Earl started playing guitar at his father’s Baptist Church in West Yorkshire at the the age of 15 in 1976. Within 2 years, during the summer of 1978 some young members of the church formed a band called “Freedom”. During this time EMI reps from London came to the church to hear the band as they had been made aware of the band via Gospel Concerts they had performed at. Pastor Dawkins and Brother King an elder at the church turned the reps from Read more on Last.fm