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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 ...