jenkins

hello. I used to listen to 'Simon and Garfunkel's greatest hits' under the covers at night on my sisters Walkman that had a red light on it, I was 7. I did this because I knew that my father had been a musician and I thought it was him. I started out performing professionally, juggling and breathing fire and doing street theatre in Hampshire. At age 13 I was one of Britain's youngest fire acts and the Hat Fair in Winchester was a big gig for me amongst many children's parties. I was an actor for a while too... I got quite into that at college but then Curt Cobain died and it was all about learning guitar. I taught myself to play around age 15-16 so I could write and perform songs and be a troubadour like my friend Kristian (Fjellstad) at 17 I was being paid to play covers in pubs and I loved it. I was told by his agent that I was good enough to hit the European troubadour circuit and that she would book me if I was interested. One Tuesday just after my 21st she called and said I was booked on a flight to StAnton for a month. I played 6 nights a week for around 3 years strait after that, a different country every month... Copenhagen was home base. i met my wife in Streckers. i was on stage and she was on a weekend break with friends. we were married the following year and emigrated to her home Australia. I continued playing around but with no reputation and being English, it wasn't easy. We lived in Oz for 3 years. We came back to the UK to study and change tack... I got my Degree and started teaching music production. I teach at ACM. The name under which I do music in various forms is Shooting Lead Rabbits. Working under this ambiguous name means that I can do whatever I like with whoever, and not have to package myself. SLR is a hell of a lot of fun at times. This year I out-lived my father becoming more than 30 and a half, an age he never reached. Chris Jenkins (the solo artist) will be other music... I'm working on exactly what but it's starting to sound a lot like Simon and Garfunkel...