Education
An 18-year-old from Miami Beach, he had just graduated from high school and had no professional musical experience.
An 18-year-old from Miami Beach, he had just graduated from high school and had no professional musical experience.
After sleeping outside the stadium for a week, he persuaded the concert"s producer Bill Graham, in the spirit of charity, to let him perform. Graham relented, and Watson (who took his stage name from Bernard Marx and Helmholz Watson, two characters from Aldous Huxley"s "Brave New World") took the stage at 8:51am (EDT). Watson sang two songs: Bob Dylan"s "All I Really Want To Do" and an original composition called "Interview", accompanying himself on guitar and harmonica.
One of the strings on my guitar broke, then I dropped the pick and that wasn"t very professional.
But I felt happy that I got a chance. I"d like to make it in this business.
lieutenant was the dream of a lifetime. That"s what it was. — Bernard Watson
Watson"s contribution is not on the official Digital Video Disc set.
Apparently, neither the British Broadcasting Corporation nor American Broadcasting Company-television filmed Watson, and no known recording of him at Live-Aid exists.
