Out of the huge list of people you’ve been lucky enough to play
with – who have been the ones that afterwards you’ve just gone “Wow,
I just played with…?”
DS Well, it’s a long list now, but the one’s that
always spring to mind are George Benson, Chaka Khan and Al Jarreau. I think
that’s because
they were three of my all time favourite artists when I was younger, and they
still are. If you ask different members of the band, I’m sure you’ll
get completely different answers. When
you actually get to play with these people, it’s such a surreal experience.
You’ve been listening to, and admiring them for years, but when you play
with them, you really have to keep your cool. Sometimes afterwards you just
think, “Oh,
my God, did we just do that?” Though I discovered Al Jarreau in person
was a wonderful, kind and warm human being.
We’ve just recorded a track with Brian Eno, and again it’s a bizarre
situation because I’m a big fan of his also and have most of his albums,
and here I am, never met the guy before, sitting next to him in the studio having
a laugh, and about to record a song for the next album! You just have to be professional
and get on with it. Without sounding blasé, you do get used to it.
Who would you like to work with that you haven’t already?
DS Without any hesitation I would have to say Stevie Wonder, he's the Guv'nor. I would also love to play with kd Lang and Alison Goldfrapp, I'm a huge fan of them both.
