Henry Padovani

London, December 1976: The young Corsican guitarist Henry Padovani first arrived in England. His two-week vacation turned into a seven-year sojourn as the novice musician discovered an entirely new world, whose fresh philosophy he quickly and instinctively adopted. Meeting Stewart Copeland was the turning point, and together with Sting they formed The Police. The following year, after a short stint as a four-piece with Andy Summers, Henry left the band and teamed up with Wayne County and the Electric Chairs. This important era of musical and social history became, for Padovani, a formative period of friendship with those who are today known as the undisputed stars of pop and rock. People such as Sting and The Police, Mick Jones, Topper Headon and The Clash, Pete Farndon and The Pretenders, Wayne County and The Electric Chairs, to name just a few, all became part of his life. Yet Padovani distanced himself from the spotlight, focusing his life instead on human values.