A distinguished member of the European blues elite,
PEPE AHLQVIST (born on 4th of July 1956) is an internationally known Finnish blues
artist. During his almost 40-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.
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 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 singer/guitarist Heikki Silvennoinen . So far
there's been featuring top guests, and more is to come.
Pepe has been touring in Sweden, Norway, Denmark,
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 Ahlqvist works as a solo artist from
acoustic gigs to big band concerts.
Euroopalaiseen blueseliittiin kuuluva tuusulalainen
PEPE AHLQVIST (s.4.7.1956) on kansainvälisesti tunnettu ja arvostettu
bluesmuusikko. Lähes neljäkymmentä vuotta kestäneellä urallaan hän on esiintynyt lukuisien
legendaaristen bluesartistien kanssa. Pepe Ahlqvistin upeat ja menestyksekkäät
äänitteet sekä vuosien varrella heitetyt yli 5000 keikkaa ovat taanneet vakaan
suosion läpi vuosien.
Pepe Ahlqvistia pidetään lahjakkaana ja
persoonallisena laulaja-lauluntekijänä, kitaristina ja huuliharpistina.
Pepe aloitti uransa 60-70 lukujen vaihteessa
keikkailemalla koulubileissä Lahti-Nastola-akselilla. 1970-luvun puolivälissä
alkoi yhteistyö CHICAGO OVERCOATin kanssa legendaarisen Love Recordsin
suojissa, josta tie johti hedelmälliseen yhteistyöhön Fazer/Warnerin kanssa.
80-luvun lopussa ja 90-luvun alussa Pepe ja hänen bändinsä tuohon aikaan
H.A.R.P. levyttivät useita hienoja albumeja.
Yhtyeen levyjä on julkaistu Suomen lisäksi mm. muissa
Pohjoismaissa ja Keski-Euroopassa. Pepen kolmesta tärkeimmästä bändistä
viimeisin THE ROLLING TUMBLEWEED lopetti toimintansa vuonna 2003. Vuonna 2002
perustettu SF BLUES (Suomi-Finland Blues) yhdessä Heikki Silvennoisen kanssa
jatkaa myöskin tulevaisuudessa esiintymisiä ja levytyksiä. Mukana tulee
olemaan vierailijoina erityyppisiä valovoimaisia artisteja.
Pepe Ahlqvist on tehnyt vuosien varrella
esiintymismatkoja mm. Ruotsiin, Norjaan, Tanskaan, Hollantiin, Belgiaan,
Itävaltaan, Saksaan, Luxemburgiin, Eestiin, Puolaan, Slovakiaan, Unkariin,
Venäjälle, Yhdysvaltoihin sekä Kanadaan ja hänet on kutsuttu esiintymään
moniin suuriin konsertteihin erikoisvieraaksi. Viimeksi B.B. KINGin
konsertteihin Helsingin Jäähalliin 2004 ja 2006.
Pepe Ahlqvist työskentelee nykyisin erilaisten
kokoonpanojen kanssa soolo keikoista big band konsertteihin.
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Olá !!! Muito obrigado por fazer parte dos meus amigos aqui em meu espaço e muito boa sorte pra você!!! Fique a vontade pra ouvir todas as canções do meu terceiro CD: Ebulição de Idéias, ver os vídeos de shows e tudo que quiser, ta bom?! O CD tem a participação do Zé Geraldo na música (S.O.S) e tem também uma canção em homenagem ao Maluco Beleza, Raul Seixas (Um Canto Para Raul), Além da música "Essência Oculta" que foi trilha Sonora de um filme(TV Cultura) do Grande Cineasta Hermano Penna. Grande abraço do César Di.
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