It's been a while since my previous #MondayCovers entry. Here's an old favorite of mine, a Finnish language cover version of the classic John Fogerty composition "Fortunate Son". The video clip was filmed at the Old Studenthouse in Helsinki:

Kari Peitsamo Revival: Onnenpoika (1982)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1LkolDIWSQ

Peitsamo became first known in the late 1970s as a singer/songwriter, coming up with a stream of simple songs with highly original lyrics, often performed with very sparse instrumentation.

However, in 1982 he decided to form a new band, Kari Peitsamo Revival, which concentrated on playing and recording cover versions of the old CCR hits, the lyrics of which were heavily localized to fit the contemporary Finnish context. Later they expanded their repertoire to include Status Quo covers as well.

Although the Revival period lasted only for a few years, Peitsamo continued to be a regular fixture at the Ämy rock festivals, which were organized on non-commercial basis in my home town, Hämeenlinna. Unfortunately I didn't see the Kari Peitsamo Revival performances, but I did catch him several times in the later years, with other bands.

Peitsamo's later years have been somewhat erratic, and he has never enjoyed a great deal of commercial success. Nevertheless, he has issued more than 50 albums, sometimes playing solo, sometimes with backup musicians. According to a story, one of his albums was recorded while the engineer went out for a lunch break, and the record actually takes a longer time to play than it took to record it, as there were breaks inserted between the songs afterwards.

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