Mike Silver

Mike’s Roots: Mike Silver was born on a farm in Uffington, Berkshire, in September 1945. His family moved north of London when he was 2 where he lived until the age of 11. His introduction to early fifties pop music came through the mixed tastes of three elder brothers, artists such as, Buddy Holly, Elvis Presley, the Everly Brothers, Lonnie Donegan, The Chas McDevitt Skiffle Group, Slim Whitman, Phil Harris, Connie Francis and many more.Whilst this music played a part in inspiring Mike to want to play the guitar, the thing that really did it was when, at the age of nine, he discovered a guitar at home one Sunday morning that one of his brother’s friends had left behind the night before. Five minutes across his knee, before it was removed by parental command, was all it took; he was hooked for life!Moving with his parents to South London in 1956, his interest in music and the desire to play it increased and eventually, the Christmas after Mike was 14, his parents caved in and bought him his first guitar.