24/10/2012

Sam Carter

In the first of a new series of interviews we talk to artists about their memorable firsts, and the first first is Sam Carter - His latest album 'The No Testament' is out now to critical acclaim and he has just appeared on BBC tv on the 'Later with Jools Holland' show. Here are his firsts...

FIRST RECORD YOU EVER BOUGHT…

'Boogie Man' by John Lee Hooker

FIRST PERSON WHO MADE YOU WANT TO BE A MUSICIAN

I can't remember ever not wanting to be a musician, so the answer is probably 'me'!

FIRST GIG YOU EVER SAW

My mate Thom's dad - Steve Atkinson - in a theatre in Melton Mowbray. His album 'Small Boats' just got reissued, check it out!

FIRST CELEBRITY YOU FELL IN LOVE WITH…

Hmm, that I can remember, Shirley Manson from Garbage.

FIRST THING YOU THINK ABOUT IN THE MORNING

Water. Either the intake or outlet of it.

FIRST PERSON YOU’D INVITE TO A PARTY

My friend and fellow singer-songwriter Liam Bailey. He would drink the place dry, selflessly ensuring I had no chance of sustaining a hangover.

FIRST THING YOU’LL BUY WHEN YOU MAKE YOUR FIRST MILLION

A really swish folder to keep it all in.

FIRST THING YOU’LL ABOLISH WHEN YOU RULE THE WORLD

Pay-to-use cash machines. Come on, they're really annoying. I'll start small and work up from there; premium rate phone numbers, then extortionate train fares... Get the niggling annoyances out of the way and world peace surely won't be far off.

FIRST ALBUM YOU’D SAVE IF YOUR HOUSE WENT UP IN FLAMES

That would have to be 'Things We Lost In The Fire' by Low. How perfect would that be?

FIRST PERSON YOU’D SEND ON A ONE-WAY TICKET TO PLANET PLUTO

Whoever it was that decided not to give Deadwood a 4th series!

FIRST THING YOU EVER PERFORMED IN PUBLIC

Who knows? A cry, a burp, maybe even a little wee.

FIRST SONG YOU’D HAVE PLAYED AT YOUR FUNERAL

The Sarabande from Bach's 4th Cello Suite in Eb.

FIRST INSTRUMENT YOU EVER OWNED

A tiny ukelele with a strap my dad made out of one of the braces from my red corduroy dungarees.

FIRST PERSON YOU’D RAISE FROM THE DEAD

Freddie Mercury. I think the fact that he completely owned the olympic closing ceremony via a ten second video clip shows what a loss his death was to British music.

FIRST PLACE YOU’D VISIT IN A TIME MACHINE

The present moment; like most people I spend most of my time in the past or the future as it is, we need time machines to keep us where we are, not get away from it!

FIRST TRACK ON YOUR I-POD