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Tanimura Shinji was born in Kawachinagano, Osaka on Decemeber 11, 1948. He was exposed to music by his mothers shamisen playing and his sisters high school folk dancing at a young age. He spent his late elementary and junior high school years being one of the only overweight kids in his school. In junior high he began writing poetry and learning guitar. There weren't any instruction manuals in these days, so he had to practice by ear while listening to records and the radio and trying to figure out the notes. Throughout high school he continued to practice, write songs, and copy American folk songs. In high school he formed the band 'Rock Candies' with some friends. The band gained some local success in his college days, and the money earned paid for his food and expenses. He also began exercising and lost the weight that had plagued him through his school days. Rock Candies continued to become more successful as an amateur band amongst students in the Kansai area. In 1970, with the band still an unsigned amateur act with no releases, they made the insanely ambitious decision to tour around the streets of the US. He went to a festival at the Shea Stadium in New York where acts like Steppenwolf, Paul Simon, and Richie Heavens were performing. The last act was Janis Joplin (in perhaps her last live, or close to it) and though he had never heard her he was heavily impacted by her performance, calling it the greatest encounter of my life. They continued their tour around the ...

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