Pepe Ahlqvist
Pepe Ahlqvist | |
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 Pepe at the Helsinki Music Fair, 2011 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | July 4, 1956 Nastola, Finland |
| Genres | Blues |
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| Years active | late 1960s–present |
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| Website | pepeahlqvist |
Pertti "Pepe" Kalevi Ahlqvist (born July 4, 1956) is a Finnish blues singer and musician.[1]
Background
According to Blues News, he was born Pertti Kalevi Ahlqvist on 4th of July 1956.
The groups that first influenced him were The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, but it was John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers that exposed him to the blues.[2]
References
- ↑ Pepe Ahlqvist – Discography at Discogs
- ↑ Blues News, December 28, 2016 - Pepe Ahlqvist – The 60th anniversary interview
External links
Categories:
- Living people
- 1956 births
- Blues guitarists
- Finnish blues musicians
- Finnish harmonica players
- Finnish male guitarists
- Finnish male singer-songwriters
- 20th-century Finnish male singers
- 21st-century Finnish male singers
- 20th-century Finnish singer-songwriters
- 21st-century Finnish singer-songwriters
- Finnish musician stubs