Alf Robertson

Alf Robertsson was just a young kid when went to sea as a mess boy, progressed to cook,and didn't return home till he was 26. By accident he had come across a record of Bobby Bare, and liked it a lot. He approached a Swedish record company (Edition Liberty) with translations of Bobby's songs, and pretty soon he had a recording contract. His deep voice, and humanity, will long be remembered, if not his acting talent! His most famous songs are his rendering of "Me and a Bobby McGee" called called 'Lasse och Marie' and his rendering of "This is my land, this is your land" called 'Mitt Land'. His very first record he 'produced' in New Tork, in 1961, in one of those 'record yourself' kiosks, that excisted then. On Christmas Eve, 2008, he died, 67 years old, after some years with various health issues (failing kidneys, etc.), eventually succumbing to a heart attack.