Though the Indonesian public may best know him as the guitarist of Gigi, Dewa Budjana already had an illustrious music career long before he helped co-found one of Indonesia’s most beloved pop rock bands in 1994. Born in Waikabubak, West Sumba on August 30th 1963, I Dewa Gede Budjana first fell in love with the guitar at the age of 11 after hearing construction workers play the instrument during breaks near his parents’ house in their hometown of Klungkung, Bali, which eventually prompted him to liberate some of his grandmother’s money to buy his own guitar in Denpasar.

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