Biography
Vidar Busk (born 19 May 1970 ) is a Norwegian guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and record producer in the genres of blues and soul. He grew up in Langesund, but traveled to the United States as a 15-year-old to play with the American blues band Rock Bottom. He toured the U.S. several years before returning to Norway in 1990 and won the Smuget Prize in 1994.
He eventually formed a solid backing band and the record debuted under the name Vidar Busk & His True Believers with "Stompin Our Feet With Joy" in 1997. The album was well received in the blues community and was rewarded with the NBF Blue award during Notodden Blues Festival. For their second album,"I Came Here to Rock", he was named as that year's Grammy Award winner in 1998.
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Having released three albums with the driving and swing-based blues-rock and the backing band his True Believers, he changed his total style with their fourth album, "Venus Texas" in 2001. The music on the new album was much softer and soul influenced while he experimented with other styles. On his next album, "Love Buzz", he went even further to flirt with other music styles, and had among other things, the two rappers Eye-Ni and profile. For this album he received a Grammy Award in 2003 in the class blues / country. His sixth, "Starfish", was released in 2005 , while his latest album so far, "Jookbox Charade" was released under the name "Vidar Busk & The Voo Doodz" in 2007 .
Vidar Busk is known to tour a lot and has played at most of the major festivals in Norway, including the Notodden Blues Festival, Ole Blues, Vossajazz mm and a number of festivals in Europe and the USA. Vidar Busk has a record deal with Warner Music Norway .
Vidar Busk received Telemark County's Culture award in 2004.
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