He lived his last years very close to where I live now, and... well, I certainly don't want to sound disrespectful or judgemental at all, believe me, but I did see him in the neighborhood a couple of times during these last few years, and my impression was that he really wasn't doing well I'm pretty sure he suffered from alcoholism and maybe just wasted his life away. And that is SO sad. I am not 100% certain of this, but the appearance of him, and the circumstances where I saw him, bore all the earmarks of someone having been beaten and knocked out by the booze.Obegripligt att hans bortgång inte rapporterats i svensk press! Det kanske varit annorlunda om han inte avböjt att turnera med både Abba och Frank Zappa.
Jag har genom årens lopp regelbundet återvänt till hans Keesojen Lehto (på svenska Skuggornas Tjuvstart, på engelska The Mathematician's Air Display) från 1977. Ett mästerverk kreerat tillsammans med Mike Oldfield, Sally Oldfield, Wlodek Gulgowski, Pierre Moerlen och George Wadenius.
Han har även gjort en hel del andra soloverk i jazz-fusion-anda som är väl värda att utforska.
Pohjolas "Sekoilu Seestyy" samplades 1996 av DJ Shadow i låten "Midnight in a Perfect World".
Pekka Pohjola: "Sekoilu Seestyy"
DJ Shadow: "Midnight
in a Perfect World"
Try to Remember från Pohjolas Visitation (1979):
- Patrik Stigsson
