WEDNESDAY 15TH APRIL, 1992, 10.05PM, ALLINGTON, THE ‘STONE.
IT WAS GOING TO BE A LONG NIGHT. ART HOMEWORK WAS DUE IN & HE KNEW HE WAS CRAP AT DRAWING. HE NEEDED BACKGROUND TUNES, SO IT WAS A TOSS UP BETWEEN KYM APPELBY, BOBBY BROWN OR A NEW CASSETTE HIS FOSSIL LOVING BROTHER HAD BOUGHT HIM BY SOME OLD DUDE WITH A BEARD. APPARENTLY THE TAPE HAD THE SONG FROM THE RAISIN AD (CALLED “GRAPEVINE”), HE COULD ROLL WITH THAT. THAT BEARDED GENIUS WAS MARVIN GAYE, THE ALBUM ’18 GREATEST HITS’, BUT THE SONG THAT STARTED IT ALL & STOPPED HIM DRAWING/RUBBING OUT WAS ‘WHAT’S GOING ON’. HIS FIRST EVER MUSIC RELATED GOOSEBUMPS. THAT NIGHT A KID DISCOVERED THE BEGINNING OF HIS SOUL SOUNDTRACK. NEVER BEEN TO A NIGHTCLUB, NEVER BEEN IN A FIGHT, NEVER HAD SEX, NEVER BEEN HEARTBROKEN, NEVER SUFFERED TRAGEDY & NEVER SMOKED WEED. WHATEVER WOULD COME - SOUL WAS THE SCORE.
SUNDAY 26TH OCTOBER, 1997, BETWEEN 2-5PM, MOTE PARK, THE ‘STONE. HE SPENT ALL AFTERNOON LISTENING TO THE LUSH ‘MILLION DOLLARS’ BY THE SOUL GENERATION. BLOODY HELL I FORGOT TO PUT IT ON THE PLAYER … LET ME SING IT FOR YOU “IF I HAD A MILLION DOLLARS … IF I HAAAAADD A MILLION BUCKS!”
THAT NIGHT HE GRABBED A PEN, DOODLED A SOUL JONES LOGO (THE 1ST DRAFT – NOT USED, I TOLD YOU … HE WAS CRAP AT DRAWING) & WROTE A SWEET SOUL SONG CALLED ‘I’LL TAKE YOU TO THE SHOW’
MONDAY, 27TH OCTOBER 1997, 10AM, MOTE PARK, THE ‘STONE DR. MENNIE DIAGNOSED HIM WITH A SOUL JONES.
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