I read a newspaper.
Eddy Grant was born in Guyana. His father moved the family from the Caribbean in the 1950s. He started at Acland Burghley when was 12 years old and there were two black kids in the school. Acland Burghley was the most famous school for art,music,and drama in the state. He and friends started a shool magazine that become quite notorious. They set up a lot of societies and had active school orchestra that won competitions. Alan Breed , the teacher who encourage him to play trumpet. Eddy and friends set up a group , Eddy and the Equals , playing lead guitar,singing and producing the band. They scored three top-10 hits in 18 months in mid-1960s .
Eddy returned to Guyana in 1971 after a serious chest infection that attacked his heart and lungs. He immersed himself in the musical culture after finding the misic he loved was rapidly being lost. He stopped working on his own music and set out to catalogue the Calypso of the 20th century. He tracked down old record companies and musicians and bought their back-catalogues.
The return to London and shown at the Jazz Cafe is emotional for Eddy. He felt like he come home and he is enjoying playing live. On Saturday he is heading to the Womad festival in Berkshire. At 60 he feels he wants to see what his music means to others.
NEW WORDS
notorious (adj) : famous for something bad
immerse yourself in sth (v) : to spend most of your time doing something or thinking about it
Eddy Grant was born in Guyana. His father moved the family from the Caribbean in the 1950s. He started at Acland Burghley when was 12 years old and there were two black kids in the school. Acland Burghley was the most famous school for art,music,and drama in the state. He and friends started a shool magazine that become quite notorious. They set up a lot of societies and had active school orchestra that won competitions. Alan Breed , the teacher who encourage him to play trumpet. Eddy and friends set up a group , Eddy and the Equals , playing lead guitar,singing and producing the band. They scored three top-10 hits in 18 months in mid-1960s .
Eddy returned to Guyana in 1971 after a serious chest infection that attacked his heart and lungs. He immersed himself in the musical culture after finding the misic he loved was rapidly being lost. He stopped working on his own music and set out to catalogue the Calypso of the 20th century. He tracked down old record companies and musicians and bought their back-catalogues.
The return to London and shown at the Jazz Cafe is emotional for Eddy. He felt like he come home and he is enjoying playing live. On Saturday he is heading to the Womad festival in Berkshire. At 60 he feels he wants to see what his music means to others.
NEW WORDS
notorious (adj) : famous for something bad
immerse yourself in sth (v) : to spend most of your time doing something or thinking about it
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