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JENS ELBØL - 2008 Q & A
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March 21st, 2008 – www.panrobertlelievre.com 'Q & A' with Jens Elbøl
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The following Q & A piece with Jens Elbøl was conducted via email. Many thanks to Jens for kindly taking time out of his busy schedule to answer my list of questions regarding Pan and Robert Lelievre – it is very much appreciated. To learn more about Jens' musical career, visit the "Jens Elbøl" page, or check out Jens' C.V. and profile on René Evald's official website at www.reneevald.com/elboelldk.html. Jens is currently playing bass in the Blues Incidents - www.myspace.com/bluesincidents, and also with René Evald - www.reneevald.com/.
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PANROBERTLELIEVRE.COM: What did the band Pan mean to you as a musician, and what are your thoughts on the lack of success the band eventually ended with. I understand you were only with the group in the last stages, but I was wondering what your opinion of the band was both then and now looking back after all these years?
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JENS: "I was very young when I joined Pan in August 1970 and I played with them until the band split up. Pan was the first professional band that I had the opportunity to work with, I was still in high school, and I didn't have that much experience in the music business so I was listening and learning. I really liked Robert's music. Very original tunes with a lot of variation and everybody played great. Thomas played some really great guitar. To this day I still think that the Pan record is a fine album. I believe Pan would have had more success if the record had been released in other countries and if the band had done more concerts outside Denmark."
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PANROBERTLELIEVRE.COM: What was your honest opinion of Pan's singer Robert Lelievre? And do you have any particular stories or memories of Robert to share with the site?
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JENS: "He was a nice person, a great composer and singer and a fine guitarist too, he used many different tunings on his guitar to get his sound. He was very creative and also very inspiring, the music was really important to him."
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PANROBERTLELIEVRE.COM: Were you part of the recording process for Robert Lelievre's unreleased solo
album recorded for Sonet in 1971?
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PANROBERTLELIEVRE.COM: Were there ever any plans to record a 2nd Pan album?
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JENS: "There might have been some plans to record another album, but the band split up before that happened."
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PANROBERTLELIEVRE.COM: After the demise of Pan in 1971, did you keep in contact with Robert Lelievre, and also, what were your thoughts upon hearing the tragic news about his death?
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JENS: "I remember seeing Robert in the spring of 1972 in Copenhagen. We went to a to Captain Beefheart concert together, I think he had just returned from France. I don't think I saw him after that and I was very sorry when I heard that he had died."
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PANROBERTLELIEVRE.COM: Pan's self-titled debut has been re-released by at least three different music-reissuing labels, the last being a 2005 reissue with 7 bonus tracks by the label Karma Music. What are your thoughts regarding these reissues?
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JENS: "A lot of the music from that period is being reissued and I think it's all right. There were some good music and some bad music, and some of it is still worth listening to because it's good music!"
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PANROBERTLELIEVRE.COM: Lastly, if there is anything else you wish to say about your time in Pan, or about the Danish music scene of the time, please do so as I would very much like to hear any thoughts you may have regarding these things.
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JENS: "A lot of new things happened in rock music at that time and playing with Pan was a great opportunity for me, we really worked with the music and it's a bit of a shame that it didn't go further, but that's life! Later on in that period I had the opportunity to play with some other great musicians and bands, among others My Ship and Rainbow Band / Midnight Sun and I feel lucky to have been there and be a part of all this."
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