Hi, I’m Billy
Johnstone and I live in Carlisle, UK.
I started trying to play guitar in my late teens, but quickly gave up after taking lessons and being told I would never be able to learn to play.
As I approached
my 40th birthday, I made an attempt to start playing guitar again and went for
lessons, but was told once again that I would do better to give up as I had no
co-ordination between my left and right hand! Having just paid over £500 for a
guitar, I was more determined than ever to learn how to play.
Five years
later, I still couldn’t play any tunes. Even my nephews advised me to pack it
in, but I didn’t. Eventually, I learned my first Neil Young song, Needle and
the Damage Done, and then another.
At the age of
50, I played my first solo gig at an open mike night. I then started playing at
The Source café in Carlisle, UK, every Thursday
night, where I met Dan Russell and we duly formed the Sultans of the Source
house band.
I have been composing some songs in lockdown from lyrics emailed to me by my niece, Vickie Johnstone. We have about 20 original songs so far.
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Links:
Bandcamp
(buy tracks)
Spotify (buy tracks)
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