IN FOCUS
BORN TOO LATE... WITH KERRI WATT
I've always been a bit behind when it comes to musical taste. My parents were stuck in the 70s though I grew up in the 90s, so I spent my childhood listening to disco music. Saturday nights were spent dancing round the kitchen table to Chic and Donna Summer. Some of my favourite memories are going to the King's Theatre in Glasgow to see 'Boogie Nights' and 'Saturday Night Fever' although thinking back, I'm sure I was too young to be watching those shows at the time! I remember once asking a DJ to play Michael Jackson at my friend’s disco party (we were about 9 years old) and him telling me I was out of touch! By my teens I was discovering music for myself with the help of a boy I sat next to in art Words by Kerri Watt
class. He was very shy but we struck up a friendship over our shared love of great music. We'd swap iPod's and upload our music onto each other’s then give them back to check out the new uploads. That's how I discovered and fell in love with bands like Guns N' Roses, Aerosmith, AC/ DC, Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd - thanks Steven! In my early 20's I was learning to play the guitar which led to me some of the great singersongwriters that I'd somehow missed growing up. Bonnie Raitt, Tom Waits and Jackson Browne became my heroes. All of this great music is woven throughout the fabric of my life and really informed the writing and production of my debut album 'Neptune's Daughter.' 23
In my dreams I was born in 1960s Southern California, a teen in the 70s, in my early 20s in the 80s and living out the magic of the Sunset Strip at the height rock n' roll. I've actually had the pleasure of playing the Whisky A Go-Go a couple of times and you can really feel the energy that lives on in those walls. I'm super excited for people to hear this debut record and discover a new sound inspired by the good old days. The songs are full of colour and nostalgia set against a backdrop of golden dreams - just the inspiration we need going into this new year! The album 'Neptune's Daughter.' is out now on Cooking Vinyl.
Photography by Hana Haley
