From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jesse Clegg
Jesse Clegg
Year Title Chart positions Album
Highveld Homebrew
2008 "Today" 1 When I Wake Up
2008 "Heartbreak Street" - When I Wake Up
Jesse Clegg writing skills and put together the songs recorded on his
first album.
Born Johannesburg, South Africa
Genres Rock
Discography
Occupations Singer-songwriter
Studio albums
Instruments Vocals, guitar • 2008: When I Wake Up
• 2011: Life On Mars
Years active 2008 – present
Singles
Labels David Gresham Record Company Jesse Clegg released two singles from his debut album
’When I Wake Up’. The debut single ’Today’ was released
Website www.jesseclegg.com
on radio in mid August 2008 and debuted at number one
Jesse Clegg (born 1988) is a singer-songwriter from South on the Highveld Homebrew Chart, a considerable feat for
Africa, and the son of the musician Johnny Clegg. a debut artist with a debut single and a first for Home-
brew. The second single ’Heartbreak Street’ received
heavy airplay on 94.7 Highveld stereo as well as 5FM.
Early life
Clegg was born in Johannesburg in 1988. By the time he References
was six months old he was on tour with his father, and
between 1988 and 1994 he spent at least 5 months a year
on the road. The cover of Johnny Clegg’s 1989 album Cru- External links
el, Crazy Beautiful World depicts a young Jesse Clegg on • Official Site
his father’s shoulders, and the title track is addressed and • David Gresham Records
dedicated to him.
Persondata
Name Clegg, Jesse
Musical career Alternative names
Early on, Jesse carved out an independent direction for Short description
himself in the rock genre, very different from the world
Date of birth 1988
music style developed by his father. He strove to express
himself in the most authentic way possible and under- Place of birth Johannesburg, South Africa
stood the importance of being able to perform live. He Date of death
experimented with a number of different instruments -
Place of death
which included saxophone, clarinet, drums and piano –
until he settled and focused mainly on guitar. By seven-
teen, songwriting was his chief musical focus and it was
in this period and the years to follow that he honed his
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