Tepa Lukkarinen (b.1959) is an old school roots musician. Been on a road bout 30 yrs now and still make a living touring mainly in Finland and Sweden.
With his band De Soto they have recorded 8 albums along the way and performed at main roots festivals in Finland.
8th album is out soon. It is availble on cd and on vinyl bit later. Digital distribution is provided by Superlala Germany. Ne


De Soto has been founded in later half of 1983 and started gigs 1984.
Tepa Lukkarinen is often seen as a troubadour doing bout 80-100 gigs per year. Playing own songs and country covers and new arrangements of  60´s-70´s  hit songs.
At the precent time Tepa is living in northern Sweden near Finnish border.

New soloalbum out soon! Little bit different ..like  dark americana/country! 
More information bout De Soto, Tepa Lukkarinen from:
Instagram: tepalukkarinen
Facebook: tepa lukkarinen


Discography:
 
De Soto:
My Thang -90
Friday Night -94
Party Time  -98
Goes Upright & Frozen Alive -2009
Rocky Road - 2019
Highway Calls... -2023

Tepa Lukkarinen:  Countryman
Solo album out now!! - 2023 CD,LP

New Album Out Soon!  

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