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JETLINERS Bass guitarist Felix Fernando – by Patrick Ranasinghe During the COVID-19 lockdown, JETLINERS Bass guitarist Felix Fernando, spent most of his time doing what best he like, playing his guitar. Sit back and enjoy him performing a few songs, he personally recorded in his music room Felix Fernando Ten Guitars Felix Fernando Maa Bala kaaley මා බාලේ කාලෙයි Felix Fernando 18 Yellow Roses Felix Fernando A White Sport Coat And a Pink Carnation ...
Sep 16, 2021
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A tribute to my friend Lucien Perera – by Desmond Kelly My tribute to Lucien Perera. Desmond Kelly. A tribute to my dear friend Lucien Perera (1944–2021) Original Lead Guitarist of ‘The Jetliners’ by Felix Fernando The Jetliners circa 1963; left to right: Lucien Perera, Ishan Bahar, Harris Jurangpathy, Anton Gunewijeya, Felix Fernando December 1961, and it was the ‘end of year’ concert at St. Benedict’s College, Kotahena. Students with any kind of talent were invited to get on stage and perform. I decided to form a trio to sing two harmonized songs. Stepping off the stage after our performance I was met by this guy with a home-made guitar (we called it a log-guitar in those days), who introduced himself as Colvin Perera. He requested me to back him on a couple of instrumental numbers – ‘Guitar Boogie’ and ‘Quartermaster’s Store’ – which I ...
Jan 6, 2021
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THE JETLINERS (My Story) – By Felix Fernando Having completed my Primary schooling at St. Sebastian’s School in Hultsdorf, Colombo 12, I continued my Secondary schooling at St. Benedict’s College, Kotahena, Colombo 13. Quite a few of my classmates were interested in music, and we would talk music during our breaks. When I reached my Senior Level, a certain Christian Brother once came up with the idea of playing music, on the loudspeakers, during our lunch breaks and we loved this idea. Songs were requested and played for 20c. per song. This became quite popular among the students. Hence the idea came up of having a Talent Show, and it would feature anyone who could sing or play an instrument. I decided to gather a two of my friends and perform on this show. We sang two songs, “Three little Kisses” & “Moonlight Bay”, with me playing guitar. Stepping off ...
Jul 23, 2020
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Tagged ANTON GUNAWIJEYA, Colvin Perera, FELIX FERNANDO, HARRIS JURANGPATHY, JETLINERS, LUCIEN PERERA, RALPH EDMONDS
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