Real Name: David Justin Hayward
Born: October 14, 1946

Justin Hayward is an English musician born on October 14, 1946 in Sweden, Wiltshire. He is best known as a guitarist, singer and composer in the rock band “The Moody Blues”.

Justin Hayward is currently working with “Moody Blues”.

Justin Hayward worked with the band “The Wilde Three” along with Marty Wilde and his wife, Joyce in 1965. He made several recordings with “The Wilde Three”. Hayward had written four songs which he felt ready to record on his own, which led to sign a publishing contract with the skiffle artist and record producer, Lonnie Donegan. All the songs written by Hayward before 1974 were owned by Donegan’s Tyler Music, he later regretted for making such a move and singing the contract.

Justin Hayward

Justin Hayward joined the band “Moody Blues” in 1966 by replacing guitarist Denny Laine. At the same time Bassist John Lodge replaced Clint Warwick. The band got greater commercial success and recognition after Hayward and Lodge’s integration into the Moody Blues.

Justin Hayward’s composition implemented in many of the songs of “Moody Blues”. The band released their second official album “Days of Future Passed” in 1967, which became one of the important symphonic rock albums in those days. His composition work continued with the singles “Nights in White Satin” in 1967 and “Tuesday Afternoon” in 1968. His other great hit songs include “Question”, “The Voice”, “Your Wildest Dreams”, “Voices in the Sky”, “Blue World”, “Diftwood” and “I know Your Out There Somewhere”. The album sales of the band are over 60 million from 1978 to the present.

Justin Hayward toured around the world with the “Moody Blues” and returned back from the touring in 1975. He recorded the “Blue Jays” which followed with the single “Blue Guitar” in 1975. Justin Hayward appeared on Jeff Wayne’s concept album “Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of the Worlds” in 1978 and created international solo success.

Justin Hayward composed and performed for television and film in 1980s, which include the theme song “It Won’t Be Easy” for the 1987 BBC2 Science fiction series “Star Cops”, “Eternal Woman” for She, “Something Evil, something Dangerous” for the movie “Howling 1V: The Original Nightmare” and the music for an animated television series “the Shoe People”. In 1986, he wrote many of the materials to the album “The Other Side of Life” for “Moody Blues”. His recent solo album was released in 1996, “The View From the Hill”.

Justin Hayward sang most of the Moody Blues songs on another orchestral album with the Frankfurt Rock Orchestra in 2003 and in April 2006 he took part in the stage tour of Jeff Wayne’s “Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of the Worlds”.

Some of his awards include: American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) award for songwriting in 1974, “Ivor Novello Award” in 1988, “Golden Note” award for lifetime achievement by the American Society of Songwriters, Composers and Publishers in 2000 and “Gold Badge” for lifetime achievement by the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors in 2004.

Some of his albums include:

• Blue Jays (1975)
• Songwriter (1977)
• Night Flight (1980)
• Moving Mountains (1985)
• Classic Blue (1989) 
• The View from the Hill (1996)
• Live in San Juan Capistrano (1998)
• Justin Hayward and Friends Sing the Moody Blues Classic Hits (2003)

Some of his compositions include:

“London is Behind Me”, “Day Must Come”, “I Can’t Face the World Without You” in 1966
”Tuesday Afternoon” and “Nights in White Satin” on “Days of Future Passed” in 1967
”Fly Me High”, “Leave This Man Alone”, “Cities”, “Long Summer Days”, “King and Queen” and “What Am I Doing Here?” in 1967
”Voices in the Sky”, “Visions of Paradise” and “The Actor” in 1968
”Lovely to See You”, “Never Comes the Day”, “Are You Sitting Comfortably?”, “Watching & Waiting” and “I Never Thought I’d Live to be a Hundred” in 1969
”Question”, “It’s Up to You” and “Dawning Is The Day” in 1970
”Procession”, “the Story In Your Eyes” and “You Can Never Go Home” in 1971
”You and Me” and “New Horizons” in 1972
”Island” and “The Dreamer” in 1973
”This Morning”, “Remember Me My Friend”, “My Brother”, “Night Winters Years” and “I Dreamed Last Night” in 1975

Real Name: John Charles Julian Lennon
Born: April 8, 1963

John Charles Julian Lennon is an English musician, songwriter and singer born on April 8, 1963 in Liverpool, England, UK.

Julian Lennon is the son of John Lennon’s first wife Cynthia Lennon. John Lennon was one of the founding members of the band “The Beatles”. Julian Lennon made his musical debut by playing drums on his father’s album “Walls and Bridges” at the age of 11. John Lennon divorced Cynthia when Julian was five year old. Julian and his half-brother Sean Lennon (Son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono) had a good relationship and toured in 2007. After his father’s death in 1980s, Julian lived with his brother Sean and Yoko in “The Dakota” and learnt playing drums.

Julian Lennon with Mother Cynthia Lennon

In 1984, Julian Lennon released his debut album “Valotte” which was followed by the hit song “Too Late for Goodbyes”. His second album “The Secret Value of Daydreaming” released in 1986 was unsuccessful. Julian Lennon single “Now You’re in Heaven” hit number five in Australian charts and his “Saltwater” topped the Australian singles charts and reached number 6 in the UK singles charts.

Julian Lennon had friendly relationship with the members of “The Beatles”, particularly with Paul McCartney, who wished him good luck for his first album through telegram. Julian Lennon song “Because” was made famous by the group “The Dave Clark Five” for Clark’s 1986 musical, “Time” (a musical with a book and lyrics by Dave Clark) in England.

Julian Lennon recorded a version of the Beatles’ classic “When I’m Sixty-Four” which is a song from “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” in 2002. He is also the producer of “WhaleDreamers”, a documentary about an aboriginal tribe and its special relationship to the whales.

Some of his albums include:

• Valotte (1984) 
• The Secret Value of Daydreaming (1986)
• Mr. Jordan (1989)
• Help Yourself (1991)
• Photograph Smile (1998)
• VH-1 Behind the Music - Julian Lennon (2001)
  

Real Name: Julio Fernandez
Born: August 29, 1954

Julio Fernandez is a guitarist born on August 29, 1954 in Havana, Cuba.

Julio Fernandez is currently working with the band “Spyro Gyra”.

Julio Fernandez started playing guitar at the age of nine. He learnt guitar from his father, who was a musician and very much into jazz and big band sounds. Fernandez got influenced by rock and roll music when he saw “The Beatles” for the first time on the Ed Sullivan Show and started learning.

Julio Fernandez

Julio Fernandez started playing with local bands when he was studying in high school and was also involved in school music programs. In 1972, he completed his graduation and joined “Montclair State College” for higher studies in music. Fernandez learnt jazz from the music school, “The Sound of Joy” in Manhattan in the mid 1970s. He joined the School of Visual Arts and took songwriting class with Lou Stallman. Lou Stallman was a well known music publisher and songwriter in New York. This was the time where he met Spyro Gyra’s percussionist Gerardo Velvez. Julio Fernandez and Gerardo both became good friends and started performing in various projects.

Spyro Gyra is an American jazz fusion/smooth jazz band formed in the mid 1970s in New York. The group is commercially successful and has released over 25 albums. The band was looking for a new guitarist in 1984 and this is when Gerardo got Julio Fernandez into the audition with the band. Julio Fernandez got selected in the audition and replaced guitarist Chet Catallo. The band recorded “Alternating Currents” in 1985.

JULIO FERNANDEZ DISCOGRAPHY:

• Alternating Currents in 1985
• Breakout in 1986
• Stories Without Words in 1987
• Rites Of Summer in 1988
• Point Of View in 1989
• Fast Forward in 1990
• Three Wishes in 1992
• Dreams Beyond Control in 1993
• Love And Other Obsessions in 1994
• Heart Of The Night in 1996
• 20/20 in 1997
• Road Scholars in 1998
• Got The Magic in 1999
• In Modern Times in 2001
• Original Cinema in 2003
• The Deep End in 2004
• Wrapped in a Dream in 2006
• Good to Go-Go in 2007

Real Name: Julian Bream
Born: July 15, 1933

Julian Bream is British guitarist and lutenist born on July 15, 1933 in London.

Julian Bream was brought up in a musical environment. His father was a book illustrator and commercial artist, along with this he used to run a small dance band for which he played jazz guitar. Julian Bream was attracted to Django Reinhardt; his father encouraged him to play guitar and piano. His father gifted him a classical guitar on his 11th birthday. He won junior exhibition award for his piano playing at the age of 12. Julian Bream studied cello and piano at the Royal College of Music and at the age of 13, he made his debut guitar performance at Cheltenham in 1947.

Julian Bream

Julian Bream performed his debut in the Wigmore Hall in 1951, which gave him critical acclaim. Julian Bream appeared on radio, television and public concerts very frequently during 1952 to 1955.

Julian Bream formed the group “Julian Bream Consort” in 1960, which was an instrumental group based on Elizabethan models. Bream has worked with many composers, among those who dedicated pieces to him are “Richard Rodney Bennett”, Malcolm Arnold”, “Leo Brouwer”, “Peter Racine Fricker”, “Benjamin Britten”, “Humphrey Searle”, “Hans Werner Henze”, “Toru Takemitsu”, “William Walton” and “Michael Tippett”.

In 1954 and 1955, he took his first European tours, which was followed by extensive touring in North America, the Far East, Australia, The Pacific Islands, India and other parts of the world. Julian Bream has recorded extensively for record label “EMI Classics” and RCA (Radio Corporation of America), which made him well known to a large worldwide audiences. These recordings won him many awards, including two for “Best Chamber music Performance”, four “Grammy Awards” and two for “Best Classical Performance”.

Julian Bream met with a car accident in 1984 and he couldn’t regain his previous technical ability.

JULIAN BREAM DISCOGRAPHY (Partial):

• 20th Century Guitar
• 70's
• Dedication
• A Bach Recital for the Guitar
• Baroque Guitar (1966)
• Collection of the Greatest Performances of Julian Bream, Vol. II
• Concertos for Lute and Orchestra
• Dances of Dowland
• Elizabethan Lute Songs
• Elizabethan Music by The Julian Bream Consort
• The Golden Age of English Lute Music
• Julian & John
• Julian Breams Greatest Hits
• Julian Breams Greatest Hits Volume Two
• Lute Music of John Dowland
• Music for Voice and Guitar with Peter Pears
• Popular Classics for Spanish Guitar
• Rodrigo: Concerto De Aranjuez, Berkeley Guitar Concerto (1975)
• Sonatas for Lute and Harpsichord—Bach, Vivaldi with George Malcolm
• Villa-Lobos, Twelve Etudes for Guitar, Suite populaire bresillienne (1978)
• The Woods So Wild