Jim Pembroke

British musician (1946–2021)

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Jim Pembroke
Pembroke in 1969
Background information
Birth name	James Francis Pembroke
Born	(1946-01-27)27 January 1946 London, England
Died	8 October 2021(2021-10-08) (aged 75) Kansas City, Missouri, US
Genres	Rock
Occupation(s)	Singer, songwriter, keyboardist

Musical artist

James Francis Pembroke (27 January 1946 – 8 October 2021) was a British music producer, musician and the vocalist of the Finnish progressive rock band Wigwam.^[1]

Life and career

Pembroke was born in London,^[2] and 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 such as 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. In 2013, Pembroke was granted an artist's pension by the Finnish state.^[3]

In the mid-1990s, he moved to the United States, married, and later lived in Kansas City, Missouri.^[4]

Pembroke died in Kansas City on 8 October 2021, aged 75.^[5]

Solo discography

Wicked Ivory (under the pseudonym "Hot Thumbs O'Riley"), Love Records 1972
Pigworm, Love Records 1974
Corporal Cauliflowers Mental Function, Love Records 1977
Flat Broke (as the "Jim Pembroke Band"), Ponsi 1980
Party Upstairs, Johanna 1981
If the Rain Comes, TUM Records 2014

References

^ Simmonds, Jeremy (2008). The Encyclopedia of Dead Rock Stars: Heroin, Handguns, and Ham Sandwiches. Chicago Review Press. pp. 141–. ISBN 978-1-55652-754-8. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
^ "Yle: Wigwam-yhtyeen keulahahmo Jim Pembroke on kuollut." Helsingin Sanomat, 9 October 2021. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
^ "Wigwamin nokkamiehelle taiteilijaeläke". Yle. 26 June 2013. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
^ Järvi, Esa: "Jim Pembroke: London to Helsinki to Kansas City." Wigwam. 2000. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
^ "Jim Pembroke - Cremation Center of Kansas City". Retrieved 16 November 2021.