Yeah. I bought it.  

On 45. 

Hmm...

I was 10. 

It was a former Beatle. Paul McCartney. 

And it was Stevie Wonder…FFS!!! 

I know. 

I know. 

I know. 

But I Don’t Care. 

And, no. He didn’t play it when I…

It was 26 January 2007. 

We were at a garage in Overton, Cheshire, England; he was having his tyres changed.  

The garage’s radio was blasting a haunting melody.  

But we were still lost. 

Lost in a post-drunk session haze.  

It…

It was a dull rainy morning in Runcorn. 

I parked up my white mark II Ford Escort.

It still had the stale smell of 10 years+ of tobacco fumes woven into every fabric in it: Thanks, Mum! 

I took a…

First time was when my mate, Pete gave me his VHS copy of Dire Straits Alchemy Live.  

I watched Mark Knopfler in awe.

His fingers gliding over the fretboard like Torville and Dean on ice.

I figured I could never…

The first music I fell in love with was rock and roll. 

Elsie Bower, my mum's friend gave me my first "mixtape" when I was about 6. 

An AGFA C90.  

No inlay card.  

So, no tracklisting.

The only writing on…