captain fantastic continued from page 34 stone carried the musician and singer from early hits such as "your song" and "crocodile rock” to writing music for the lion king soundtrack in 1994 and billy current moment in the zeitgeist musical that covers his life up to the time wanted to shed more light on his story what my influences were," he tells the connection from the south of france explaining how the film and the autobi- ends with me getting sober and clean; everything from how he fell in love with rock-and-roll to his penchant for crazy stage outfits to his relationship with his parents to finding love and the joys of becoming a father the result is an autobiography that to put the record straight." to pick out the melody of “the skater's matters is that once he started playing he never stopped talents as a way to keep peace in a tumul- tuous household and seek much-desired energetic playing styles of little richard scholarship to london's royal academy there for five years had solo gigs at a nearby pub along with bluesology and the corvettes me as "an incredible twist of fate," he answered an ad for singers and song- an envelope of lyrics by the young poet continued on page 38 when rock was young john was born reginald kenneth stage name from fellow musicians elton elton john family collection if elton john heard a tune and play it perfectly by ear