![]() Moving from London to Paris and back again frequently accompanied only by his guitar, the young Jones acquired a reputation as a talented musician and charismatic performer with a unique “hard funk” style. “Lose all time, love your mind, free your soul!” were words from his song Free Your Soul. Jones led a bohemian lifestyle for several years instead of the one envisaged for him. ![]() After scraping through exams he went against his father’s wishes and family tradition even more by skipping school and busking in the streets, clubs and London Underground, constantly avoiding the police. Three years later he switched to the guitar, increasingly neglecting his studies. “I had to find a way out of all that, and music was it!” By the age of 13 he had discovered the old school piano and taught himself how to play and write songs. His father enrolled him in a Public School in London and he left Nigeria at the age of eight to be educated in England. ![]() From a young age he was being prepared to follow his father’s footsteps in the family concern and was expected to have an academic career. Jones spent his early childhood in a large family in a part of Nigeria in the city of Lagos. He become internationally renowned for his pulsating live performances, a trick that has seen him garner huge crowds at prestigious Jazz & Pop festivals all over Europe. ![]() The famous Nigerian-born rocker heavily influenced by Jimi Hendrix and Fela Kuti, Keziah Jones gained popularity in England and France. ![]()
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