Blues Section is considered a seminal and ground-breaking band in Finnish rock music. They started in 1967, formed around the vocalist Jim Pembroke, a British expatriate song-writer now living in Finland. The other members of the band were Eero Koivistoinen (saxophone), Ronnie Österberg (drums), Hasse Walli (guitar), and Måns Groundstroem (bass). Their influences came among all from John Mayall's Bluesbreakers and Jimi Hendrix, who had played a sensational gig in Helsinki in May 1967. One can also hear in Pembroke's British-flavoured song-writing some echoes from The Beatles and The Kinks. Blues Section released a self-titled album late 1967 on Helsinki's Love Records. In 1968 Groundstroem and Pembroke left the band, being replaced by Pekka Sarmanto and (another British vocalist) Frank Robson, respectively. Also Koivistoinen would leave the band during the same year, and by the end of 1968 Blues Section was over. The Blues Section members would continue in such acclaimed progressive rock bands as Wigwam and Tasavallan Presidentti. Eero Koivistoinen was to become an internationally acclaimed jazz musician, and Hasse Walli would discover world music, playing in such bands as Piirpauke. Finnish rock is a musical style as varied as in any modern-day European country. ... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jim Pembroke (born 26 January 1946) is the vocalist of Finnish progressive rock band Wigwam. ... John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers was a pioneering British blues band that included such luminaries as: Eric Clapton and Jack Bruce (both later in Cream), Peter Green, John McVie and Mick Fleetwood (later all in Fleetwood Mac), Mick Taylor (later in The Rolling Stones), Don Harris, Harvey Mandel, Larry Taylor (Canned... Jimi Hendrix Jimi Hendrix (27 November 1942 – 18 September , 1970) was an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. ... Province Southern Finland Region Uusimaa Sub-region Helsinki City manager Jussi Pajunen Official languages Finnish, Swedish Area  - total  - land ranked 342nd 185. ... The Beatles were a British pop and rock group from Liverpool. ... The Kinks (from left): Pete Quaife, Dave Davies, Mick Avory, and Ray Davies The Kinks are a British rock group, who first gained prominence in the mid-1960s and became one of the most influential groups of British rock as well as of the British Invasion of America, as... 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... Progressive rock (shortened to prog, or prog rock when differentiating from other progressive genres) is an ambitious, eclectic, and often grandiose style of rock music which arose in the late 1960s, reached the peak of its popularity in the early 1970s, and continues as a musical form to this day. ... Wigwam is a Finnish progressive rock band formed in the late 1960s, after the split of seminal Blues Section where the key members of Wigwam had played before. ... Tasavallan Presidentti was one of the biggest Finnish progressive rock bands alongside Wigwam that was founded in 1969 by guitarist Jukka Tolonen. ... This article is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ...

Singles discography

• Blues Section & Jim Pembroke: Call Me On Your Telephone / Only Dreaming (7", 1967)
• Blues Section & Jim Pembroke: Hey, Hey, Hey / Shivers Of Pleasure (7", 1967)
• Kirka Babitzin & Blues Section: Anna suukko vain / Silloin ihminen kaunein on (7", 1967)
• Kirka Babitzin: Avaruuslaulu / Otto Donner: Riemun siemenet - Tanssi - Kampaamon riemu (1968)
• Jim Pembroke & Blues Section: Semi-Circle Solitude / Cherry Cup-Cake Twist (7", 1968)
• Blues Section & Frank Robson: Faye / Sun Of Love (7" 1968)
• Ronnie Österberg & Blues Section: Kauan kuljen / Hei vaan (7", 1968)
• Ronnie Österberg & Blues Section: Ei kauempaa / Kun yö hyväilee (7", 1968)
• Otto Donner & Blues Section: Pääskytorni / Kuka kertoisi minulle (7", 1968)

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Album discography

• Blues Section (1967)
• Some Of Love (compilation, 1969)
• Once More For The Road (1980) (compilation, 1980)
• Classics - The Ultimate Collection (compilation, 1990)
• Blues Section 2 (compilation, 1995)

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Appearances on compilation albums discography

• Football (on "Perspectives '68 - Music In Finland", LP, 1968)
• For Mods Only - Lucy Jane (on "Reunion", LP, 1970)

Links

• Blues Section