Gerd Gudding Explained
| Gerd Gudding |
| Birth Name: | Gerd Ellen Gudding |
| Alias: | Lina Larsen |
| Birth Date: | 1951 11, mf=yes |
| Birth Place: | Oslo |
| Origin: | Norway |
| Instrument: | Fiddle, bass guitar, vocals |
| Genre: | Folk music |
| Occupation: | Musician, entertainer |
Gerd Ellen "Lillemor" Gudding (November 15, 1951 – July 14, 2015) was a Norwegian musician, fiddler, bass guitarist, and singer, married 9 June 1973 to the artist Øystein Dolmen (divorced).
Life
Gudding grew up in Oslo's Frogner neighborhood along with her sister Aase and brother Gunnar;[1] their parents were from Trøndelag. She played violin in the band Veslefrikk at Majorstuen School.[1] [2] As a teenager she went to the Dolphin Club, where she became a fiddler in the band Christiania Fusel & Blaagress, playing together with Kari Svendsen and Øystein Sunde, among others. She later played with the band Knutsen & Ludvigsen and the group Bakklandet Bassangforening, where she played the character of Lina Larsen in their signature piece "Kristiansunds Nasjonalsang" (Kristiansund Anthem).[1] [3] [4]
She also worked in customer service at the Brygge Theater and Oslo New Theater, and then worked at the Norwegian National Opera and Ballet.[1]
Gudding died at age 63 on July 14, 2015, at the Lovisenberg Hospice.[1]
Discography
With Bakklandet Bassangforening
- Ned med Nidaros (1975)
- Du milde Mosart (1977)
Other collaboration
- Øystein Sunde: Det året det var så bratt (1971)
- Convivium: Convivium (1971)
- Knutsen & Ludvigsen: Brunost no igjæn? (1972)
- Knutsen & Ludvigsen: Balladen om Nancy Drew/Rett West (1973)
- Knutsen & Ludvigsen: Knutsen og Ludvigsen nr. 3 – Tut (1974)
- Ivar Medaas: Vårteikn (1976)
- Stig Nilsson: Brunost og sirop og brø (1977)
- Christiania Fusel & Blaagress: Som varmt hvetebrød i tørt gress (reissued 1993)
- Knutsen & Ludvigsen: Knutsen & Ludvigsens beste (1996)
- Knutsen & Ludvigsen: Knutsen & Ludvigsens vær'ste (1997)
- Knutsen & Ludvigsen: Dum og deilig: Knutsen & Ludvigsens beste (2008)
External links
Notes and References
- http://www.aftenposten.no/dodsfall/Nekrolog-Gerd-Lillemor-Gudding-8102706.html Svendsen, Kari, & Mette Krekling Lien. 2015. Nekrolog: Gerd Gudding. Aftenposten (July 22).
- http://www.sunderfundigheter.no/?page_id=1337 Christiania Fusel & Blaagress. 2014. sunderfundigheter.no.
- http://www.nrk.no/kultur/knutsen-_-ludvigsen-1.7091277 Knutsen & Ludvigsen. 2010. NRK (April 22).
- Web site: Løvlund, Bjørn-Frode. 2009. Kristiansund – med god grunn. Hamar Arbeiderblad (July 10). . December 16, 2015 . December 22, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151222124935/http://www.h-a.no/kultur/reise/kristiansund---med-god-grunn . dead .
