Guitarist Eero Lupari heard about Eero Raittinen’s death.
Eero Lupari knew Eero Raittinen from the 1960s. AOP / Juha Metso, John Palmen / IL Archive
Guitarist Eero Lupari reached out to the death of his old band friend Eero Raittinen.
– I knew the situation was serious, Lupari describes his latest information about Raittinen’s well -being.
Lupari and Raittinen became acquainted with each other in the 1960s, but they did not born a deeper friendship until the 1980s when Luparin joined Jussi & The Boys, where Raittinen acted as a singer and drummer.
– Quite a jovial companion and also honest, Lupari describes his late friend.
He also remembers the common gigs with Raittinen, full of community, humor and time spent together.
“In that time, many laughs have been laughed and good jokes have been told,” he says.
The knowledge of Raittinen’s death reached the permit only with the journalist’s call. Surprising news shocked the permit.
“I’m going to digest this reality now,” he says at the end of the interview.
Drummer Janne Haavisto told me today On Facebook Raittinen’s death. Haavisto once worked with Raittinen together.
Eero Raittinen made a long and diverse career as a singer and drummer. He performed music on a wide scale from the blues to rock and hit. Raittinen started in the 1960s with Eero and Jussi & The Boys with his brother Jussi Raittinen. He left the band in 1968, but returned to the lineup between 1980 and 1999.