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Markku

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About Me

I'm Markku Salo, all the way from Finland. That's Northern Europe, y'all! I collect records, loads of records, some old furniture, books, radios, all kind of old stuff really. Been into rock'n'roll, rhythm'n'blues, blues,rockabilly,doo wop, etc from mid 70's. What else? I play upright bass in the band called Rave On. Contact me, and I tell you more... Check out my band site: www.myspace.com/raveon

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My Interests

music, collecting records, vintage instruments, radios & amps...

I'd like to meet:

People with similar taste of music etc. Bands too! Rockabillies, Teds, Swing Cats, 40's/50's/60's rhythm'n'blues fans, fans of 50's & 60's Jamaican ska & r'n'b, Rockers... As long as you have something to say...

Music:

Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Little Richard, Eddie Cochran, Link Wray, Billy Lee Riley, Sonny Burgess, Ray Sharpe, Eddie Clearwater, Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Elmore James, Johnny Burnette, Jimmy Reed, John Lee Hooker, Charlie Feathers, Johnny Cash, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Billy Fury, Johnny Kidd & The Pirates, Vince Taylor, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Gene Vincent, Buddy Holly, Bill Haley, Jack Earls, Sonny Boy Williamson, Hound Dog Taylor, Little Walter, Big Joe Turner, Wynonie Harris, Ronnie Dawson, Hayden Thompson,Fats Domino, Smiley Lewis, Elvis Presley, T-Bone Walker, Mac Curtis, Ray Campi, Esquerita, Roy Head, Bobby Fuller, Wee Willie Harris, Wanda Jackson, Ruth Brown, LaVern Baker, The Cuess, Billy Ward & the Dominoes, Hank Ballard & The Midnighters, Five Keys, Five Royals, The Spaniels, The Treniers, The Coasters, The Spaniels, The Flamingos, The Cadillacs, The Moonglows, The Drifters, The Skatalites, Byron Lee & The Dragonaires, Jackie Lee Cochran, Tony Conn, Glen Glenn, Johnny Carroll, Rudy Grayzell, Sid King, Huelyn Duvall, Eddie Bond, Joe Clay, Big Al Downing, Chuck Higgins, Big Jay McNeely, Ernest Tubb, Fendermen, The Shadows, The Sonics, The Trashmen, The Wailers, The Yardbirds, Chicken Shack, The Houseshakers, Hellraisers, Count Bishops, Dr.Feelgood, Crazy Cavan 'n' The Rhythm Rockers, Flying Saucers, Robert Gordon, Riot Rockers, Stray Cats, The Paladins, The Blasters, Fabulous Thunderbirds, Blue Cats, Polecats, Shakin' Pyramids, The Stargazers, Buzz & The Flyers, Big Town Playboys, The Rapiers, The Shades, The Kaisers, Red Hot'n'Blue, Restless, Riverside Trio, Sonny West & The Rhythm Kings, Vernon & The GI's, Rockhouse, The Houserockers, the Playboys, Blue Rhythm Boys, Number Nine, High Noon, Planet Rockers, Big Sandy & The Fly Rite Boys, Louis & The Wildfires, High Strung Ramblers, Jack Rabbit Slim, Hi Voltage, The Rhythm Aces, Furious, Black Raven, Lou Cifer & The Hellions, Little Charlie & The Nightcats, Mike Sanchez, Howlin' Wilf & The Vee Jays, Shakin' Stevens & the Sunsets, Crepes'n'Drapes, Omar & The String Poppers, The Deltas, The Sureshots, The Hi Q's, The Rockats, The Bopcats, Jimmie Lee Maslon, The Magnetics, Roddy Radiation & Skabilly Rebels, Hot Foot Gale, Rock Island Line, Bonneville, The Barnshakers, Dr. Snout & His Hogs Of Rhythm, Rockin' 8 Balls, Go Getters, Whirlwind, Wildfire Willie & The Ramblers, Phil Trigwell & the Deputies, Flatbroke Trio, Mojo Kings, Johnson Family, Wild Angels, Jack & The Rippers, Colbert Hamilton & The Nitros, Loads of great rock'n'roll, blues, rockabilly out there...

Movies:

Mystery Train, anything from Aki Kaurismaki, most of the Bogart movies, Last Exit To Brooklyn, Tarantino's stuff, Girl Can't Help It (and all the rest 50's music films with some original Rock'n'Rollers in them), Russ Meyer's stuff, anything with Bela Lugosi on it, that Frida Kahlo movie, love her art too, Decline of the Western Civilization...

Television:

well... I got one...

Books:

Music books of Peter Guralnick, It Came From Memphis by R.Gordon, Steinbeck, Kerouac, Burroughs, Bukowski, Henry Miller, Raymond Chandler, Donald Westlake, Colin Escott & Martin Hawkins, John Cleland's Fanny Hill, Graig Morrison's Go Cat Go, Russ MocDonald, James Ellroy, Kurt Vonnegut, Pedro Aldomovar (yes, he do write books too)...

My Blog

Blue Side Of Rock’n’Roll

OK Folks! It's been while! But our little rockabilly/blues/rock'n'roll band Rave On is working with the new record at the moment! The band is busy writing original material, and also there's going to ...
Posted by Markku on Mon, 04 Aug 2008 08:43:00 PST

Rave On rockin!

OK! Finally we're getting our old band back together. Rave On first sterted back in early 90's, did couple of CD's and backed artists like Rosie Flores, Sonny Burgess & Sleepy Labeef. There was few li...
Posted by Markku on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Midsummer Rockin!!

The Midsummer weekend is coming. It's the biggest party weekend in my neck of the woods. Literally whole damn nation will go crazy and drunk then. Majority of Finns has born 9 months after that weeken...
Posted by Markku on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST