Trygve Thue (21 June 1950 – 14 April 2022) was a Norwegian guitarist and music producer, and an original member of the Norwegian band . He was the brother of the folk singer .

Career

Thue was born in

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and received his first musical accolades with "Freeze on His Back" in the boys choir ''Folkeskolens Guttekor'' in 1958 in

. His background as choir boy often gave him a competitive advantage in polyphonic singing and instrumental harmonies, a result of his many hours in the studio making albums such as

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's "En Natt Forbi" and "Bare Nerver" in which he both wrote and sang the voices in the choir. From 1976 and onwards he ran his own studio, Bergen Lydstudio, where he produced records for artists like

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, Jan Eggum, Johannes Kleppevik, Nurk Twins, Hole in the Wall, Cactus, Ivar Medaas,

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, Lollipop,

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and

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and Fabel . In addition, he recorded the

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album ''Live in Bergen 1978'', and around 200 other albums.

Discography (a selection)

;Solo albums * 1975: ''Brødrene Thue'' (RCA Victor) * 1994: ''Jeg – En Beach Boy'' (Tylden & Co) ;Collaborations ;Within Saft * 1971: ''Saft'' (

Polydor Records Polydor Records Ltd. is a German-British record label that operates as part of Universal Music Group. It has a close relationship with Universal's Interscope Geffen A&M Records label, which distributes Polydor's releases in the United States. ...

) * 1971: ''Horn'' (Polydor Records) * 1973: ''Stev, Sull, Rock & Rull'' (

Philips Records Philips Records is a record label founded by the Dutch electronics company Philips. It was founded as Philips Phonographische Industrie in 1950. In 1946, Philips acquired the company which pressed records for British Decca's Dutch outlet in ...

) ;Within Hole in the Wall * 1972: ''Hole in the Wall'' (

Sonet Records Sonet Records was a jazz, pop and rock record label operating as an imprint of Universal Music Sweden. It was founded in Sweden in 1956. Sonet Records was established by Sven Lindholm and Gunnar Bergström, who managed the label into the 1980s. ...

) ;With

* 1975: ''Jan Eggum'' ( CBS Records) * 1976: ''Trubadur'' (CBS Records) ;Within The Lollipops * 1989: ''Lollipop'' (Mariann Records), with

and

Tor Endresen Tor Lars Oskar Endresen (born 15 June 1959 in Bergen) is a Norwegian singer and composer. He has entered the Norwegian song selection for the Eurovision Song Contest numerous times, but has only won it once, and represented Norway in the Eur ...

* 1990: ''Lollipop 2'' (Mariann Records), with Rune Larsen, Tor Endresen and

Karoline Krüger Karoline Krüger (born 13 February 1970 in Bergen, Norway) is a Norwegian singer, actress and composer. Career Krüger's first TV appearance was at the age of 11, in a youth show called ''Halvsju''. She got her breakthrough in 1988, first by ...

* 1991: ''Lollipop Jukebox'' (Lollipop Records) ;Within

* 2010: ''The Best of Bergen Blues Band'' (Hungry Records)

References

External links

''Jeg En Beach Boy''

«Brødrene Thue» on MIC.no
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Thue, Trygve 1950 births 2022 deaths Musicians from Bergen Norwegian male guitarists Norwegian male composers 20th-century Norwegian guitarists 20th-century Norwegian composers 20th-century Norwegian male musicians 21st-century Norwegian guitarists 21st-century Norwegian composers 21st-century Norwegian male musicians