![]() ![]() Two songs were performed: "Pinball Wizard" and "Music", and they were introduced as the group "Fragments" - this name was chosen as other people had offered to assist in the performance but then didn't, so there were only fragments left of what had been planned. ![]() He was performing with good friend Lesley who played the piano, whilst he played a borrowed electric guitar (not having his own at this point) and sang. He had organised a Sixth Form Revue and not surprisingly got involved in several aspects, including being the opening act. He played his first concert at Bilston Sixth Form Centre (in the West Midlands) to about 300 people in 1977. It needed a lot of work doing to it to get it into a playable state, but that set him on the road. He also dabbled with playing the occasional musical instrument, but it wasn't until he was 17 that he got hold of his first guitar, an old acoustic guitar given to him by a friend. At school, he enjoyed listening to music and grew to love a very wide range of musical styles. BKJ was born at a very early age ( yeah, the old ones are the best!) - he was surrounded by music: his parents enjoyed listening to music, either playing records ( round, flat black plastic discs played with a diamond needle - just in case anyone doesn't know!) or listening to the radio. ![]()
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