Little Barrie have a rockin’ soul sound, who were you originally influenced by?
I guess when I started playing it was the Stone Roses. That’s what made me want to play guitar. And at the same time I saw BB King and [other blues artists] — seeing those American guys play you realise there’s something else going on, you feel the life they put into it. That’s the reason I got into blues music, it’s so expressive. They have such a strong connection to their instruments — it made me realise that’s where rock ‘n’ roll came from. You wouldn’t have music like Jimi Hendrix without them. Did you approach Stand Your Ground any different to your debut album? I think a lot of things have changed. Mainly the sort of record we wanted to make had changed. We had different experiences as a band. We had toured a lot and listened to a lot of different music. I think we wanted to make a more direct sound than the first one. We were excited by the energy of ‘50s rock ‘n’ roll and surfing music and more garage band stuff but we wanted to keep the soul in there as well. You went to Ne
