Coming Back To Beauty: Kevin Rowland's Favourite Music | Page 9 of 14 | The Quietus

Baker's Dozen

Artists discuss the 13 records that shaped their lives

8. Van MorrisonCaravan

Early ’76 and by this point I’d learned hairdressing. My boss sent me to buy some shampoo and he lent me his car – he had this on his 8-track. I was like, what the fuck is this? The way he was singing, I thought it was like Little Richard, the way he goes wa-wa-wa-wa-wa-wa-wa. Fucking hell, amazing. Anyway, that summer I went on a first date, and this leads nicely into the next track.

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