Jim Pembroke
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Jim Pembroke (born James Francis Pembroke in London on 27 January 1946; died 8 October 2021) was a British musician who was the vocalist of the Finnish progressive rock band Wigwam. In addition, he recorded solo albums and one album as Jim Pembroke Band and one as Kojo & Jim Pembroke.
Pembroke played with London group Taverners' Guild before arriving in Finland in 1965. He immediately found himself in some demand, gigging on an ad hoc basis with various lineups (e.g. the Beatmakers, later renamed Jormas), until forming The Pems. He joined Blues Section in 1967, recording a blues-jazz-pop fusion album now considered seminal in Finnish rock. After the band folded Pembroke taught himself piano, then joined Wigwam in early 1969. He remained their frontman and principal songwriter, while also releasing occasional solo records.
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In the mid-1990s, he moved to the United States, married, and later lived in Kansas City, Missouri.
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