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Scottish Guitarist, Singer/Songwriter

For the mayor of Tauranga, New Zealand, see Eric Faulkner (mayor).

Musical artist

Eric Faulkner (born 21 October as Eric Falconer^[1]) is a guitarist, songwriter and singer, best known as a member of the Scottish pop band the Bay City Rollers.

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Early life

Faulkner was born at the Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, Scotland. As a child, he learned to play the viola^[1] and joined the Edinburgh Youth Orchestra where he played in a performance for Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, in Leith Town Hall.

His father, George, was a shop steward and Scottish Trades Union Congress delegate, and member of the CPGB (Communist Party of Great Britain).^[2]

He attended Moredun Primary School in Edinburgh, and later Liberton High School, where he gained 8 'O' Grades and excelled at rugby and music.

At thirteen years old Faulkner formed his first high school band, The Witness (which later became Sugar and