Tailor Hill Station - My Band (2017-2023)

Tailor Hill Station was a Swedish Americana band active from 2017 to 2023. Known for blending heartfelt songwriting with rich, roots-inspired soundscapes, the band released a series of original songs on major streaming platforms and performed several memorable live shows across Sweden.

During this period, Tailor Hill Station began a collaboration with Nashville-based country artist Doug Seegers, whose remarkable life story—from homelessness to musical recognition—deeply inspired the group. This partnership led to the heartfelt song “A Kid on the Street,” written by the band’s founder Peter Gunnebro, about the struggles of a homeless child. The creative process and recording sessions were documented in a behind-the-scenes music documentary, now available to watch on YouTube.

The band also collaborated with renowned pedal steel player and multi-instrumentalist Travis Toy from Nashville, TN, on the track “Leaving My Safe Zone.” In addition, Swedish musician Göran Eriksson contributed his banjo and dobro talents to the song “On Wheels,” bringing an authentic Americana tone and emotional depth to the band’s sound.

This video captures one of Tailor Hill Station’s live performances, offering an authentic glimpse into a defining chapter of their musical journey—a story of creativity, collaboration, and passion for roots music.

Travels and Adventures

I've been fortunate to travel extensively during my fifty-plus years. I've lived in several countries abroad and participated in development projects in various places, including the USA, Greenland, and Iceland. I've also traveled as a tourist, seeing the world from different perspectives.

I've always carried some form of camera in my pack. It's often said that the best pictures are the ones actually taken, and I'm still fascinated by all the exciting people and places I've encountered over the years. Documenting people's daily lives up close is one of the most beautiful, important, and exciting things I can do as a photographer and filmmaker. The camera lens acts as an extra eye, capturing moments we often wouldn't otherwise notice.

Growing Up in Africa

In 1982, I moved with my family to East Africa, specifically to the port city of Dar-es-Salaam in Tanzania. It turned out to be a big, exciting, and educational adventure for me and my brother Björn, who is four years my junior. I attended an international, English-speaking school where students from over seventy different countries studied together. Since the local language in Tanzania is Swahili, I also took classes to learn how to communicate with the local population. My upbringing in Africa has given me many memorable experiences that have contributed to my interest in documenting life and the world we live in, as well as telling the diverse stories of people's lives through photography and storytelling.

Unforgettable Memories from the African Countryside

During my stay in Tanzania, I had the opportunity to experience the incredible wildlife of the African savanna through many exciting journeys across the country. We met the beautiful Maasai people, drove through mud bogs in our Land Rover, and embarked on both pleasant and more risky adventures deep in the African countryside. These experiences filled our life's journey with unforgettable memories.

The Safari Rally in Nairobi, Kenya

In 1984, we traveled to neighboring Kenya where, among other things, we watched the famous and very tough Safari Rally. A strong memory from that trip was getting to greet Björn Waldegård, who, among his many other victories, won the Safari Rally four times during his career.

An Eventful School Year in California

During 1985-1986, I spent a year at a music-focused high school in Huntington Beach, California, which was a very eventful period in my life. It was a year full of exciting experiences and invaluable memories. In addition to making a host of new friends, I was also involved in several musical adventures. One of the most memorable occasions was when the school's show band performed in the Disney parade at Disneyland.

Suddenly, I Was On Stage Playing Guitar with Members of "The Beach Boys"

I have another fun memory from my time in California when I was asked to play guitar with Jan & Dean and some members from The Beach Boys on stage at the legendary Golden Bear club in Huntington Beach. I played along to the song "Barbara Ann" in front of an enthusiastic, roaring crowd during an award ceremony party for the surfing world championship. It was an unforgettable evening, and I can tell you more about how I ended up there in a future blog post.

Airborne!

We were now off the ground and in the air. We were "airborne." The feeling I had that evening was indescribable. I felt like Biggles from the books I loved to read as a child! The fact that we also had another Tiger Moth flying right next to us, as our flight comrade, further intensified that already inexpressible feeling.

After my training, I worked a summer job at an aircraft maintenance shop in Nyköping and later started working for a helicopter company. I worked for a company whose helicopters extinguished forest fires in Europe, limed forests and lakes, flew research expeditions to Antarctica, and transported wealthy adventurers to remote places unreachable without a helicopter. It was the great adventures that truly attracted me.

New Times – A New Job

All of this happened during the nineties, and as most who were around at the time remember, Sweden entered a deep financial crisis. This led to me losing my job at the company where I worked, and shortly after, it went bankrupt. Sweden was in crisis. I had to find another way to support myself during a time when jobs were scarce. I thought long and hard about what new source of income I could find.

Music Became My Salvation

I decided I would try to make a living from music for a while, and when an opportunity arose, I decided to give it a shot. This led me to hit the road as a full-time musician for a few years. It turned out to be quite financially successful for me as a freelance musician, but it was a tough and demanding job with late nights, hotel stays, and long travels.

It became quite lonely, and my strong homesickness made itself known every night when I lay down to sleep. That's when I wrote the song "I Don't Know," which nearly thirty years later was recorded and released with my band Tailor Hill Station.

Life is Unpredictable

Life intervened; I started a family and launched a company in the retail grocery sector that grew from two employees to over a hundred in four years. The company was acquired in 2001. "Things are moving fast now," you're probably thinking. I know, I know, but the path through life is often varied and unpredictable. So it has been for me, and that's what makes life so exciting and rich. I'd be happy to tell the story of that rapidly growing company another time. I could write an entire book about it.