Tommy Engine

Tommy Wetlesen
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Background information
Also known as	Tommy Engine
Born	(1930-08-02) 2 August 1930 Brekket, Brekket (Region), Greater Normark
Died	Kirkenes, Østerdaal, Greater Normark
Genres	Blues Blues rock Rock n roll Folk rock
Years active	1957–1968
Labels	Normark International Records Banana Split Inc.
Associated acts	Per Simen Janssen Brekket Bluesbreakers

Tommy Engine (born (1930-08-02)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.