LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JULY 16, 2019…STEWART COPELAND OF THE POLICE TURNS 67 TODAY. THIS GUY MIGHT BE THE MOST INTERESTING GUY IN ROCK AND ROLL. HE WAS BORN IN THE USA, BUT GREW UP IN LEBANON WHEN HIS FATHER MOVED THE FAMILY TO BEIRUT (HIS DAD WAS A CIA STATION CHIEF IN THE MIDDLE EAST). IT WAS WHILE IN BEIRUT HE DISCOVERED THE DRUMS.HE WAS ENCOURAGES TO TAKE UP MUSIC BY HIS FATHER, WAS ALSO AT ONE TIME A TRUMPET PLAYER IN THE GLENN MILLER BAND !!! WTF !!!
THE FAMILY SUDDENLY MOVED TO ENGLAND, AND IT WAS WHILE IN ENGLAND COPELAND FIRST GOT A JOB AS A WRITER FOR A DRUMMER’S MAGAZINE, THEN GOT A JOB AS A ROADIE, AND EVENTUALLY FORMED A BAND, THAT HE CALLED ‘THE POLICE.’
HE ADDED A GUITARIST HENRY PADOVANI, AND THEN ADDED STING ON BASS GUITAR. EVENTUALLY ANOTHER GUITARIST, ANDY SUMMERS WAS INVITED TO JOIN THE BAND MAKING THE POLICE A FOUR MAN GROUP. NOW HERE COMES A BAD CAREER CHOICE, HENRY PADOVANI DECIDED TO QUIT THE BAND. OOPSY !!!
THE POLICE WENT ON TO BECOME ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL BANDS OF THE LATE 70’S AND 80’S, SELLING OVER 75 MILLION ALBUMS. THEIR REUNION/FAREWELL TOUR MADE THE GROUP THE HIGHEST EARNING MUSICIANS OF 2008.
AFTER THE BAND WENT THEIR SEPARATE WAYS, COPELAND HAS CHRONICLED HIS TIME WITH A COUPLE OF PROJECTS. HE RELEASED AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY IN 2009 “STRANGE THINGS HAPPEN: A LIFE WITH THE POLICE, POLO, AND PYGMIES” AND A DOCUMENTARY IN 2008 “EVERYBODY STARES, THE POLICE INSIDE OUT.”
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO STEWART COPELAND.
HERE’S AN ENTIRE CONCERT WITH COPELAND AND THE POLICE
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