This entry is part 10 of 23 in the series Howard Conder's Life Stories
The conversation between Decca and Howard went something like this “Can we hire (rent) the Leslie Speaker which connects to a guitar from you for four days and would you deliver it to our studios?”
The birth of Howard Conder’s son Miles brought great joy to the family and for the first few years.
Howard Conder gives his account of how he met Bob Marley. He was first introduced to Bob by Johnny Nash in 1972 when they both came to England and it was in Kingston Upon Thames. Howard’s music company,
1964 Howard Conder first came to London and met with David Bowie and other Legends at the GiaConda.
Howard was very much into the electronic music scene when they moved to America and pop groups such as the Eurythmics were topping the charts with Sweet Dreams.
Circa 1991 Howard and his family try to settle in the UK again… sets up small studio in their apartment in Surbiton. Attends Cornerstone Church
Howard and Lesley and their two young children didn’t want to leave Rebecca so they rented an apartment in Arad and stayed there until both the Romanian and British paperwork was completed.
Howard’s first experience of being in prison was just before he returned to live in the UK having lived and worked in America for most of the 1980’s.