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Rathnayake was born on 18 February 1942 in a small village near Kadugannawa as the third of the family with 10 siblings. His father was Rathnayake Arachchilage Don James. He was popularly known as Rathnayake Veda Mahaththaya, was an apothecary and sang "noorthi gee," a type of Sinhala folk songs. His mother was Abeykoon Mayadunnelage Sumanawathi.
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Roger Clyne and The Peacemakers formed in 1998, following the removal of Brian Blush and departure of Art Edwards from The Refreshments. [1] Frontman Roger Clyne and drummer Paul "P.H." Naffah were originally joined by former Gin Blossoms member Scott Johnson, who left to rejoin his former band in 2002.
Adkins later attended Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff for a time until he was pursued by an agent from Capitol Records. [1] Their second album Static Prevails saw guitarist Tom Linton and Adkins trading spots as the lead vocalist from track to track, and their album Clarity saw Adkins taking over lead vocals for all but one of the tracks.
In 2008, he was inducted into the Arizona Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame. [22] In 2015 Herndon returned to the recording studio. Former Arizona Attorney General Grant Woods, to showcase Arizona in a different light, "rounded up a cast of Phoenix-area all-stars" and cut an album called Grant Woods' The Project.
He attended Tucson High School where he further developed as a singer and learned to play the guitar. After high school, Edmonson attended the University of Arizona , where he studied anthropology. Edmonson took a strong interest in Native American tribes, including the Pascua Yaqui Tribe , helping to produce a Spanish-Yaqui dictionary.
Chandani Rathnayake was a dancer and a vocalist. [14] His brother Lelum is also a musician and singer who worked in a musical band. [15] [16] His uncle Somapala Rathnayake was a renowned musician in Sri Lanka, who worked mostly in background music for many Sinhala films and television serials. He died in July 2016 at the age of 70.