I found this on NewsBreak: ABBA's Drummer Slim Borgudd Dead at 76
I found this on NewsBreak: ABBA's Drummer Slim Borgudd Dead at 76
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Slim Borgudd, who also drummed for ABBA, dead at 76
Swedish Formula 1 driver Slim Borgudd, who also worked as a session musician for 1970s supergroup ABBA, has died at the age of 76.
Borgudd started 10 races in 1981-82 with the ATS and Tyrrell teams, with a best finish of sixth at the 1981 British Grand Prix at Silverstone, in what Autocourse described as a “steady drive”.
A late bloomer, Borgudd’s Formula 1 debut didn’t come until the age of…
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Death of Slim Borgudd (1946-2023), the pilot-musician who was sponsored by ABBA
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A musical career that does not take off
Born in Borgholm in Sweden, Karl Edward Tommy Borgudd launched his first music group in Stockholm in 1961 then founded in 1968 Made in Sweden, a jazz-rock group then a progressive rock group, but without meeting any real success. Borgudd also makes many off-the-cuff substitutions. The little story says…
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Slim Borgudd, who also drummed for ABBA, dead at 76
Swedish Formula 1 driver Slim Borgudd, who also worked as a session musician for 1970s supergroup ABBA, has died at the age of 76.
Borgudd started 10 races in 1981-82 with the ATS and Tyrrell teams, with a best finish of sixth at the 1981 British Grand Prix at Silverstone, in what Autocourse described as a “steady drive”.
A late bloomer, Borgudd’s Formula 1 debut didn’t come until the age of…
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brand new drivers strike images just dropped
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Why would an F1 race car driver have “ABBA” on his car?
Simple -- he was also ABBA’s drummer! Slim Borgudd balanced careers as both a musician and a racer, and in 1981 persuaded ABBA to let him display the band’s name on his car.
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How ABBAT that?
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i’ve really lost sense of myself after finding out that one of sweden’s f1 drivers, slim borgudd, was also ABBA’s drummer and ABBA sponsored his f1 career. actual fuckin ABBA. i’m not even joking. this is so ridiculously swedish and it makes me uncomfortable that it’s real and not a skit.
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Tommy ‘Slim’ Borgudd in his ABBA sponsored ATS HGS1 runs for his best Formula One finish: coming sixth in the 1981 British Grand Prix at Silverstone.
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Solar Plexus – Bouillabaisse
Odeon – 4E 154-34684/5 – Released in 1972. Solar Plexus – Concerto Grosso. Drums, Tambourine, Temple Block – Tommy Slim Borgudd. Electric Guitar, Electric Bass, Vocals, Classical Guitar, Tambourine, Maracas – Georg Wadenius. Electric Piano, Piano, Flute – Carl-Axel Dominique. Organ, Vocals, Electric Piano – Monica Dominique.
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El curioso caso de Slim Borgudd: piloto de Fórmula 1, batería de ABBA y campeón de Europa de camiones
El curioso caso de Slim Borgudd: piloto de Fórmula 1, batería de ABBA y campeón de Europa de camiones
Si dicen que la Fórmula 1 es el gran circo no es por nada. Todo el mundo tiene cabida en la máxima categoría del automovilismo, incluso los músicos. Una de las historias más curiosas de la historia de la Fórmula 1 la protagonizó el sueco Slim Borgudd, quien llegó a la categoría ni más ni menos que siendo el batería de ABBA.
Todo convergió en la temporada 1981. Borgudd era un fanático de los…
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wars replied to your post: i’ve really lost sense of myself after finding out...
the real question is, did ikea build the car
or did ikea supply the parts for the car which slim borgudd then built himself
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