J– Erik Brann or Braunn was born Rick Davis on August 11th 1950 in Boston, Massachusetts. Allegedly, he worked, for a while, in the Fish & Chip Shop close to the Three Pilchards pub on Quay Street in Polperro, Cornwall. “It’s not hard to write a really sad song in the winter in Cornwall,” he was quoted saying. VanWarmer has said however that the song “Just When I Needed You Most” is really about the weather. She then returned home and this experience with the girl ultimately became the inspiration for his one hit song. While still a teenager, a girlfriend from the United States came to visit England, and spent several months with him. It was here, during England’s long winter days that Randy began writing songs and playing the folk clubs around Cornwall.
At 15, three years after the death of his father he moved with his mother to Looe, a small fishing village on the Southwest coast of Cornwall, England. His father, Roger VanWormer, was killed in a car accident when Randy was 12. Janu– Randy VanWarmer was born Randall Van Wormer, the third of four boys, in Indian Hills, Colorado on March 30th 1955. His parents were very active in the community church, so Randy was practically born singing standards from the old Baptist hymnbook. Johnny Burnette had a big hit called Dreamin and then Dorsey had a hit called T he Tall Oak Tree. “Dreamin was produced by Snuff Garrett, who also produced artists like Bobby Vee, Timi Yuro and others, and eventually myself.” Johnny played acoustic guitar and together they were fabulous songwriters and singers. Their harmonies were always real tight and I enjoyed singing with them, even at that age.
“Dorsey played the upright bass and steel guitar, as well as acoustic guitar.
After the Burnette brothers moved to Los Angeles, California to further their music careers, Griffin went to visit them and managed to secure a recording contract with Reprise Records. He attended Kingsbury High School in Memphis and Dorsey and Johnny Burnette were his across the street neighbors in the same housing project that was home to Elvis Presley from 1948 until 1954. His musical training began when his parents signed him up for accordion lessons. Janu– James Arthur Jimmy Griffin (Bread) was born on August 10, 1943 in Cincinnati, Ohio and grew up in Memphis, Tennessee.
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