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   CLUB SANDWICH 59

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NRBQ - NRBQ At Yankee Stadium
            I could choose anything from this album. They're probably my favourite band of all time, playing songs in all different styles but always with the right attitude and a lot of humour. They're whizzo musicians, phenomenal players.
            Geoff Baker and Wix arranged for them to come and see us in Chicago, as a surprise for me, and they're huge McCartney fans. They couldn't believe that they'd met Paul, and were as in awe of him as I was of them.

The Pretenders - 'Kid'
            Jimmy Scott - James Honeyman-Scott as he was known - was a mate of mine, and the guitar solo on 'Kid' just proves that he was up there with the best. I knew him before he joined the Pretenders and spoke to him the day before he died because he wanted me to augment the band. Then, after he died, I was asked to replace him. Chrissie's such a great and inspired songwriter, too - I recently worked with her again on her new album.

Django Reinhardt- 'Daphne'
            He was the greatest guitarist and nobody's even come close to his playing. He proves that if the music's in your head somehow you will get it out; if the inspiration's there, it will come out, even if you can use only two fingers. He would have played with his nose if he had to.

Otis Rush - 'Jump Sister Bessie'
            This has one of my all-time favourite guitar solos. I think he's a real unsung hero. Eric Clapton once cited Otis Rush as one of his biggest influences and there's quite a similarity. Actually, 'Jump Sister Bessie' isn't much of a song - if I was a purist I'd stick to his 'Double Trouble' or 'Cold Day In Hell'. Like Albert King, Rush plays guitar upside down, with the high-string nearest to him.

T-Bone Walker - 'Two Bones And A Pick'
            You can track back through the Stones and the Beatles to Chuck Berry, and then go back even further to T-Bone Walker. He used to carry Blind Lemon Jefferson's guitar around for him in the 1920s and learned to play from him, with that wonderful blues style. In 'Two Bones And A Pick' there's a great guitar solo where he uses only the bottom two strings, pulling them with his thumb.

Muddy Waters - 'Rollin' Stone'
            He's the father of it all, really - the spearhead of the Chicago blues. The track 'Rollin' Stone' puts everything into perspective - that's where the Stones nicked their name from. This is just him on his own, but he always had such great musicians around him, and commanded such great respect.
            
            "...but there are so many others," Robbie protests as we reach 20. So honourable mentions must also go to (among dozens of names) BB King, Howlin' Wolf, Terry Reid, Duane Allman, Al Green, Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart (the album Clear Spot), XTC, the Blue Nile, the Kinks, the Stones, Sly & the Family Stone, Charlie Christian, Jeff Beck. "And my favourite single of all time was 'Something In The Air' by Thunderclap Newman.
            "And I should have mentioned some older jazz stuff...Les Paul, Benny Goodman, Fats Waller...I have jazz records filed separately. My dad turned me on to all of this stuff when I was young. Even though he's not a musician if he had been one he'd have been really good.
            "And I haven't yet mentioned any classical stuff! My mum plays the piano and was a major influence, especially in this direction. I'm a big impressionist fan: Delius, Debussy, Percy Grainger...
            "In fact, I could go on forever, I could easily compile a Top 100, I'm worried that I've missed something out..."

Club Sandwich 59