Julian Sas

I was born in the centre of the Netherlands in 1970 and spent my early years in a small town, living a fairly ordinary childhood — though I was always full of energy. For the first part of my life I lived on a boat, right on the river where I was born. That river, and the sense of freedom that came with it, would later become a major source of inspiration for the songs I would write. When I was six, I saw a man on television doing a duck walk while playing a big red guitar. That was my first encounter with Chuck Berry and rock ’n’ roll, and I was instantly captivated by that “red thing” — the electric guitar. From that moment on, I dreamed about guitars and begged my parents for one, though they weren’t convinced at first. Everything changed when, at the age of eleven, I saw Jimi Hendrix on TV. That was the turning point. A year later my parents finally bought me a guitar, and from the moment I held it, I felt like I had stepped into another world. I practised obsessively — something that has never really stopped. I never had formal musical training; I learned by listening, feeling and experimenting. I’ve always been open to different styles of music, and life itself — along with the music around me — continues to inspire me every day.
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Howlin’ Wind