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Background
Surachai Chanthimathorn (born 29 April 1948) is widely known as one of the best music composers in Thailand and the founder of the legendary music band called “Caravan”. Amongst followers of the genre, he is considered to be the father of “Pleng Pheu Chevit” a music which covers topics of humanity or political situations in various times.

Early life
Surachai was born in Amphoe Rattanaburi, Surin province. He is the fourth child of Mr.Yuth and Mrs.Lek Chantimathorn. His nickname is “Ngha” which is from a Cambodian word meanings “little boy”. His father was a government worker as the principle of Rattanaburi school in his home town, which allowed him to become a book worm when he was very young and later he wentgo to Bangkok toand continued studying arts, cultures and modern cultures at The college of fine arts(วิทยาลัยช่างศิลป์) in 1964. In this period of his life he had an opportunity to meet philosophers and writers who later also became very popular and well-known, such as Suwannee Sukhontha and Suchit Wongthet,. In other words, these were the factors that brought him to be a great song writer and spiritualist.