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Baker's Dozen

Artists discuss the 13 records that shaped their lives

He was already with Rod Stewart. I’d started following him because he’d been in The Yardbirds. But he was always the most animated guitar player. His mistakes were tasty. I loved English music – I came here in 1968 and I saw Bakerloo Blues Line, I saw Love Sculpture, I saw Jethro Tull, I saw Spooky Tooth. And The Jeff Beck Group was the template for Led Zeppelin.

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