{"id":55691,"date":"2021-01-06T14:03:18","date_gmt":"2021-01-06T14:03:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=55691"},"modified":"2021-01-11T12:20:30","modified_gmt":"2021-01-11T12:20:30","slug":"a-tribute-to-my-dear-friend-lucien-perera-1944-2021-original-lead-guitarist-of-the-jetliners-by-felix-fernando","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/a-tribute-to-my-dear-friend-lucien-perera-1944-2021-original-lead-guitarist-of-the-jetliners-by-felix-fernando\/","title":{"rendered":"A tribute to my dear friend Lucien Perera (1944\u20132021) Original Lead Guitarist of \u2018The Jetliners\u2019 by Felix Fernando"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003366;\">A tribute to my friend Lucien Perera &#8211; by Desmond Kelly<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 24px;\">My tribute to Lucien Perera.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4AC_vlPbGi0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 20px;\">Desmond Kelly.<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003366;\">A tribute to my dear friend Lucien Perera<\/span><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003366;\">(1944\u20132021) <\/span><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Original Lead Guitarist of \u2018<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">The Jetliners<\/span>\u2019<\/span><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">by Felix Fernando<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-55692 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/A-tribute-to-my-dear-friend-Lucien-Perera2.jpg\" alt=\"A tribute to my dear friend Lucien Perera\" width=\"600\" height=\"505\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>The Jetliners circa 1963; left to right: Lucien Perera, Ishan Bahar, Harris Jurangpathy, Anton Gunewijeya, Felix Fernando<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">December 1961, and it was the \u2018end of year\u2019 concert at St. Benedict\u2019s 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 \u2013 \u2018Guitar Boogie\u2019 and \u2018Quartermaster\u2019s Store\u2019 \u2013 which I gladly agreed to do.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">At the end of his performance, Colvin \u2013 a former student of St. Peter\u2019s College, Bambalapitiya \u2013 whose other names were Lucien Merle, invited me to join a group he was forming. I accepted his invitation and eventually travelled from my home in Hulftsdorp to Dehiwela, where I was introduced to Anton de Mel who played bass guitar. As time went by I took up playing the bass guitar with Anton Gunewijeya on rhythm guitar and Harris Jurangpathy on drums. Lucien worked tirelessly to get the group as many gigs as possible. Hence the birth of THE JETLINERS. The rest is history.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-55693 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/A-tribute-to-my-dear-friend-Lucien-Perera3.jpg\" alt=\"A tribute to my dear friend Lucien Perera\" width=\"413\" height=\"551\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Lucien Perera (right) with Felix Fernando in Colombo a few years ago<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Lucien was a guitarist who would play tunes to perfection. He never missed a note. With Tony Fernando as manager, we were introduced to performing at dances at all the leading hotels in Colombo. Lucien was not in favour of doing late-night gigs, and would often complain that people should spend time at home instead of dancing till the early hours of the morning! At times we would notice Lucien playing with his eyes closed. No, he wasn\u2019t concentrating on the song but actually asleep!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">On one occasion the band was playing a tune titled \u2018You are my Heart\u2019s Delight\u2019, and when it came to his solo, with eyes shut he played a tune titled \u2018Whispering\u2019, which closely resembled the main tune the band was playing. Thus he earned the name \u2018Whispering Lucien\u2019!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">I always made it a must to visit Lucien whenever I holidayed in Sri Lanka, to show my appreciation to a person who started me off in the music scene. Over a few \u2018shots\u2019 of Ceylon Arrack we would reminisce about the good old days, and I never failed to thank him for having faith in me and inviting me to join his group \u2018The Jetliners\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Vale Lucien, my faithful friend.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A tribute to my friend Lucien Perera &#8211; by Desmond Kelly My tribute to Lucien Perera. 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