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PABLO VAN DE POEL

DeWolff are a three-piece band comprising brothers Pablo (guitar and vocals) and Luka van de Poel (drums) with keyboard player Robin Piso. The band takes its inspiration from the tie-dye days of the late 60s, and they pull it off, too. The sheer enthusiasm for music that was made before any of them were born exudes from the stage, providing audiences with a mix of nostalgia and up-to-the-moment frenzied rock.

We caught up with Pablo as the dust was settling at the end of end of DeWolff ’s recent UK tour, a few days after playing at the Omeara in London. “I did have voice problems right around that time, but after all these years, I’ve kind of learned to just not worry about it,” he tells us. “Every time, the last show of the tour is always the best one…”

Not only were the 60s a driving force in DeWolff ’s music, but the era influenced Pablo’s taste in guitars, too. A long-time Gibson Firebird fan, he turned up at ’s studios clutching not one but two examples of Ray Dietrich’s famous creation, as well as a pedalboard festooned

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