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Wentus Blues Band

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Blues from Finland?Although it sounds almost unreal, from the land of Santa Claus, mobile phones and race car drivers comes a band that has played blues at its best for over twenty years. They call themselves Wentus Blues Band. Through the years Wentus Blues band has built up a reputation of being one of the hardest working bands on the road, playing around 100 shows each year. Recently they have performed with such great artists as CAREY BELL, EDDIE KIRKLAND, ERIC BIBB, GARY PRIMICH, KIM WILSON, LOUISIANA RED, MICK TAYLOR, PHIL GUY and SVEN ZETTERBERG just to mention a few... As of today, Wentus Blues Band has released seven full-length albums and has toured in 14 different countries. The celebration of 20 years in the business was called a family meeting. They invited friends throughout the years to play three concerts in Helsinki and had it all memorized on film. The movie "Family Meeting" is a beautiful masterpiece and furthermore proved that the legacy of blues lives on through Wentus Blues Band. These men keep on playin' the blues solely for the love of music and to entertain everyone who knows how to boogie! Wentus Blues Band is: Robban Hagnäs bass, backing voc. Niko Riippa Guitar Mikael " Axeli " Axelqvist Drums Kim "Hiding" Vikman Guitar Juho Kinaret Lead Vocals, Percussion Pekka Gröhn Hammond/Piano

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Member Since: 04/12/2006
Band Website: http://www.wentusbluesband.com/
Band Members: Juho Kinaret; voc, Niko Riippa; gt, Kim Wikman; gt, Robban Hagnäs; b, Mikael Axelqvist; dr, Pekka Gröhn; piano, hammond
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Sounds Like: Family Meeting

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Record Label: Ruf Records
Type of Label: Major

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Wentus Blues Band Get National Honor

Wentus Blues Band Get National Honor21 December 2008The band from the city of Kokkola in midwestern Finland was awarded for their 20-year career in advancing blues and roots music in the country. The ...
Posted by on Wed, 24 Dec 2008 02:12:00 GMT

SUMMER NEWS!

Summer is finally here! The sun is shining from a clear blue sky, the cotton is high, sweat is running down my neck and Wentus Blues Band are ready to begin their -08 summer tour.This summer starts wi...
Posted by on Wed, 21 May 2008 10:08:00 GMT

Blues Matters: Review (FMeeting soudtrack)

WENTUS BLUES BANDFamily MeetingRufThis double CD set features the soundtrack to the film of a concert in Helsinkicelebrating the 20th anniversary of The Wentus Blues Band. There are manyguest appearan...
Posted by on Fri, 08 Feb 2008 07:18:00 GMT

NEW WENTUS BLUES BAND ALBUM OUT ON RUFRECORDS!

The soundtrack from the motion picture FAMILY MEETING has been released in Finland on the 2.11. Releasedate for the rest of the World will be in February 2008. The album is a Live double CD ( for the...
Posted by on Tue, 13 Nov 2007 09:01:00 GMT

Rock Music Documentary "Family Meeting"

FINNISH ROCK MUSIC DOCUMENTARY "FAMILY MEETING" IN THEATRES, PREMIERE NOVEMBER 2ND 2007FAMILY MEETING tells a unique story about people behind music. The film was shot during the fall 2006, in and ar...
Posted by on Tue, 05 Jun 2007 09:43:00 GMT

Buy new album AGRICULTURE from iTunes!

You can download all the songs from iTunes!! 0,99¬ /song. http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum? playListId=253880112
Posted by on Mon, 14 May 2007 07:30:00 GMT

BLUELIGHT RECORDS RELEASED NEW WENTUS BLUES BAND ALBUM!

  BLUELIGHT RECORDS RELEASED NEW WENTUS BLUES BAND ALBUM! The new CD "AGRICULTURE"  The new album was released on April 4th and it contains of new written own material. We are also now p...
Posted by on Wed, 28 Feb 2007 07:33:00 GMT

Check out this video: Wentus Family Meeting

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Posted by on Tue, 27 Feb 2007 06:23:00 GMT