Garry Tallent

Singer-songwriter-multi-instrumentalist and authorJulian Dawson performs "Uneasy Rider", a track from his CD, "Travel On". On July 4th 1954, the day Elvis Presley first got together with Scotty and Bill at Sun Studios in Memphis, Julian Dawson came into the world in London, England. He grew up in Kent as one of seven brothers, had nine misspent years at two Catholic boarding schools which ended when he was expelled the day before his 17th birthday. After a year spent working, he went on to study Fine Art and Printmaking at Exeter Art College. With solo performances and an increasingly popular Art School Band, he soon realised that singing suited him much better than painting and he joined his first professional band, playing for the US forces in Germany. With the example of the Beatles firmly in mind, he left England overnight to start rehearsals in Frankfurt, where it soon became clear that there was no scope for original material, so Julian left to see what the rest of Germany had to offer. After a move back to England, the next few years saw a lengthy period of learning his trade touring all over Europe with his various band line-ups, which eventually led to a flood-pub-rock influenced first LP, Let Out The Pig. Realising that the energy he was spending on keeping a Transit van alive would be better spent making a good record, Julian began working at the Can Studio near Cologne on tracks which led to The Flood project with Rosko Gee (Traffic) and Jaki Liebezeit (from <b>...</b>