Blue Melody, Tim Buckley (1970)

This is the one white guy who's been a huge influence on my vocals because of his range and vibrato. It's sad that it didn't work out for Tim, but his albums did sell well in the Seventies whereas now, when if your first album isn't huge you're out on your ear, he wouldn't get anywhere.

Can you imagine him going on X Factor? I wonder what Slimy Coward would have to say about someone with as much spark and attitude as this.

Slimy has done a massive disservice to real artistic creativity. There's no space for people like Dylan, Lennon and the Stones in Slimy's world.

Mick Hucknall - lead singer of Simply Red
Soundtrack of my life: Mick Hucknall

Source: The Guardian