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Baker's Dozen

Artists discuss the 13 records that shaped their lives

2. The YardbirdsFor Your Love

My parents were not rich, but not poor. Every year, they sent me to London for a month to learn English. I used to stay with a family who were supposed to keep an eye on me, but while I was there, I spent all my time going to see concerts at the Marquee Club and so on. It was a long way from central London, an hour on the bus. There were clubs with Motown bands and so on that were open until 5am, so I could go there after a concert and then get the bus back.

I saw so many bands’ early performances. Cream, Fleetwood Mac, Led Zeppelin – they’re important, I saw them so many times. And ‘For Your Love’ is a seminal song for me, that motivated me to start taking music seriously.

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