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Baker's Dozen

Artists discuss the 13 records that shaped their lives

4. Robbie RobertsonRobbie Robertson

At about 1:12: "I turned around and she said, ‘Why do you always end up down at Nick’s Cafe?’ 
I said, ‘I don’t know, the wind just kind of pushed me this way.’ She said, ‘Hang the rich’."

It’s just the way he says it.

And the percussion on this track… right from the beginning. Some drum tracks leave me bored as I don’t know why they have to be there – so similar under nearly everything. But where percussion is unique and built just for the song it can cure my darkest mood.

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