Swedish pop group ABBA pays tribute to the 'brilliance' of former guitarist Lesse Wellander, who died on Good Friday aged 70.
abc.net.au/news/abba-guitarist-lesse-wellander-dead-at-70/102206620Swedish pop group ABBA has paid tribute to the "brilliance" of former guitarist Lesse Wellander, who died on Good Friday aged 70.
"You were an amazing musician and humble as few, but above all you were a wonderful husband, father, brother, uncle and grandfather," they said in a post to the musician's Facebook page.Wellander first joined ABBA in October 1974 for a recording session and quickly became the band's main guitarist, touring with them in 1975 through to 1980.
Wellander also worked with ABBA founding members Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus on projects following the band's first break-up in 1982, as well as releasing music under his own name.
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