Portrait of the artist: Kelly Jones, musician

What got you started? My dad. He was signed to Polydor before I was born, and his single was always on the jukebox in the local pub. I had guitar lessons from the guitarist in his band, did my first gig aged 12, and it all went from there.What was your big breakthrough? Naming my three-piece band Stereophonics in March 1996. Two days later, we were spotted by producers at a gig in London; two weeks after that, we'd made a demo and every record company in the country wanted to sign us.What song w...

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