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Blues Section in 1967. From the left: Jim Pembroke, Hasse Walli, Ronnie Österberg, Eero Koivistoinen, Måns Groundstroem. Blues Section was a pioneering band in Finnish rock music who, during their brief career, managed to leave behind them a lasting legacy, not only with some memorable tunes of their own but also paving way for the future, when more bands and musicians, even a whole music scene, followed in their footsteps. The band was started in spring 1967 by guitarist Hasse Walli (1948-) and bassist Måns Groundstroem (1949-). Blues Section took their initial cues from John Mayall ’s Bluesbreakers and Jimi Hendrix whose May 1967 concert in Helsinki had astonished also local musicians. Blues Section found an inspired vocalist-songwriter from the British expat Jim Pembroke (1946 - 2021), formerly of The Pems. For Blues Section's first line-up, drums were played by Edward Vesala . He was replaced by Raimo "Raikka" Rautarinne , before the band finally settled t...

Aira Samulin (on the right) with a Futurist. In the late 1970s and early 80s, two Helsinki journalists, Jukka Lindfors and Kari Lempinen (a.k.a. Walter de Camp ) were editing the magazine Uusi Laulu ("New Chant"), which had, just in a couple of years of time, transformed from a somewhat serious leftist culture publication into a more ironic, "postmodern", even "hipster" journal, encompassing the latest fads and intellectual trends; including music, literature, visual arts, and clubs, also introducing the concept of "camp" culture to Finnish audiences, and so on. Comical, self-ironic transgressions in the very spirit of punk were the order of the day: In 1980 Uusi Laulu had arranged a tongue-in-cheek campaign to liberate keskiolut (popular middle-strength lager strictly available only at the state-owned liquor stores and licensed grocery stores), to be sold also at R-kioski convenience stores. In 1981 there had been an event with a rel...

Jouko "Jimi" Sumén (7 August 1959), originally hailing from Lappeenranta, Finland, started as a Jimi Hendrix -styled virtuoso guitarist and won the Finnish Rock Championships of 1977 with his band called Dreams playing Hendrix covers. Jimi Sumén covering 'Hey Joe' by Jimi Hendrix in 1978 In 1978 Love Records released Jimi Sumén’s debut LP Key West , a funk and new wave-influenced psychedelic hard rock album on which Sumén played most of the instruments himself, though he was joined occasionally by Ari Erkko on guitar, Veijo Naakka on bass, and Lauri Valjakka on drums. By 1979, after having spent six months in London and witnessing the new styles, Sumén had moved on to a totally different kind of musical territory, influenced by David Bowie , David Sylvian 's Japan and the burgeoning synth pop scene in general. Wanting to expand his sound, Sumén recruited additional musicians, Illi Broman (drums/percussion), Johnny Gustafsson (drums/percussion...

Aarne Juutilaisen elämäkerta pääpiirteissään sekä hieman kansallista ja aatehistoriallista taustaa [In English] Aarne Juutilaisesta eli Marokon kauhusta (1904 - 1976) tuli minulle tuttu hahmo, kun tein tämän elämästä ja vaiheista vuosina 2018-23 draamadokumenttia , joka pohjautui Seppo Porvalin (1950 - 2019) kirjoittamaan lavamonologiin. Sitä täydensin omalta osaltani muulla elämäkerrallisella aineistolla Juutilaisesta. En oman maailmankuvani pohjaltakaan ollut aikaisemmin mieltänyt itseäni miksikään sotahistorioiden varsinaiseksi kohdeyleisöksi, mutta mitä enemmän luin ja perehdyin Marokon kauhuun, sitä enemmän minua alkoi kiehtoa hahmon äkkiväärä ristiriitaisuus ja juuri ne ainekset, joista legendat ja myytit on tehty. Oli niillä sitten tekemistä todelllisuuden kanssa tai ei. Viime vuosina suurta yleisöä eniten kiinnostanut hahmo Kollaanjoen taisteluista on ollut Juutilaisen komppaniassa palvellut tarkka-ampuja Simo Häyhä (1905 - 2002) eli ”Valkoinen kuolema”. Tämän v...