▁j ury ' ▁and ▁losing ▁his ▁scholar ship . ▁He ▁devoted ▁a ▁lot ▁of ▁time ▁to ▁working ▁on ▁piano ▁technique . ▁" I ▁spent ▁maybe ▁six ▁months ▁just ▁running ▁scales ▁with ▁a ▁met ron ome ▁like ▁a ▁fre ak ," ▁F olds ▁said . ▁" I ▁suppose ▁that ▁did ▁something ." ▁ ▁After ▁leaving ▁Miami , ▁he ▁returned ▁to ▁North ▁Carolina ▁and ▁en rolled ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁North ▁Carolina ▁- ▁Gre ens bor o ▁for ▁the ▁fall ▁sem ester ▁of ▁ 1 9 8 5 . ▁It ▁was ▁while ▁studying ▁at ▁UN CG ▁that ▁he ▁met ▁his ▁' acc ident al ▁ment or ', ▁Robert ▁D arn ell . ▁F olds ▁would ▁acknow ledge ▁the ▁impact ▁of ▁D arn ell ▁on ▁his ▁appreci ation ▁of ▁music ▁in ▁his ▁ 2 0 1 9 ▁mem oir ▁A ▁Dream ▁About ▁Light ning ▁B ugs . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 8 0 s , ▁F olds ▁( as ▁a ▁bass ist ) ▁formed ▁the ▁band ▁Maj os ha ▁with ▁long time ▁friends ▁E van ▁Ol son ▁and ▁Mill ard ▁Pow ers . ▁The ▁group ▁released ▁several ▁locally ▁produced ▁records . ▁They ▁played ▁their ▁first ▁gig ▁at ▁Duke ▁University ' s ▁Battle ▁of ▁the ▁B ands ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 8 , ▁and ▁won . ▁They ▁played ▁at ▁bars ▁and ▁frat ern ity ▁parties , ▁and ▁self - produ ced ▁an ▁EP ▁called ▁Party ▁Night : ▁Five ▁Songs ▁About ▁Jesus ▁( 1 9 8 8 ), ▁which ▁they ▁sold ▁locally . ▁The