Julian_Lennon

Here are some odds&ends of Julian I hope you will enjoy.

1. Julian's music debute was on his father's album Wall&Bridges when he was 11 years old on the song YaYa. After learning he was being recorded, he said, "If I knew I was being recorded, I would have played better."

2. Before getting into music, Julian was planning on going to art collage to learn how to become an artist.

3. Julian taught himself how to play music. He had one piano lesson but when his teacher kept hitting his hands when he hit the wrong key, he decided that wasn't the way to learn music and decided to teach himself.

4. Julian learned how to play music by listening to and playing along with Beatles albums.

5. Julian's best friend is Justin Clayton. They met at school and went to school together for awhile until Justin started going to another school. They stayed in touch and they're still close friends to this day.

6.There's a photo on the Internet of Jules playing drums with a band called Quazar before he became famous.

7. Julian and his parents have something in common besides genes and blood. They all lost a parent when they were 17. His mother Cynthia lost her father when he was 17. His father John lost his mother when he was 17 when he was re-establishing his relationship with her. Jules was 17 when he lost his father when he was establishing a relationship with him.

8. Like his father, Julian quit school to become a musician.

9. It's rumored Julian once worked in a restaurant waiting tables before he got into music.

10. During his first tour, Julian and his band wore one blue sock and one red sock for good luck.

11. His full name is John Charles Julian Lennon. John after his father, Charles after Cynthia's father and Julian after John's mother Julia.

12. If he had been a girl, he would have been name Julia after John's mother.

13. Julian can play several instruments. He plays piano, keyboards, guitar and drums

14. John gave Julian drums for his fifth birthday. He painted them white and threw them in the pool.

15. Shortly after his father was murdered, Jules went to live with drummer Ray Cooper for a while. 16. Julian was the inspiration behind the song Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds. He painted a picture of one of his friends in his pre-school class named Lucy. When John asked what it was, he said, "It's Lucy in the sky with diamonds." John wrote a song about the painting.
17. He has an aunt who was adopted by a couple from Norway shortly after she was born. Her birth name was Victoria Elizabeth but her adoptive parents changed her name to Ingrid. She was born in 1945.
18. His great grandfather who's name also just happened to be the same as his father's allegedly immigrated to America and became a Kentucky minstrel. He sang in a group in the southern part of the United States in the 1800's. I don't know how accurate this is.�
19. He has two half uncles named David and Robin who are a little younger than him. Their mother used to work for John and Cynthia and her name is Pauline. I think she was John's secretary until she married his father Alfred when she was only 19 or 20. She may have babysat Julian a few times. I don't think he met his half uncles.

20. He has two half aunts named Julia and Jackie.
21. Julian attended the Rock N Roll Circus when he was 5.

22. Jules is and has been my boyfriend in my fan fiction stories.

23. The Beatles manager Brian Epstien was his Godfather.

24. Jules is right handed.

25. Besides music, Jules has worked on several different projects. His latest project was Whaledreamers which he produced. He also has a brief cameo appearence in the movie.
26. In the 90's, Jules had cameo appearances in Cannes Man, Leaving Las Vegas and The Linguini Incident.
27. In 1985, Julian Lennon was part of Disneyland's 30th anniversary celebration. He sang Too Late For Goodbyes.
28. Julian lives somewhere in Europe. Sorry, I will not say which country he lives in because I respect his safety.
29. Besides, his father and The Beatles, his other influences were Steely Dan, Jethro Tull and several other bands he listened to when he was a teenager.
30. Julian quit smoking in Sept. 2007 and had lazer eye surgery in April 2008.

31. A woman claimed to be his half sister around the time Photograph Smile was released.

32. Before John Lennon was murdered in 1980, he told Julian if anything happened to him, he would float a white feather across the room which would be a sign he's OK. There's a large photo of Julian taken a few years ago holding a white feather.

33. In 1984, Julian had a number 1 hit Too Late For Goodbyes. The video was featured on a top 10 countdown show that was on Nicolodian at the time called Nick Rocks. This was the first time I saw and heard about him.

34. In 1968, Paul McCartney wrote Hey Jude for Julian to comfort him after his parents split up.

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