Hello JAMIROQUAI Club Members,

Here's the latest, a VERY GOOD read of former Jamiroquai
keyboardist/co-songwriter Toby Smith's thoughts about the 15th
anniversary and those hazy early days of the Quai :

1# On 19 October Jamiroquai's first official UK single was released
in the UK. A news item was posted here at funkin.com about the
occasion and since then I've asked Toby Smith - one of the original
band members from the beginnings of the band about what it was like
back then. This is what he told me...

'Mostly my memory is very hazy! I remember Jay coming to my flat
with a copy of 'When You Gonna Learn', and me thinking how good it
sounded. We were partying really hard at the time, a lot of warehouse
raves - no specific launch party as such.'

'The first time it felt like something was really happening was on
the release of TYTD..we were recording the album at the time, and
there was a distinct shift in how things felt as a band. Great times
really, a lot of laughing and blurry 5am finishes.'

'It took years for me to be objective enough to see the Jamiroquai
roller coaster for what it was, in fact probably only in the last few
years can I reflect on those first few months and see how things grew
- at the time we were so preoccupied with the present, and
gigging/partying/writing that there was no time to consider anything
else. The industry has changed so much, power has shifted from the
major record companies to artists and smaller independents and even
though no one sells 10 million records any more I still feel that it
is a really exciting time to get involved in new music. Still...
watching The Hoosiers at the beginning of their career has definitely
brought back memories...'
* Special thanks to the Funkin Site for this @ http://funkin.com *

There you go, enjoy that read and see you soon with more news!
Cheers!

Your Moderator,
JamiroFan2000