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Eric Faulkner (born 21 October 1953 as Eric Falconer) is a guitarist, songwriter and singer, best known as a member of the Scottish pop band the Bay City Rollers.
Faulkner was born at the Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, Scotland. As a child, he learned to play the viola and joined the Edinburgh Youth Orchestra where he played in a performance for Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, in Leith Town Hall. His father, George, was a shop steward and Scottish Trades Union Congress delegate, and member of the CPGB (Communist Party of Great Britain).
He attended Moredun Primary School in Edinburgh, and later Liberton High School, where he gained 8 ‘O’ Grades and excelled at rugby and music.
At thirteen years old Faulkner formed his first high school band, The Witness (which later became Sugar and then KIP). His early years are covered in the first part of his autobiography, An Edinburgh Lad.
In 1972 Faulkner joined The Bay City Rollers. The original Rollers, Nobby Clark, Alan and Derek Longmuir had secured a record deal with the UK record label, Bell Records. Until the end of 1973 the band’s line up was Nobby Clark, Alan and Derek Longmuir, Devine…
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