Jools Holland was born in 1958 with an unusual musical gift: at the age of eight, he could play the piano fluently by ear and by the time he reached his early teens he was proficient and confident enough to be appearing regularly in many of the pubs in South East London and the East End Docks.At the age of 15, Jools was introduced to Glenn Tilbrook and Chris Difford, and together they formed Squeeze; shortly afterwards they were joined by Gilson Lavis (who'd already played with, among others, BB King, Chuck Berry, and Max Wall), who drums with Jools to this day.Up The Junction and Cool For Cats made Squeeze's success meteoric and their popularity rapidly extended to America where they toured extensively and eventually carried out a stadium tour, including performances at Madison Square Garden.More info @www.joolsholland.com
