A hairdresser has gone back to his roots and fulfilled a life-long ambition by releasing a fundraising CD.
Owner of Headlines in Billericay and Wickford High Streets, Simon Harris, took a break from his stylist career to record the album to raise money for Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital and St Luke's Hospice in Basildon.
The two charities are held close to the 45-year-old's heart as his three-year-old grandchild, Benjamin Mickelborough suffers from an infantile cataract.
The CD, called Never Too Much, has a collection of eight jazz and soul classics and are on sale at the hairdressers for £12.
Mr Harris, who lives in Rayleigh, worked as a professional vocalist and musician with a band called Juggler in the 1970s.
He said he dreamed of making the big time but decided it would be sensible to learn a craft and trained as a hairdresser: "From the age of 15 I did nothing but music and we were out gigging all the time.
"I learned a craft because of the insecurities of the music business - you never knew where the next pay packet was coming from.
"In the mid Seventies I began training as a hairdresser, but I was still trying to tour with the band and pretty soon I realised I couldn't do both.
"I thought that going back to music would be a great way to raise cash for worthwhile causes by doing something I really enjoy."
To book Simon Harris for an event call 01277 634390.
Published Tuesday November 25, 2003
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