08/01/05 Rock legend keeps dream alive

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CuiJian,ChineseRockRollMusician

Recognized as the father of rock-and-roll in China, Cui Jian has been compared to Elvis, Dylan, and Springsteen by Western media.

Born in 1961 into an ethnically Korean family, he joined the Beijing Philharmonic Orchestra at age 20 playing classical trumpet.

Smitten by Western rock, he took up the guitar and by the mid-1980s was playing Western pop songs in Beijing's small restaurants and hotels.