LUCIEN PERERA Archives

In Loving memory of Colvin Merle Lucien Perera 1944 – 2021 – by Patrick Ranasinghe The Jetliners Quarter Master Store Quarter Master Store with Lucien Last live appearance The Jetliners At The Coconut Grove With Mignonne & Ishan Full Green Album In Loving memory of Colvin Merle Lucien Perera 1944 – 2021 who I recall was a student at St. Peters College, Bambalapitiya in 1958. He was better known as Merle. He would take part in College concerts. He completed his higher studies at St Benedict’s College, Kotahena. I next saw him perform on stage at St. Peters College, with his group “The Jetliners”. A popular sound-man named Tony Fernando, who was, on that day, experimenting on various sound effects, offered the group a recording session at his Lewis Brown studio. It was a memorable night for me watching this group perform hits such “Apache” and “Quarter Masters Store”, songs ...

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 ...