Sky High 


Sky High, one of Nortern Europes finest blues-rock bands! Fronted by Clas Yngström, guitarplayer/singer extraordinaire, the band has been working hard ever since it's early start in Gothenburg late 1978. Mats Östensson – drums and bassist Arne “Dynamite” Blomqvist lays down the solid ground groove over which Clas totes his totally fiery guitar. The style is Hendrix-drenched blues-rock with elements of both traditional Texas style blues to traditional Swedish folk tunes. With 12 fullength albums in the bag and over 3.000 gigs around the world, the band doesn't need any excuses – they're right on target and can shake up a crowd anywhere, no matter of what size.

1980 – Jimi Hendrix memorial-fest, Amsterdam. Sky High brought down a jam-packed house at the Paradiso, Amsterdam. Band closed it's set with a heavy blues-jam featuring original Experience member Mitch Mithell on drums.

1982 – Second album “Still Rockin'”, produced in London, is being promoted on BBC-radio by Alexis Corner, english blues-nestor.

1985 – “I Ain't Beggin'”, top ten hit around Scandinavia. Video initiated by ZZ Top - airs prime time all over Europe on “Music Box” and “MTV”.

1987 – Gold record sales for “Humanizer” album, single “Don't Move” in top-ten on singles charts.

1988 – Plays the prestigous “The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival”, by invitation from Chuck Berry's management, along with: BB King, Stevie Ray Vaughan, James Brown. Plays in front of a crowd of 3.000.000!at ”Glasnost Rock”, the Soviet Unions first international Rock-festival in Tallin, Estonia. Clas records in San Fransisco with Prairie Prince (The Tubes), Ross Valory (Journey) and Norton Buffalo (Steve Miller Band) – Tour of Northern Europe follows.

1991 – Plays the legendary Steamboat Club in Austin Texas - roof gone ever since!

1992 – Tour of India, by special invitation from Indian Governement! The full three week tour is documented by a Swedish film team and later showed on Scandinavian and Indian TV.

1994 – Tour of Ecuador – Cultural exchange program initiated by Swedish National Concerts Bureau. Tour together with Ecuador group “Los Chigualeros”, who also came to Sweden in 1995 to complete the exchange program with concerts together with Sky High.

1996 – “Fat Guitar” album produced in the US with the help of english rock-legend – lyricist Pete Brown, who contributed with some great new lyrics. Guest appearences by: Mary Wilson (Supremes), the Uptown Horns and legendary british blues reed-man Dick Heckstall-Smith.

1998 - Four of the bands original songs featured on swedish blockbuster movie “The Hunters”, seen by over 2.000.000!

2000 – Dynamite gig at legendary Antones, “home of the blues”-club in Austin TX. Sky High brings down the house on an all star night featuring Delbert McClinton, Marcia Ball & Eric Johnson…

2001 – Tour of Japan – Real bluesmen DO eat sushi!

2002 – New recording deal with Virgin Records

2003 - New Album, “On The Cover/25 Years Of Madness” - Sky High's 12th – released in April, Clas release live Jimi Hendrix tribute album in the US.

2004 – Second album for Virgin/EMI - “Soul Survivor” a live recording of new original songs, recorded live at club Fasching, Stockholm April 9-11.