Jakob Dylan

WALLFLOWER, BLUE-EYED SON

What music are you currently grooving to?

Joe Henry’s The Gospel According To Water. Joe’s as good a songwriter as I’m aware of. A really moving record – he had a lot of health issues and it’s a brutal look into a personal journey, and what the beyond looks like, I suppose.

What, if push comes to shove, is your all-time favourite album? You might think I was on the payroll I speak about The Clash so much, but I don’t think there’s a better rock’n’roll record than London Calling. It’s still it.

What was the first record you ever bought? And where did you buy it? I had older brothers who’d started a pretty large record collection, and they had records I liked, 999, Stiff Little Fingers, a lot of the Mod revival, Merton Parkas, Lambrettas and Purple Hearts. When I stepped out to get my own first record for that collection, I’m pretty sure it was The Police, Ghost In The Machine, from

Tower Records on Sunset Boulevard.

Which musician, other than yourself, have you ever wanted to be? A composite: dressed like Paul Simonon, singing like Charlie Rich, with a quarter of the talent of Prince.

What do you sing in the shower? Something I’d never dare do in front of other people – The Righteous Brothers’ Unchained Melody.

What is your favourite Saturday night record?

I don’t think any band have ever sounded better on a jukebox in a shitty dive bar than Thin Lizzy. It’d have to be Jailbreak, The Boys Are Back In Town, Running Back – one you don’t hear too often.

And your Sunday morning record? Marianne Faithfull’s Broken English. The Ballad Of Lucy Jordan always knocks me out of my chair.

The Wallflowers’ Exit Wounds is out now on New West.