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Baker's Dozen

Magic Moments: Michael Head’s Baker’s Dozen
Patrick Clarke , April 22nd, 2024 10:51

In a year that sees him finish his 'magical memoir', a new album with The Red Elastic Band and a career-spanning homecoming show in Liverpool, former Shack, Strands and Pale Fountains frontman Michael Head takes Patrick Clarke through the 13 records that shaped him

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Tim Buckley – Goodbye And Hello

I’d seen a TV performance of Tim Buckley, he walked on and just played this incredible song, ‘Song To The Siren’, it blew me away. The first album I got was Happy Sad, and the playing on that – the vibes, the texture, the voice, the lyrics… I was in. At that time I was doing a lot of building with blocks with my son. He doesn’t like music, but we both loved this album. I noticed during ‘Carnival Song’ that his little legs and arms were going, that he was giving it a chance. So it’s an important album to me.