| Musician Jan originally wanted to be a guitarist, but a schoolfriend had an electric guitar for sale 'cheap', and being iboth impatient and ignorant, Jan bought it for £30 - a Jedson bass. Nonetheless, now owning this reliable if not great bass, Jan was determined to master it. he used the tried and trusted method of listening very carefully to old Beatles record and slowly repeating what he could hear McCartney doing until he got it off pat - this meant endless hours of bleeding finer tips and an innate understanding of all the seperate parts for all instruments on Sergeant Pepper's lonely Hearts Club Band - but he got there. A friend at school was a natural guitarist - there was very little even then that he could not play - and once he knew he couldn't play it, he would quickly learn and surpass any difficulties he met. Jan was still at this time a very mediocre bassist - solid, but hardly inspiring - but they both had a good ear, Jan could sing while his friend could not - they both wanted to write and so naturally gravitated toward each other - they're still friends over 40 years later, now seperated only by distance. They would write and play together, and Jan would always willingly lend a hand with his friends projects and group(s) - but there paths were destined for seperate routes. |
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