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Lars Winnerbäck, Lars Mattias Winnerbäck (born Nilsson), (born October 19, 1975), often called Lasse, is a Swedish singer and songwriter. He was born in Stockholm but spent his childhood in Linköping, where he attended Katedralskolan, before moving back to Stockholm in 1996, the same year he released his first album, Dans med svåra steg ("Dance With Difficult Steps"). He is now one of Sweden's most popular artists.
The influence of songwriters like Carl Michael Bellman, Evert Taube, Bob Dylan and Cornelis Vreeswijk shines through in Winnerbäck's exclusively Swedish lyrics, which attack everyday shallowness, prejudice in society and hypocrisy in religion, as well as dealing with romance, relations and anxiety. Several songs depict the difference between living in medium-size Linköping and metropolitan Stockholm.
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- Winnerbäck has done two covers of the American singer Ani DiFranco. The first "Du gamla fria nord" on the album Kom is a cover of DiFrancos "´tis of Thee" from Up Up Up Up Up Up and the second one "Du hade tid" from the album Singel is DiFrancos "You Had Time" from the album Out of Range.
- He has also done a cover of Bob Dylan's classic "Like a Rolling Stone" called "Som en hemlös själ" which can be found on the rare album Bränt krut vol.2.
- The album Bränt krut vol.2 was only made in 8,000 copies, to be given out on his concert at the fall of 2005 when he celebrated his 30th birthday.
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