First of all , i'm an old school rock player with heavy blues influences boosted with some pop elements.....
I've always leaned on Fender style guitars , mainly Strats and Teles!!!
And my newest dear friend is Reverend Charger 290 with P-90's.
And tube amps like Monster El Mariachi does the thing for me!!!!
I can't read or write sheet music but i can HEAR music and that's what i'm extremely happy about.
I know a lot of players who doesn't even bother to listen to it , those guys play scales, not music....
But hey,so what!!!!!!
It's been such a great pleasure to be a part of so many great Finnish rock bands like....
Guitar Slingers , Leningrad Cowboys ,
Revolver , Hummingbird , Daavid&Goljat , CoverFreaks
Veeti Kallio Trio/Duo/Band ,
Geir Ronning (This guy is really one of the best singers on the planet....!!!) & The Lovehandles ,
Daltons , The Ronski Gang , Tipe Johnson&Vesa Kääpä Duo ,
The Alleygators....etc,etc....
I 've played on 12 records and done more than 1900 gigs all around the planet , (Big thanks to L.C for that) and of course my home country Finland is also pretty familiar to me !
Nowadays i do gigs mostly with Veeti Kallio
(...one of the strongest & most charismatic voices in Finland...period )
And the band is simply called "Veeti Kallio Band"
( Petri Hissa on drums , Mikko Vuorela on bass and Macu Siirtola on keys.....)
And we're doing some Duo& Trio gigs also with Veeti and Macu every now and then....
And a few gigs here and there with The Ronski Gang
And also some with The AlleyGators....Some with SwampWater(Great Alt.Country/Rock band!!!)
And with Tipe Johnson & Vesa Kääpä Duo every once in a while....
and that's about it.....8D
Gigging is based on weekends and i think that i'm doing about 80-100 gigs a year nowadays,which is ok.....
Even though i 've always been a sideman i'm still dreaming of my own project as a singer/songwriter/producer/musician.Hopefully it happens before i get 50....8)
Upcoming Shows!!!
3.9 Veeti Kallio Band/Helsinki/Presidentti
10.9 Veeti Kallio/Jyväskylä/Hoviraitti
18.9 Veeti Kallio Band/Levi/HulluPoro
2.10 Veeti Kallio Duo/Kempele/Kauppakeskus
9.10 Veeti Kallio Band/Karhula/Hotelli Karhu
10.10 Veeti Kallio Trio/Kotka/Meriniemi
16.10 Veeti Kallio Band/Kouvola/Marilyn
21.10 Veeti Kallio Trio/Helsinki/Mecca
23.10 Veeti Kallio Duo/Kiikala/Rav.Ann Marin
28.10 Veeti Kallio Trio/Helsinki/Mecca
30.10 Veeti Kallio Duo/Pori/Sininen Laguuni
06.11 Veeti Kallio Band/Helsinki/Presidentti Club
13.11 Veeti Kallio Band/Lahti/Finlandia Klubi
18.11 Veeti Kallio Trio/Helsinki/Mecca
19.11 Veeti Kallio Trio/Tampere/Amarillo Kuninkaankatu
20.11 Veeti Kallio Trio/Kokkola/Seurahuone
25.11 m/s Viking Isabella
26.11 m/s Viking Isabella
27.11 m/s Viking Isabella