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James Martin’s honest playlist: ‘I learned to play guitar so I could perform Don’t Stop Believin’ every night’


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The first song I remember hearing I grew up in a farmhouse in Welburn, a little village in North Yorkshire. The song I do at karaoke Last tour, the guys at the promoters Live Nation said: “We need a strong ending to the show.” I remember Lee Evans playing the piano at Wembley Arena. The song that gets me up in the morning Sympathy for the Devil by the Rolling Stones has got what I call a proper guitar riff.

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