Wigwam - Grass for Blades

Excellent Finnish prog rock!

[@ziccuj]

Rest in peace Pedro Hietanen (1949-2023) - you and your moustache will be forever missed and never forgotten. Thank you for all the soul, effort and sweat you always put in the music you played! 😥

[@LohiHarHar]

Amen brother!

[@uncle7192]

Iskäni soitti tätä mulle uutena vuotena (2022) kun olin 15 vuotta. Wigwam on nyt yksi lempi bändeistäni ja olen kiitollinen isälleni siitä, että hän jakoi musiikkimakuaan kanssani. Nää biisit antaa jotenkin nostalgiaa ajalle, jona en elänyt.

[@duhni4551]

Ei se ole nostalgiaa aikana jona et elänyt, se on musiikkia joka ei ole käynyt koneen läpi kuulostaakseen tietyltä. Nää tyypit teki musiikkia taidoilla, ei paljoa painanu oliko sähköt vai ei. Se tulee sielusta, se koskettaa ja pistää pään toimimaan. Isäsi tarjos sulle varmaan parhaan lahjan mitä voi kellekkään tarjota. Hyvän musiikin.

[@uncle7192]

@@duhni4551 Näinhän se taitaa olla

[@64Walt64]

Kuule poika, olet kuullut huippu bändiä ja huippu musaa. Olen sinua vähän vanhempi ja olet valinnut oikean tien. Mut tässä musassa on sitä oikeaa.

[@Urgomebloke68]

Itku tuli kun tän luin.. Hienoa, tällästä musaa harvoin suomesta tulee 👍🤘

[@annisalonkari3724]

❤

[@79SteelyMatt]

Wigwam are a fucking amazing band-easily one of the better prog bands of all time

[@golgol33]

Youre right, but check out also Kingston Wall.. Great live band..

[@gixxusmetalman7435]

Why Why Why has it taken 50 yrs to hear this amazing music while having to listen to all the utter talentless shit on the radio?!

[@LohiHarHar]

Hattu päästä ja syvä kumarrus herra Pembroke! Kovan musiikillisen perinnön jätit meille nautittavaksi.

[@pirkkoargillander3488]

Ikävä tuleee♥️

[@LohiHarHar]

@@pirkkoargillander3488 Helposti

[@Karik2025]

Ajan taksia, monet nuorison edustajat pyytävät ,bluetoothilla omaa musiikkia, sanon aina, että käy kunhan kuuntelette tämän ensin, joka edustaa suomalaista progea parhainmillaan. Monet otettuja….

[@LohiHarHar]

@@Karik2025Suomi-proge on kansainvälisesti mitattuna huippuluokkaa, val.tet. myös meidän huonoin vientituote.

[@manskullman6509]

Well, I’ll never take my hat off ! Why should I ? Jim and me were friends and I miss him very much. Takin’ off my hat doesnt mean nuthin’ ! Jon Fisher

[@lesbeefmemebois5552]

When you play from the soul, this is the result you get

[@MrTimodon]

I remeber them from 1970!

[@FloridaSalon]

I can't believe I haven't heard of this band before. This is beautiful and mesmerizing.

[@benbaselet2026]

Not surprizing, they were fukken niche :)

[@teemoo2958]

This is amazing song 🥰❤️

[@jarvis400]

Pekka Rechardt is one if the better slow hand guitarists here in Finland.

[@Sohvi61]

Rest In Peace Mr. Pembroke! ♥ James Francis “Jim” Pembroke (January 27, 1946 - October 8, 2021) Music always lives ♥ He wanted to wish all his friends all the best and "Keep the Good Times Rolling." He hoped that all his friends would hear this message. ♥

[@tiitutee9884]

💖

[@karipikkarainen5712]

Pumppu

[@getonbaby1]

Rohkenen sanomaan tätä biisiä napakympiksi! Ihan mieletön biisi, johon ei kyllästy koskaan! Onni ja kunnia ollu kuulla bändiä kolme kertaa livenä!

[@saminevalainen3554]

Rest In Peace Jimbo😪 Kiitos kauniista musiikistasi ❤

[@davidsanderson5918]

So privileged to have been alive at a time when we had bands like this, programmes like this.....to just enjoy MUSIC.

[@unchattytwit]

Wonderful classic. One the greatest rock songs of all time.

[@edwininfaija8451]

@@AriYlaAnttila Alkuperäisessä on Gutsin nerokkaat urut, vaikkei "virallista" eli pitkää sooloa olekaan.

[@darley1958]

How come this band never made it outside Finland. i always loved them, have everything they ever did and I have to thank an English freind who lived in Finland for intriducing me to them. Genius !!!!!!!

[@Haiweimaan]

All respect to Pedro, with his cowboy-hat in this video. Rest in peace. Beginning of age of 14 with a permission of a law man to be a part of a band. And after that all of his story is a history of Finland.

[@adnilrummut105]

AMAZING PERFORMANCE! R.I.P. Jim Pembroke, Ronnie Österberg, Pekka Pohjola and all the guys who left us...

[@paulitapanimaki7311]

Is Jim dead?

[@paulitapanimaki7311]

Ok 2 years ago, I lived at Tampere, and only 2 bands I ever see was Wigwam and Tasavallan Presidentti with Tolonen

[@adnilrummut105]

@@paulitapanimaki7311 sorry yes, jim pembroke died on oct. 8th, 2021.

[@MrGreeenGenes]

Grass for Blades was always my favorite Wigwam song. So glad this footage exists!

[@varoennauraa]

Jesus Christ! Pedro is a magician! Well, duh, obviously. Look at his moustache and The hat. This is easily in my strictest top ten favourite synth solos...or any solos for that matter, and I have to listen this every day. Even if I don't like the song too much(big fan of the Wigwam, but not my favorite songs)! I need to get a hat like that to see if I could ever pull such a magic out of it! Rechardt is always a pleasure to listen too.

[@tekoaly]

Löysin tämän kappaleen joskus 2011-2012 asuessani ulkomailla. Tämä oli minun loppuyön biisi viinin tai oluen kanssa Suomi-ikävään. Oli silloin ja on nyt, kun vaimo ja lapsi nukkuvat, kuuntelen tätä kuulokkeilla ja nautin vielä sen illan viimeisen. Täysin uskomaton veto edelleenkin. Suuri kiitos YLElle että ovat taltioineet tällaisen kappaleen suomalaista kulttuurihistoriaa. Etenkin kitarasoolo tuo kylmät väreet.

[@apinanraivo100]

Good comment, Sir. Tuo Rekun soolo on kyllä mieletön.

[@janneparkkila3699]

Tässäpä toinen YLEn taltioima suomalainen proge-klassikko: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oHKuapWHg7p8bck

[@paullevine1813]

Ah yes , Rekku may have been underrated here in the states but those who heard his fine guitar work that was certainly not the case. He is one hell of great guitarist & even his Snakecharmer LP shows such a fine talent as with the entire band. Just an opinion but Jukka Tolonen & Rekku were two the the best players to come out of the 70's . Neither got the credit they deserve especially Jukka. Jim Pembroke was such a fine writer as well as the rest of this outstanding band. Shame they never came to the States , at least i got the chance to see Jan Akkerman with Focus back in 72 , the only time i believe they came here. For any guitar geeks out there Pekka is playing a custom built guitar with a Hoyer neck with the neck pickup in reverse for that old out of phase Peter green tone . Got that Les Paul style body but it's not a Gibson.

[@ainokesonen8573]

Finest music ever made in Finland. Special thanks to Jim for moving in to live with us!❤️

[@markkuhujanen4153]

Kingston Wall also

[@byronblack5659]

I find myself at home after going to a cutout record store and buying records I had no idea who they were, $.99c and finding a gem like this, FUCKING AWSOME. (70S) I'm talkin bout✌️✌️✌️

[@spacefrog2001]

Tämä oli komeinta mitä olen kuullut pitkään aikaan, aivan huikee veto!!

[@Redwizardofthay69]

One of my favorite songs of all time. That solo organ part that transfers so smooth to the guitar solo. And what a great fucking guitar part...what a hero. That guitar is so fucking warm 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@edwininfaija8451]

Se on se vahvistin enemmän kuin kitara tai sen mikit (vaikket siitä mitään sanonutkaan). Vanha kunnon 1970-luvun soundi. Vaikka kyllähän nykyäänkin on noita kitara- ja vahvistintrendejä, niin hyvässä kuin pahassakin. Tuohon aikaan vaan ei huonoja kamoja tainnut kauheasti olla liikkeellä ja jonkun 1950-luvun Les Paulin sai käytettynä muutamalla sadalla dollarilla.

[@PerSkeles]

@@edwininfaija8451 Suomessa oli markka valuuttana tuohon aikaan.

[@Guitarlover948]

Tippa silmässä vanha pieru kuuntelee tätä. On niin kova!

[@jarikuukasjarvi7824]

Sama täällä

[@ephraimdaka7954]

Fantastic progressive rock, this Finnish band is super, love the instrumental skills from all the guys✌🏽

[@Sepi-bx5qd]

Olen vakaasti sitä mieltä, että tämä on paras suomalainen studiolive ikinä.

[@saulsebastiankurki4692]

Taidan komppaa

[@yksvaan1690]

Kingston Wall uskaltaa olla eri mieltä.

[@jarikuukasjarvi8198]

Sammaa mieltä

[@rikunevalainen8154]

On. Tosin Anssi Kela veti hienosti Rainbow:ia Herzen-hepun kanssa joitakin vuosia sitten.

[@teemoo2958]

Ehdottomasti 👏🙌🙌👏

[@rikunevalainen8154]

Song is one of the best ever.. and guitar solo too ! Rip Letti-Jim ! I am glad I saw Wigwam several times during their revival tours after year 2000 or so....get the cd "Wigwam plays Wigwam" !

[@markokarjalainen9775]

This version here is truely one of the best videos in KZbin

[@Four4For4]

that keyboard solo! Wow!

[@Erlingha]

This version is incredibly good, and beautifully filmed.

[@hakimola1306]

I still remember when I first heard this song in 2018 . The view was 100000 views. Now after 4 years its jumped to half million views. Even 4 years passed and I still did not get bored from listening to this amazing music.

[@trevorsneath4458]

I first heard this about 1975 on the Wicked Ivory album (1972) which J Pembroke put out under the name of Hot Thumbs O'Riley. Loved it then, love it now. In fact, I was playing the album (Wicked Ivory) just a few hours ago and shared it with a muso friend who had never heard it before. Superb.

[@nikolaosdedousis3501]

From Greece ...amazing song..'if you search you will find"

[@JerkerDahlblom]

Vore fint om de som än är i livet fick göra en konsert i samband med 100-års firandet av Finland. Fy fasen vad bra musik.

[@sourcandyxxx]

Kukkaa ei ymmärrä

[@Mustaerkki]

Bra kommenterad..Ja-a Mä katoin sitä touhua tvstä å fyfan va ti skit music! Wigwam denna låt e UNIVERSALISK BÄST .. Grass for blades nominerad till det, Jag vet!

[@veliuser]

Best ever I have heard.

[@Prepaid_fruitcake]

This song takes me to places i've never been. Pure magic, just magic!

[@JimHalo]

Great music! Outstanding guitar solo!

[@apinanraivo100]

The way it starts, man. You just don't need that many notes, if you just get them right.

[@linusjadling-ohlsson9251]

RIP Jim Pembroke 💔💔💔

[@christophervalttila4894]

Helsinki ... so cool memories .. Wigwam days ..takes the Finnish gals ... the rest is history

[@MarcDevero]

Just excellent keyboarding throughout and interesting watching him adjust the various sounds leading into the guitar's players killer solo...magnifique! \|/

[@bekanav]

Exactly! Transition from keyboard solo to guitar solo is wonderful. Wigwam at its best was so good some thought seriously it must be the best band in the world.

[@pirkkoargillander3488]

Ikävä, hieno muusikko

[@dennislindqvist8443]

I met him when I was little. He was playing accordion with another artist who I asked to sign an autograph. Pedro insisted on signing his autograph as well, lol.

[@joonaskareinen3324]

RIP Pedro

[@eevawillberg4224]

Ihan mahtava bändi. Olin katsomassa Wigwamia Jyväskylässä kuluneella viikolla. Parasta mitä olen kuullut suomalaisilta ikinä. Tälle bändille soisi paljon enemmän näkyvyyttä ja kuuluvuutta mediassa. Kiitos!

[@di113774n73]

I was today years old when I discovered this band. Wish I had come across this track sooner. Straight into my Desert Island Disks

[@freddiefreeloader1894]

Rip Pedro, a great synth solo

[@nooranieminen6100]

Jokaisessa orkesterissa pitäisi olla yksi Pedro Hietanen

[@onsesejoo2605]

Suomessa on metallibändeissä aika hyviä, kuten sanonta kuuluu, vetäjiä. :) Suomessa nousi 70 - luvulla useita tyyppejä ihan kansainväliselle tasolle, mutta punk sekoitti sitten kaiken 10-15 vuodeksi.

[@JacquesLeFox]

true that!

[@Jukkamauri]

Siis ei ainoastaan ryypätä?

[@virit100]

MrJuha82 Hyvin sanottu.

[@jarikuukasjarvi8198]

Hienosti sanottu, Rechardt myös loistava kuten koko poppoo, Jim kaiken sydän!

[@joonasvalta4639]

R.I.P Pedro.

[@MMPlaylists]

By far the best recording of this song! I wish it was on spotify aswell.

[@PrinceEnki2112]

Wigwam never ceases to amaze me. Gorgeous song, great playing by all and very soulful singing. Thank you for the upload!

[@STIGUTIN]

This is a video that i only play in special occasions. very special and always makes me tear up. pure art and soul. By far best live performance in finnish history. Vitun huikeeta!!!!

[@elvishruncev1184]

i like this very much..impressed..hi from croatia

[@belaic8559]

Kako si doša ovde?:D

[@elvishruncev1184]

+Belaic ništa čudno...volin istraživati glazbu..ima toliko dobrih stvari na svitu.šteta se uglaviti samo u jedan žanr a ne gledati i slušati oko sebe..

[@AntonovP]

Zar nije internet prekrasno mjesto? :)

[@davorbrijacak]

Ovaj bend sabija, šteta što ih prije nisam otkrio, a kao neki sam proger. :D

[@artovi]

Hienoa, Jimbo, Rekku, Hessu, Mats ja Ronnie Voi tuota Rekun tatsia kitaraan.....ja muutkin...soittamisen iloa !

[@bittenandreasen5426]

One of the best jams--ever

[@eetsi2174]

R.I.P. Pedro 🇫🇮

[@eduardoandradelong]

Wonderfull, amazing, fantastic, magic...

[@vuokkovasamala5703]

Eduardo Andrade

[@mikkomultanen4136]

Tää on kyllä parhautta. biisi joka vaatii että keskittyy kuuntelemaan mutta kun syventyy tähän niin aivan loistavaa settiä. Muita väheksymättä, kitaristin näkökulmasta rekulta kyllä todella sielukasta soittoa. Niinkun koko bändiltä. El fantasitico!

[@summerman24]

MASTERPIECE !! ! ! ! !!

[@jjdodge1]

Ollaan onnellisia että tämä on TALLENNETTU..omituista kyllä tähän huomaan palaavani aina joidenkin aikojen perästä. Taitaapa olla parasta suomalaisosaamista tällä sektorilla.Radio ja TV tunkee korviini cheekkiä ja Elastista,,helpotus on kun kaivaa tuubista Wigwamia..

[@mankiperukangas7785]

Onneksi ne voi pitää kiinni.

[@OlliJKarhu]

Wigwam oli järjestämässäni konsertissa Warkauden ammattikoululla 1972 parasta musaa siihen aikaan, kuuntelen vieläkin, upeita soittajia hippitaiteeni Innoittajia. Kiitos

[@Karik2025]

Aivan parasta, kuuntelen tätä lähes päivittäin, oli aikoinaan elämys nähdä bändi yo-talolla Tampereella ja viime kesänä live lab. Parasta progea mitä suomessa koskaan on tehty. ❤

[@wirzel]

Wow this is my song. I can't believe that it took me 45 years to discover.

[@henriknymalm6715]

Maailmanluokan soittamista tai sanoisinko lahja ylä-ilmoista... Worth listening. Total balance, creativity and technical brilliance.

[@paulcollins5586]

Stunning synth solo.

[@jonathonzilka6580]

the chords, the original creativity give us more

[@taneli2288]

I couldn't agree more, I love classical music too! This song gives me the chills every time, it is like a drug that sets me to a certain kind of mood

[@capakala_5128]

Hyvät mullat Jim ja jatketaan rollailua!

[@martinkyle1463]

Another great Wigwam track - there are so many.

[@joonasmerilainen4382]

Täydellinen,tähän ei kyllästy koskaan!

[@ileboy1522]

Pedro 😢 ! RIP

[@muffinman1978]

Rip Pedro

[@osher1525]

wow! never heard this band b 4 very very good tnx!

[@mysterirhys]

Can’t believe this exists and the somebody found it. My favorite Jim Pembroke song. Used to play it at open mics. Some nice soloing from Pekka.

[@pirkkoargillander3488]

Elämäni isoimpia bändejä

[@nikolaosmosxakis3395]

very very good song end band......................,...........................................................

[@heikkinylund8617]

I was in my teens at the time, but went to bars at 15, because I had a beard. As far as I remember, the best prog bands in the Nordics were Wigwam and Blues Section, thanks largely to Pembroke (RIP).

[@ivopakosta5230]

One of the greatest finnish bands.And you,who clicked dislike-go and listen to pugacheva

[@jarikuukasjarvi8198]

Well said😁🇫🇮👍🎇

[@TheKimRo]

Juuri tulin Wigwam revised keikalta, tämä tuli konsertin lopussa, loistava biisi!!!

[@Napalmcpt]

Live version of this song was always better than the studio version that was from Pembrokes solo album. There's another wonderful live version of this song on the Wigwam's album Live Music from the Twilight Zone.

[@nickeh8083]

Heart and soul, love it

[@Cilakka1]

Blues Section starts something big and this is something what came about it. :)

[@Revolutioninja2.0]

Damn i wish music sounded like this..

[@MikaVenäläinen-x4k]

RIP Pedro Hietanen 😢

[@blaekie]

Pedros killer synth solo,

[@x5pyd3rx]

Damn, pretty amazing.

[@tuscanod2]

Yessir, The Wigwam should have been bigger, but alas, if they became huge, would it have been the same? Look at what happened to Genesis, Yes, and other "cultish" groups who went on to broaden the audience. Would we not say, "Yep. they sold out too!" Fantastic footage and I thank the poster for this awesome piece!

[@johnbazy]

Dave Toscano The greatest reason I wish Wigwam would have gotten famous, is that they could have been put on film. Footage of Wigwam with Pohjola and Gustavson, or with Nikamo and Huldén for that matter, that has surfaced to this day is next to nothing. Only two years after Pohjola left Wigwam, he joined Made In Sweden, which performed on Musikladen, and the whole show can be seen today. And to hammer it down, press releases at the time praised Wigwam's live performances as magnificent and indescribable.

[@tuscanod2]

Thanks John for the response!

[@hannuhyry5065]

Genesis. was great

[@ToveriJuri]

@@hannuhyry5065 Yeah, "was", until Phil Collins took over.

[@ObscureStuff420]

@@ToveriJuri I love both the old Genesis and the stuff with Phil Collins too. I grew up in the 80s and never would have found about the old Genesis if they hadn't become popular with Phil

Jim Excelente músico.

[@jiwe]

Tnx Yle for recording this purely magical peace of art. Only Rekku could put this much intensity into his guitar playing, wow. And like always, Ronnie gave his absolutely huge and humble drumming, R.I.P. Pedro's synth solo is also amazing, though the synth sound is somewhat corny ;). Jim´s vocals also suits here like a binky into the mouth, which was not the case in every Wigwam song. This easily belongs to my 10 absolutely best videos list.

[@TamarinPamarin]

02:30 RIP Pedro 🎹🎶❤

[@superspartonbros9550]

Thanks to whoever uploaded, simply amazing music :D

[@JoeHansson]

RIP Jim

[@simonmason8582]

RIP Jim Pembroke.

[@thomaslangbacka]

ronnie österberg, what can you say about that incredible drumming?

[@Shadow-fx2so]

I think this video was recorded live in the studios of the Finnish YLE Radio, in 1976

[@c.augustop.3482]

Masterpiece !!!

[@irenalandowska9217]

Vraiment le meilleur groupe prog Finlandais

[@synthonaplinth5980]

RIP Ronnie Osterberg.

[@hogis0303]

Musiikkia at the best..

[@AlabasterSmudge]

Legend...✌🏾

[@orangeedo]

Outstanding.

[@tomassjo7950]

Rest in peace Pedro❤😢

[@terryplatt]

Very nice track, this. Although I've been with prog rock right through from the late 60s, Wigwam have somehow eluded me. I'd heard Tasavallan Presidentti and, sadly, wasn't too impressed - somewhat tuneless and directionless, I felt (and for prog rock generically, the absence of keyboards was not helpful in getting my approval!) So I didn't check out any more Finnrock bands until now. But having read a review of their music in Record Collector, I decided to give them a go. Well, this was the first thing I came to, and it won't be the last... THIS IS MORE LIKE IT!!! At first, I was seeing them as a kind of Finnish Focus... then the vocalist came in over the guitar, and I was instantly reminded of the great and hugely underrated Rare Bird vocalist Steve Gould - no mean comparison! But then the lengthy instrumental section started, and initially I was thinking, Hey, Caravan - brilliant! But then the guitar joined in with the soloing, and the whole atmosphere clarified into... Camel! What a fabulous combination. The guys obviously did their homework, and learned well from the masters. Checking this track out on Discogs, it seems to be a complicated story, but is basically a song from their '77 Dark Album, which was only included on later issues and CD reissues. But now I'm interested, so I'll check out some of the material from the 70s, and see what it was that got everybody but me interested - in those days, I was so deeply into Genesis, Yes, Pink Floyd, ELP, Greenslade, Van der Graaf Generator, Brand X, Rare Bird, Starcastle, Tomita, Tangerine Dream and Todd Rundgren, that there was really no time for much beyond (other than my eternally guilty pleasure, the Beach Boys! Although I'm not quite sure just why I should have to feel guilty about liking them). Great song, good band, thanks for getting me pitched up with the rest of the camp, even at this late stage!

[@fabiocaicara5329]

Jukka Tolonen first solo album is fantastic!

[@hogis0303]

+terry platt so you are the man then to ..

[@eikelpaamikaan]

England gave Jim Pembroke.

[@golgol33]

You missed one. Check out the Kingston Wall from Finland

[@hansjorgschaffer1224]

golgol33 check out kalevala

[@natfandaggy]

Awesome synth solo !

[@LadyD.1999]

Χαίρομαι πολυ που τους βρήκα..

[@txhansJustakidsoulandgritloveF]

Found roumers on the rebound ca. 1981, 82. Loved it. Finding new stuff now is luxury..Best from fan.

[@ochsander7555]

Stars aligned!!!! Yes!!!! Thanks ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@Gnathorn]

Great flow, great song, and it has soul in it :)

[@markotora7274]

Keyboard FTW