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'''Tommy Engine''' (born {{Birth date|df=yes|1930|8|2}}) was a [[Normark]]ian singer-songwriter and blues guitarist. Often regarded as one of the first normarkian blues guitarists, he introduced the zamastanian blues to a wider normarkian audience in the late 1950s and early 1960s. He also created one of the first normarkian blues bands, in the form of Brekket Bluesbreakers, together with [[Per Simen Janssen]], Kris Kristoffersen and Lars Hjellestad. He would also experiment with more normarkian traditional folk rock and he became a sort of folk hero, even if his commercial appeal quickly dwindled after the early 60s. '''Tommy Engine''' famously died in a bar in the tiny town of Kirkenes while playing a gig, after his liver failed due to a long life of alcoholism. A statue was created in his honor outside his birth home in Brekket. | '''Tommy Engine''' (born {{Birth date|df=yes|1930|8|2}}) was a [[Normark]]ian singer-songwriter and blues guitarist. Often regarded as one of the first normarkian blues guitarists, he introduced the zamastanian blues to a wider normarkian audience in the late 1950s and early 1960s. He also created one of the first normarkian blues bands, in the form of [[Brekket Bluesbreakers]], together with [[Per Simen Janssen]], [[Kris Kristoffersen]] and [[Lars Hjellestad]]. He would also experiment with more normarkian traditional folk rock and he became a sort of folk hero, even if his commercial appeal quickly dwindled after the early 60s. '''Tommy Engine''' famously died in a bar in the tiny town of Kirkenes while playing a gig, after his liver failed due to a long life of alcoholism. A statue was created in his honor outside his birth home in Brekket. | ||
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| Also known as | Tommy Engine |
| Born | 2 August 1930 Brekket, Brekket (Region), Greater Normark |
| Died | Error: Need valid birth date (second date): year, month, day Kirkenes, Østerdaal, Greater Normark |
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| Years active | 1957–1968 |
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Tommy Engine (born 2 August 1930) was a Normarkian singer-songwriter and blues guitarist. Often regarded as one of the first normarkian blues guitarists, he introduced the zamastanian blues to a wider normarkian audience in the late 1950s and early 1960s. He also created one of the first normarkian blues bands, in the form of Brekket Bluesbreakers, together with Per Simen Janssen, Kris Kristoffersen and Lars Hjellestad. He would also experiment with more normarkian traditional folk rock and he became a sort of folk hero, even if his commercial appeal quickly dwindled after the early 60s. Tommy Engine famously died in a bar in the tiny town of Kirkenes while playing a gig, after his liver failed due to a long life of alcoholism. A statue was created in his honor outside his birth home in Brekket.