Jack Vreeswijk
Lars Jacob Jack Vreeswijk (born January 25, 1964 in Stockholm) is a Swedish ballad singer, song lyricist and composer. Being son of troubadour Cornelis Vreeswijk, he followed in his father's footsteps and has so far released three albums of his own, often singing his father's songs. He is usually accompanied by guitarist Love Tholin.
In summer 2006, Jack Vreeswijk played in a biographical musical show about his father Från James Dean till Nationalskald (meaning From James Dean to National Bard" about his father Cornelis Vreeswijks, on Lundsbrunns Health Resort in Götene. The screenplay was written by him and he also played the lead role as the older Cornelis. The acting was interspersed with songs.
Jack composed music for a film about Cornelis Vreeswijk's life, and produced eight of the tracks on Hans-Erik Dyvik Husbys' album I ljuset av Cornelis (meaning In light of Cornelis). In 2009, he released a tribute album to his father's music titled Jack Vreeswijk sjunger Vreeswijk[1]
Personal life
Jack Vreeswijk lives in Alingsås with his wife and two sons Calle and Olle. In 2000, hew received the Cornelis Vreeswijk scholarship and in 2008, the Fred Åkerström scholarship.
Discography
Albums
| Year | Album | Chart peak (SWE)[2] |
Certification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Is i magen | 39 | |
| 2004 | Underbart | – | |
| 2009 | Jack Vreeswijk sjunger Vreeswijk | 29 | |
| 2012 | Wichita | 15 | |
Filmography
- 2010: Cornelis (composer)
References
- ↑ [ŐP.sv: Jack Vreeswijk på väg att-av cornelisera sig] (in Swedish)
- ↑ SwedishCharts.com Jack Vreeswijk discography page
External links
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