Pepe Ahlqvist

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Pepe Ahlqvist
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Pepe at the Helsinki Music Fair, 2011
Background information
Born (1956-07-04) July 4, 1956 (age 68)
Nastola, Finland
Genres Blues
Occupation(s)
  • Musician
  • singer
  • songwriter
Instrument(s)
  • Vocals
  • guitar
  • harmonica
Years activelate 1960s–present
Labels
Website pepeahlqvist.com

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

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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]

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