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Pepe Ahlqvist

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Pepe Ahlqvist
Pepe Ahlqvist performing at the Helsinki Music Fair, 2011
Pepe at the Helsinki Music Fair, 2011
Background information
Born (1956-07-04) July 4, 1956 (age 68)
Nastola, Finland
GenresBlues
Occupations
  • Musician
  • singer
  • songwriter
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • guitar
  • harmonica
Years activelate 1960s–present
Labels
Websitepepeahlqvist.com

Pertti "Pepe" Kalevi Ahlqvist (born July 4, 1956) is a Finnish blues singer and musician.[1]

Background

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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]

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