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Currently I am involved in the following bands: J. Tomminen & T. Leino Duo: Tomi Leino: guitar, backup vocal Jyrki Tomminen: vocal, harmonica Genuine country blues right from the hearts of suffering poor souls. This is a real thing!! Seppo Valjakka Seppo Valjakka is a real Finnish guitar hero and has a long and well-established history within Finnish blues and rock community (http://www.rubatomusic.com/svaljakka.htm). He has released two brilliant albums: "Blackbird" (2001) and "Taking it back" (2004). I sing and play harp in his most recent band. Other players are: Jari Vepsäläinen (guitar), Jyty Syrjäläinen (bass) and Kari Eskelinen (drums). This is some serious stuff I tell ya.. Raimo Raivo (Suomi Blues) This band originally goes a way back. Now it is live again and won't leave anybody cold. The leader of the band is Kurt "Kurre" Tulikallio, a well-known and true blues guitarist whose live performance is always full of positive energy and utmost dedication. I play harp and sing backups. Kurre himself is the lead vocalist, Kyösti Toivanen on drums and Puppe Strandberg or Petri Loikala on bass. If you would like to have a really good time you should definitely turn to us. Zape Leppänen Band This is a gorgeous band in many ways. Zape has a long and outstanding history (and future) in the Finnish music scene. It is a great pleasure to be working with him side by side. We play rhythm'n blues, blues and soul. With Zape in drums I myself sing and play harp (surprise). Other players are: Jonne Kulluvaara guitar and Petri Christiansson bass. You better come and groove with us because we're gonna rock the house. I am also ready to entertain people playing some good blues as a duo with Jonne Kulluvaara. Jonne is a very much respected blues guitarist and not at all without a good reason. He is a talent. I hope we will get more chances to enjoy playing with each other. Luckily I still have the opportunity to play and hang around and hopefully also do some gigs with Mr. Awesome i.e. Petri Pulkkinen and Mr. Groove Accordion i.e. Jouni Saari. Zape and myself we have had so many memorable moments of the ultimate fun with these two musical multi-instrumentalists. And the project still continues.. Now that I have moved to Taipalsaari I have got a pleasure to get acquainted with a bunch of lovely musicians from Lemi: Mika Heikka (guitar, vocals), Timo Buuri (guitar, vocals), Jarmo Vessari (bass) and Jari Heikka (drums). They have their own actively gigging band "Sumun Tähteet" and the success in their performance is always guaranteed. Perfect attitude along with the talent in these guys' playing makes me very happy that I can join them once in while. Come to listen to us! Come to talk to us! Come to communicate with us, with a smile!


Jyrki Tomminen, Hyrkkäläntie 460, 54800 Savitaipale, Finland, tel: +358 40 5555780