Girl Medium: 45 r.p.m. vinyl Single Recorded: 19. May 1966 Date of release: Summer 1966 Produced by: Peter Wärmling, and Bob Yell Original Label: Dollar Records Release Number: DS-18
	THE JACKIE FOUNTAINS / M. SWINGBERG - Spex + Pangar Listen Girl /  Your Love /  Club A Go-Go /  Sentimental Blues Medium: 12" vinyl LP phonograph record Recorded: 1966 Date of release: Summer 1969 Original Label: Dollar Records Release Number: DL 1
	THE JACKIE FOUNTAINS - Same LP A: You Better Look Around /  Club A Go-Go /  Love Time /  Listen Girl /  Your Love /  Sentimental Blues /  B: Buckle Shoe Stomp /  Brand New Cadillac /  Why Did You Leave Me? /  Bye Bye Johnny /  I´m Talking About You /  Bad Girl Medium: 12" vinyl LP phonograph record Recorded: 1964 - 1966 Date of release: January 2004 Label: Feathered Apple Records FA-6505