Excerpt: You hear stories like that over and over again. “I also remember the Brixton riots and the extreme prejudice in England towards ethnics and various religious groups,” says Azim Keshavjee, who grew up in England and now leads one of the most successful Pink Floyd tribute bands, the Ottawa-based Comfortably Numb. (The band will perform Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon and Animals at Barrymore’s on Oct. 23.) “I felt the brunt of that too and The Wall seemed to sum up my existence (or what my perceived existence was) at school and in the world at that time. I could relate to young ‘Pink’ but could also see the horizon … perhaps outside the wall.”
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Azim Keshavjee defies classification as a person, and as a musician. The British-born, mostly Canadian-raised, multi-instrumentalist saw his life change before his eyes, and his path laid out before him in one simple moment…watching Jimi Hendrix perform musical magic on BBC in the late 60’s. Barely old enough to hold a guitar, this epiphany was enough to chart a clear musical course for Azim through his youth and adult life. Indeed, it was the seed for the musical greatness that would follow.
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