Biography
26 October 1926, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. Ohrlin’s father was a Swedish immigrant, and his mother’s parents were from Norway. Apart from learning basic tunes and songs, and guitar technique, Ohrlin wanted to be a horse rider. At the age of 14, his family moved to California, and two years later he left home to go to Nevada to work in rodeo. He also worked on ranches throughout the West, and served in the US Army from 1945-46. After World War II, Ohrlin continued to absorb musical influences, including Flamenco guitar style, and traditional songs, learned from Mexican cowboys. He continued riding, both bareback and saddle, and, in September 1954, he and his wife moved to Mountain View, Arkansas to raise cattle. Later still, in 1960, having realized that some of the songs he was singing were important from a historical perspective, he began to collect songs from his friends and relations. Many of these were recorded in the field during the mid-60s. In...
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