Orbo & The Longshots - High Roller (2008)

ORBO & The Longshots is a European rock & roll band from Norway. The band was established in the year 2000 by singer, songwriter, guitarist and producer Ole Reinert Berg-Olsen aka ORBO. To date, the band has released 5 albums, and won the Norwegian equivalent to the American Grammy Award, Spellemannsprisen for their 2008 album "High Roller".

Norwegian Rock’n’Roll/Americana band ORBO & The Longshots is one of the hardest working live bands in Norway. After ten years of touring this band has learned their craft the hard way on the road. In 2008 they were awarded the Norwegian Grammy for their album ‘High Roller’. This year they will celebrate 1000 live shows, including support slots with Little Feat, The Fabulous Thunderbirds and Delbert McClinton.

ORBO & The Longshots has recorded their albums all over the world from the mountains of Norway to the legendary Sun Studio in Memphis, TN. Their new album Prairie Sun was recorded at Prairie Sun Studios in CA and was produced by Orbo & Erick Jaskowiak (Vince Gill, Alison Krauss, Ralph Stanley and Del McCoury). The record features special guests Delbert McClinton, Fats Kaplin, (Buddy Miller, Waylon Jennings) John Jorgenson (Elton John, Earl Scruggs) and Mike Henderson (Bonnie Raitt, Mark Knopfler).

Prairie Sun Studios, which has hosted artists such as Paul McCartney and Tom Waits, provided the perfect mix of vintage gear and a rural setting that added to the organic feel of the new record. The band was so happy with the results of their work that they decided to call the new record Prairie Sun in honor of the great time they had making the record there.