14 Facts About Henry Padovani

Henry Padovani was born on 14 October 1952 and is a French musician noted for being the original guitarist of English rock band The Police.

Henry Padovani was a member of the band from January 1977 to August 1977 and was replaced by Andy Summers, who had originally been part of the band as a second guitarist.

Henri Henry Padovani grew up between Algeria and Corsica from Santo-Pietro-di-Venaco.

Henry Padovani moved to London in December 1976, where a friend took him to one of Curved Air's last gigs.

Henry Padovani then auditioned for the band London and was offered the job.

Copeland was already under the impression that he had convinced singer and bassist Sting to join, but despite heavy use of word-of-mouth and advertisements in musical publications, Henry Padovani was the only guitarist he could find who was interested in punk and had actual playing ability.

Henry Padovani knew a few chords and he was really enthusiastic and when he'd had his hair cut and stuff he really looked the part.

Henry Padovani himself felt that the disparity in technical ability between the two of them made this an awkward lineup.

The night after an aborted studio session with former Velvet Underground multi-instrumentalist John Cale in the producer's chair, Copeland called Henry Padovani and asked him to leave the band.

Henry Padovani remained with bassist Val Haller and drummer JJ Johnson, and the trio recorded a final single, "So Many Ways", as simply The Electric Chairs, before management problems forced them to disband completely.

Henry Padovani recorded a solo album, A croire que c'etait pour la vie, in 2007 with record producer Yves Aouizerate.

Henry Padovani wrote the score for the films La Vie comme elle va and Ici Najac, a vous la Terre.

Henry Padovani was a judge for the spring 2011 season of X Factor in France, on the television channel M6.

In 2017 Henry Padovani performed a solo gig on acoustic guitar and vocals for the Festa in Lisula in Corse.