This site is dedicated to my good freind Melvis (Ivan Haki Haagensen), who I played with in 1963 and again from 1973 - 94.
Melvis and his Gentlemen
Hans Pindborg - Jesper Halberg - Lars Kofoed - Torben Sardorf - Jan Lindén - MelvisAt the start it was Jan Lindén and Hans Pindborg on guitar and Lars Kofoed on bass.
In 1980 Steen Hansen(guitar) replaced Jan og Hans, and in 1988 Rudolph Hansen(bass) replaced Hans Frellesvig.
In 1989 Mogens "Django Petersen replaced Steen, who began in The Cliffters, where Rudolph also began a couple of month later.
Under the name Melvis and his Gentlemen, we had changing crew through those 21 years; but with a solid staff, consisting of Jesper Halberg on tenorsax, Melvis as singer and on Hammondorgan, and me on the drums.
Melvis also tooked part in Erik Klausen's movie "Rockin' Silver".
We performed several times on TV, e.g. at Joergen Mylius in Stardust together with Grethe Ingemann.
And in the program Elevatoren, that was broadcast one night from the 'Six-Day Bicycle Race' at Forum.
Our LP number 2
Mogens Petersen - Melvis - Torben Sardorf -
Jesper Halberg - Lars Kofoed
Recording session
Jan Lindén - Claus - Torben Sardorf
The back of Melvis - Still darkhaired.
Jesper Halberg - Torben Sardorf - Mogens Petersen -
Lars Kofoed - Melvis.
Under a photo session for promotion of new LP in 1987.
Melvis - Torben - Jesper - Hans - Hans Pindborg
Melvis og Hans Frellesvig got a Jackpot.
You can see the silverhair's arriving.
Torben at Thule Air Base in front of Open Mess - Greenland 1986We went five times to Thule Air Base, with changing crews. The last time was in November 1990, it wasn't too fun, because of darkness day and night. I could feel on Melvis, that he was losing the heart to perform. From 1991 to 1994 he got more and more depressed, and in spite of trying to courage him to go on, little by little the spirit to perform disappeared. But he had put his mark on Danish Rock'n'Roll and will for me stand as that pioneer, who lasted and always believed in it.
He'd never compromised, and for that he was punished by the business.
Ivan and I had an agreement, never to prostitute ourself considering music, as many of our colleques does and had done.
Mogens "Django" Petersen - Melvis - Torben Sardorf - Ole Erling.
We worked seriously, but under friendly conditions at Ole Erling Studio.
A very young Steen Hansen at the time he started in Melvis Rockband 1980.Here's his "Rattle Snake Dance" at Vise-Vers-Huset in Tivoli 1988.
Click the photo to watch the video.
In 1989 Melvis and I performed with old colleaques in TV2's Elevatoren under the name "The 60'Team".
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Jesper - Melvis - Jesper - Steen - Torben - RudolphThe last band Melvis was proud of in 1988.
We recorded a CD at Ole Erlings Studio.From Danish Television TV2 Full House.
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Rudolph - Melvis - Jesper - Torben - Steen - JesperListen to Black is black, a number Melvis was very
fond of.
Press the playbutton a couple of times.
Jeg har prøvet meget, men aldrig at blive hejst op i en container af en kran. Det var en af Jesper Halberg's bekendte der havde sølvbryllup. De blev noget overraskede, da et orkester spillede lige ud for deres vinduer på 3. sal.
