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Going to prison for cocaine dealing made a man out of my son: Classical music prodigy NIGEL KENNEDY reveals his family drama - and how he's spent six figures on booze


When Nigel Kennedy was still just a child prodigy mastering the violin, he tried to fit in but his hair wouldn't let him. There was a wild tuft at the top of his head that couldn't be tamed.

The former enfant terrible of the classical music world may be approaching his 70th birthday (his diary is so full that plans are already being made for the big day, even though it’s three years away), but his famous Mohican hairstyle is still very much in evidence as he greets me by popping his head round the gate at his Tardis-like north London home, one of three houses he owns (he’s thought to be worth around £5 million). The former enfant terrible of the classical music world may be approaching his 70th birthday (his diary is so full that plans are already being made for the big day, even though it’s three years away), but his famous Mohican hairstyle is still very much in evidence ‘Everyone knows everyone else’s business – the little grapevine of gossip extends equally to everyone, whether they’ve shot a wolf in the forest or if, like me, they’re continually making noise on the violin,’ he says.

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