Lars Bygdén
Introduction '''Lars Bygdén''' (born 1973) is a Swedish singer, song-writer and guitarist.
Biography Lars Bygdén was born 1973 in Sundsvall, Sweden. His musical career started as a guitarist in the psychedelic bands Magic Broom and The Shades of Orange. In 1996 Bygdén formed the country-rock combo The Thousand Dollar Playboys. The group released two critically acclaimed albums and got a lot of attention in Swedish media. The band dissolved in 2003.Lars Bygdén has continued as a solo artist on the record label Massproduktion and released his first solo album Trading Happiness for Songs in 2005 which won the Swedish Manifest award for best singer-songwriter album of the year. The album included the song ''This Road'', a duet featuring Ane Brun (also featured on Brun's album Duets). In 2006 Lars did the theme song for the Swedish TV-show Grattis Världen!, a cover of Iggy Pop's ''The Passenger''. In the spring of 2009 Bygdén released his second solo-album, the conceptual Family Feelings. In 2011 he summoned 15 years of songwriting on the double album Songs I Wrote and in 2012 came the critically acclaimed LB from which the animated video to The Hole was both Grammy- and Manifest-nominated.
Discography === Albums with The Thousand Dollar Playboys ===* 1999 ''The $1000 Playboys''* 2001 ''Stay''=== Solo albums ===* 2005 ''Trading Happiness for Songs''* 2009 ''Family Feelings''* 2012 ''LB''* 2018 ''Dark Companion''=== Singles and EP's ===* 2005 This Road EP* 2005 Dream On* 2006 The Passenger EP* 2012 I Believe in You* 2013 Maria* 2013 The Hole* 2018 We're Not About to Fall Apart=== Compilation ===* 2011 Songs I Wrote – double album
External links *  Lars Bygdén's official homepage*  Lars Bygdén on MySpace
Notes *  www.larsbygden.com*  Interview Aftonbladet*  allmusic.com The Thousand Dollar Playboys*  allmusic.com Lars Bygdén