This Boy: A Memoir Of A Childhood - Plot & Excerpts
Although Steve was no longer around to influence me, I need to acknowledge the important role he played in sowing the seeds of all three of them. A little of his musical talent passed through the Johnson genes to Linda and me. Lacking his instinctive genius, I could never play by ear so I needed Mr Weedon’s help. But I would do the kinds of things I can imagine Steve doing had he decided to take up the guitar rather than the piano: retuning the strings so that I could more easily shape major chords, for example. While that instilled habits I’d have to unlearn eventually, my long periods alone with the guitar, finding out for myself the joys of composition and chord progression, might well have echoed Steve’s approach at my age as he taught himself to play the piano. As for football in general and Queens Park Rangers in particular, Steve was a Rangers fan. That was hardly remarkable because everyone in Notting Hill seemed to be a Rangers fan. With nothing like the huge media coverage of football that exists today, most boys supported their local team.
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