David 'Windy' Baboulene grew up near Croydon, South London, starting with a promising burst of energy on the 13th March 1960. Progress was steady until he was required to take some responsibility, beginning with putting his own socks on in 1962 (a project which triumphantly bore fruit in the summer of '65). Windy's writing talent went largely unnoticed at first - the decade following the sock conquest being spent in the hectic and single-minded pursuit of a football.

At 16, someone took the ball away and suggested that Windy should maybe sit an examination. He ran away to sea in a cloud of dust and romantic delusion, travelling the world for four years as a navigating apprentice in the British Merchant Navy. At 21, someone suggested that maybe he should perhaps sit a navigation examination. He left the Merchant Navy in a cloud of romantic delusion to become a rock star.

From the age of 21 to 27, Windy worked in the music industry. He wrote songs and played in bands with limited financial success, but he did well at all the parties. He had a number of songs published, some of which found their way on to record.

At the age of 28, Windy realised that the music business was a dangerous and difficult place. The nature of the industry had once more rendered him, like many of his musical peers, unable to put his own socks on. He went to Sussex University and emerged in 1991 with a degree and a wife. The university taught him how to write, and his wife helped him with his socks. A working arrangement was finally coming together.

Windy and his wife Katy live on the coast near Brighton with four blokes (aged 17, 15, 10 and 8).