Baker's Dozen

Artists discuss the 13 records that shaped their lives

9. PattoRoll’ Em, Smoke’ Em, Put Another Line Out

No one knows about them, but I’ve been talking about them for years: this is the one with ‘Loud Green Song’, ‘Singing The Blues On Reds’. People associate me with straightahead rock’n’roll, but this is the stuff that I liked – I couldn’t play it and I didn’t try to play it. I don’t know how I heard about Patto, but they seemed like irreverent guys. The singer, Mike Patto was also in Spooky Tooth and Boxer – you have to look at Boxer’s album cover – and he died of cancer. Ollie Halsall was one of the best guitarists there was, left handed and he played unbelievably. I always liked songs better than I liked groups. Groups will let you down, but songs stand up on their own.

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