The Refreshments are a Swedish rock group formed in 1990 in Gävle

Gävle

Gävle is a city in Sweden, the seat of Gävle Municipality and the capital of Gävleborg County. It had 71,033 inhabitants in 12/31 2010. It is the oldest city in the historical Norrland , having received its charter in 1446 from Christopher of Bavaria.-History:It is believed that the name Gävle...

. With their impressive string of recordings, the band have the reputation of being Sweden's most hard-working ensemble.

During their first years they mainly played covers

Cover version

In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...

 of 1950s rock-n-roll songs. Their 1995 debut album, Both Rock'n'Roll, was followed by 1997's Trouble Boys. Both albums were produced by Billy Bremner

Billy Bremner (musician)

William "Billy" Bremner is a guitarist best known for his work in the band Rockpile and on many of Nick Lowe and Dave Edmunds' albums...

, who also played in the band for a few years.

Most of the band's songs are written by bass player Joakim Arnell. Since piano

Piano

The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...

 player Johan Blohm joined the band, they have also played an occasional country song. Two of their biggest hits are Miss You Miss Belinda and One Dance, One Rose, One Kiss. In 2003 they had a big selling album with Rock'n'Roll X-mas. The Refreshments have also worked with Dave Edmunds

Dave Edmunds

David 'Dave' Edmunds is a Welsh singer, guitarist and record producer. Although he is primarily associated with Pub rock and New Wave, and had numerous hits in the 1970s and early 1980s, his natural leaning has always been towards 1950s style rock and roll.-Early bands:As a teenager Edmunds first...

, something that resulted in the live album A Pile Of Rock. In addition, the band have featured legendary British guitarist Albert Lee

Albert Lee

Albert William Lee, born 21 December 1943 in Leominster, Herefordshire, England, is an English guitarist known for his fingerstyle and hybrid picking technique. Lee has worked both in the studio and on tour with some of the most famous musicians which stretch through a very wide of genres...

 in live performance.

Discography

• 1995 Both Rock'n'Roll
• 1997 Trouble Boys
• 1999 Are You Ready
• 2000 Musical Fun For Everyone
• 2001 Real Songs On Real Instruments
• 2001 Here We Are - Best of The Refreshments
• 2003 On The Rocks
• 2003 Rock'n'Roll X-Mas
• 2004 Easy To Pickup Hard To Put Down
• 2006 24-7
• 2006 It's Gotta be Both Rock and Roll
• 2009 A Band's Gotta Do What A Band's Gotta Do

With other artists:

• 1997 A Pile of Rock - Live (backup band for Dave Edmunds)
• 2001 Brit Rock - Back On Track (backup band for Dave Edmunds
  Dave Edmunds
  David 'Dave' Edmunds is a Welsh singer, guitarist and record producer. Although he is primarily associated with Pub rock and New Wave, and had numerous hits in the 1970s and early 1980s, his natural leaning has always been towards 1950s style rock and roll.-Early bands:As a teenager Edmunds first...
  
  , Steve Gibbons, Billy Bremner
  Billy Bremner
  William John "Billy" Bremner was a Scottish professional footballer, most noted for his captaincy of the Leeds United team of the 1960s and 1970s. He has since been voted Leeds United's greatest player of all time and has a statue outside the South East corner of Elland Road...
  
   and Mickey Jupp
  Mickey Jupp
  Michael 'Mickey' Jupp is an English musician and songwriter, mainly associated with the Southend music scene....
  
  )