{"id":65,"date":"2012-07-07T16:39:28","date_gmt":"2012-07-07T16:39:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sarhamaa.wordpress.com\/?page_id=65"},"modified":"2012-07-07T16:39:28","modified_gmt":"2012-07-07T16:39:28","slug":"leroy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sarhamaa.com\/wp\/?page_id=65","title":{"rendered":"Leroy"},"content":{"rendered":"

1981. The first band that sounded like a real band…<\/p>\n

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Members:<\/p>\n

Arto Jousikari<\/strong>: Drums
\nHannu Leid\u00e9n<\/strong>: Vocals
\nMarkku Palm<\/strong>: Guitar, backing vocals
\nSami Sarhamaa<\/strong>: Guitar
\nVesa Vartiainen<\/strong>: Bass, backing vocals<\/p>\n

with:<\/p>\n

Jouni Ullakko<\/strong>: Bass, backing vocals
\nJukka Tikander<\/strong>: Guitar<\/p>\n

I was a member of Vaamu, Vantaan Amat\u00f6\u00f6rimuusikot ry and we booked Leroy for a gig at Havukosken Nuorisotalo sometime in 1980. The played and sung like angels (at least compared to anything else I had witnessed so far) and we got along nicely as we hung out after the gig. I got invited in when their guitarist quit. I of course jumped at the chance even though their Foreigner\/Boston -type AOR was maybe not really my cup of tea…The guys were a bit older than me so they could give some pointers as to how to behave in an organized and skilled band. We were lucky enough to get a tentative contract for a single with CBS, so we recorded two songs at Millbrook Studios (then located still in Myllypuro) with Reijo Karvonen and Juha Heininen called You’ll Be Mine and Key to Your Heart. CBS never did release those songs, but I will. So here You are:<\/p>\n

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During the final months Jouni and Jukka joined the band, but Hannu and I had a different dream…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1981. The first band that sounded like a real band… Members: Arto Jousikari: Drums Hannu Leid\u00e9n: Vocals Markku Palm: Guitar, backing vocals Sami Sarhamaa: Guitar Vesa Vartiainen: Bass, backing vocals with: Jouni Ullakko: Bass, backing vocals Jukka Tikander: Guitar I was a member of Vaamu, Vantaan Amat\u00f6\u00f6rimuusikot ry and we booked Leroy for a gig … Continue reading Leroy<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":524,"parent":50,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-65","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sarhamaa.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/65","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sarhamaa.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sarhamaa.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sarhamaa.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sarhamaa.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=65"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sarhamaa.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/65\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sarhamaa.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sarhamaa.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sarhamaa.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=65"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}