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Mescalero Scott Shields: “It was very poignant”

Yes, toward the end of recording . That record was very much under Ant Genn’s control. They’d kind of pulled Joe out of where he was to make that record – and it took a bit of encouragement. I’d been in a band with Martin [] and Martin asked if I wanted to play bass on this, and I said, “Well, I don’t play bass, but, yeah, I’ll give it a go.” I went out for a curry with Joe, and Joe said, “Right, you’re in the band.” I said, “But you’ve not heard

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