Heikki Silvennoinen

Heikki Johannes Silvennoinen was a Finnish guitarist singer songwriter and actor Silvennoinen began his career with the rock band Tabula Rasa in 1972 but became widely known for the sketch series Kummeli which began in 1991 Silvennoinen was one of the founding members and worked in the series as both an actor and a scriptwriter From 2018 to 2023 he worked as a scriptwriter and second lead actor in the police comedy series Kontio Parmas Silvennoinen played in the Tabula Rasa from 1972 to 1977 which was one of the bestknown representatives of progressive rock in Finland Although Silvennoinen had been a driving force behind Tabula Rasa he was more interested in bluesbased rock which he began playing in the 1980s in the bands Frendz Catwalk and QStone In the early 1990s Silvennoinen released his first solo album In the early 2000s Silvennoinen formed the Finnish blues supergroup SFBlues as a joint project between Pepe Ahlqvist and Dave Lindholm