Gyan Dookie & Telecaster Combo / Inspiration Blues
Gyan Dookie & Telecaster Combo
Gyan Dookie is a singer, guitarist, songwriter, producer, martial artist, educator and actor. He also has a Master of Arts degree (University of Helsinki) in comparative literature. Gyan was born in London, UK, but moved to Finland at the age of five.
Gyan's "updated old school funk" -style integrates funk with elements of rock, psychedelic, blues and jazz music . His influences include Muddy Waters, Elvis, Prince, Marvin Gaye, Michael Jackson, James Brown, Stevie Wonder, Motown & Atlantic Soul, Jimi Hendrix, Charlie Christian and the Beatles. His live funk show, which the City Magazine chose as the Best Act in the City (of Helsinki), is full of feet tapping and booty shaking energetic action. Gyan's intense and uplifting soulful music is accompanied with splits, pirouettes, jumping kicks and sexy funky dancing. In the autumn of 2018 Gyan will be releasing a full length album featuring 9 of his original funky songs. The first recorded and finished song from this coming album will be released as a single in April 2018.
Gyan’s former band Gyan Dookie & Telecastercombo, which specialized in authentic 50’s Chicago Blues, won the Blues News Magazine’s Best Blues Album of the Year (2007) -prize in 2008 with its 20 Years After -album.
