Being

The very best Finnish album was made back in 1974. Wigwam has already released some intellectual and progressive albums but for me "Being" has always been their peak performance.

Everything blends nicely together and Jukka Gustavsson's lyrics were something you rarely found from any Finnish record - not then, definetely not today. Pekka Pohjola, Ronnie Österberg, Jim Pembroke and Gustavsson were masters of their instruments and with a bunch of friends they played so well that guys from Genesis, Yes and 10cc would have been jealous.....OK, I guess that Steve Howe or Tony Banks has never even heard about this album but they really should have.....

Unfortunately Wigwam disbanded some four years later and the magic was lost. They are still occasionally touring so check out....but without late Ronnie Österberg there is something missing.