Mick Jagger went to the Dartford Grammar School in Kent, England. Then Mick went to the London School of Economics. The Dartford school has since opened "The Mick Jagger Centre" which hosts "Jazz Folk Roots Guitar Rock" performances. The Damned are playing there this Friday.
Joe Strummer was a boarding student at the City of London Freeman's School in Surrey. This was several years after his birth in Ankara, Turkey to his British diplomat dad, who was born in India.
Julian Casablancas (of The Strokes) went to Le Rosey, in Switzerland. It is rumored he met at least one other bandmate at LeRosey, but he probably didn't get the gigs until he became a student at The Dwight School (a.k.a. The Paris Hilton School) in New York City.
Dido, born Florian Cloud de Bounevialle Armstrong, went to the Westminster School.
James Taylor was a student at the Milton Academy.
Brian May, guitarist of the band Queen, went to the Hampton School.
Art Garfunkel has a BA and Master's from Columbia University.
Peter Yarrow of Peter Paul and Mary went to Cornell.
Ditto Huey Lewis of Huey Lewis and the News.
Ditto Harry Chapin.
Rufus Wainwright went to McGill.
Kris Kristofferson was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford.
Bonnie Raitt attended Harvard.
Joan Baez went to BU, but her dad was a Physics professor at MIT.
Where am I going with this?
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When do you hear about BHSEC?
I've been told that we will hear something re: BHSEC by the end of this month...
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