The story
Swedish blues guitarist, singer and composer, born September 18, 1954 in Osby, Skåne. Gerfast died Novenber 23, 2024 in Osby. Had a relationship with fellow musician Anna ”Magic Mama” Johansson for 25 years.
He has been on the international blues and rock scene for a long time. When he was young, he started playing the piano, but soon switched to the guitar. He has toured, recorded or jammed with international artists such as "Uncle" John Turner, Big Joe Turner, Angela Brown, Junior Wells, Willie "The Touch" Hayes and Erin Jaimes and many more.
The Jan Gerfast Band has played more than 3000 gigs in Europe, and performed at many festivals, for example Bluesfestival Dresden, Bluesfest Eutin, Fehmarn Open Air, Blues Aan Zee, Blues In Lerthe, Oosterhout, Blues & Roots festival, Blues In Chedigny, Olsztyn Blues Night's festival and Blues'n Jazz Rallye.
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