Pepe Ahlqvist
Finnish Blues Legend
A distinguished member of the European blues elite, Pepe Ahlqvist (born on 4th
of July 1956) is an internationally famous Finnish blues artist. Already as a
young boy in the mid 1960`s he had a clear vision of his future as a blues
musician. During his over 30-year-long career he has frequently performed with
many legendary blues artists. He has managed to maintain his popularity through
the years by presenting fabulous and successful recordings with various bands
and giving over 5.000 gigs and concerts. Pepe Ahlqvist is considered a talented
and personal singer-guitarist-harmonica player with individual style who also
writes his own songs. Pepe began his career in the turn of the 1960`s and
1970`s. Chicago Overcoat, his band in the 1970`s, thrived under the shield of
the legendary Love Records, wherefrom Pepe moved on to collaborate with
Fazer/Warner Music for a good period of time. In the late 1980`s and early
1990`s Pepe Ahlqvist H.A.R.P. recorded several indispensable albums, one of
them including the cut Back To The River: Pepe`s biggest hit by far.
Besides Finland, the Pepe Ahlqvist albums have been released for instance in
the other Nordic countries and in Middle Europe. The last one of the three most
important Pepe Ahlqvist bands, The Rolling Tumbleweed (founded 1995), recorded
four albums that represent the absolute cream of Finnish blues. Pepe`s most
recent project, SF BLUES (Suomi-Finland Blues) started in 2002 with Heikki
Silvennoinen. So far there`s been featuring top guests, and more is to come.
He is also working with legendary drummer Matti Oiling and his
OILING BOILING RHYTHM 'N' BLUES BAND. Along with his own projects, Pepe
Ahlqvist has featured as a guest soloist on hundreds of recordings by other
artists. Nowadays Pepe continues as a solo artist for Bluelight Records. He
has been touring in Sweden, Norway, Danmark, Holland, Belgium, Austria, Germany,
Luxemburg, Estonia, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Russia, USA and Canada. He has
also performed as a guest soloist in a large number of concerts by
international blues legends in Finland, for example for
B.B. King
in 2004 and 2006. Nowadays Pepe works as a solo artist from acoustic gigs to
big band concerts.
Visit Pepe Ahlqvist's official website.
Visit Pepe Ahlqvist's page at myspace.com.
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Reviews and Critiques of Pepe Ahlqvist Live Performances and Recordings
Cd review at bobtjeblues.com.
Pepe Ahlqvist Photos
Four Pepe Ahlqvist photos at amistar.cz.
Pepe Ahlqvist Videos
PEPE AHLQVIST-SF BLUES The Things That I Used To Do. Runtime 06:13.
PEPE AHLQVIST & UMO JAZZ ORCHESTRA - Don't stare at me. Runtime 04:31.
SF-Blues: Back To The Woods. Runtime 04:32.
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