Jukka Tolonen
Jukka Jorma Tolonen, born on April 16, 1952, in Helsinski, is a guitarist and
composer. He began playing piano at a young age and received his first guitar at
11. In 1969, he founded Tasavallan Presidentti with drummer Vesa Aaltonen. With
the band, Tolonen toured and recorded several albums from 1969 to 1974,
including Lambertland (1972) which reached number 7 on the Finnish charts and
Milky Way Moses (1974), peaking at number 12. His first solo album, Tolonen!
(1971), won the Finnish Broadcasting Company's Album of the Year award. Despite
his early successes, Tolonen faced perso...
