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“I couldn’t get it together. Robert came in, with his martini and cigarette, and said, ‘I don’t want Robbie McIntosh. I don’t want Clapton. I want you’”: How British superstar Robe...

Sideman to the stars Carl Carlton recalls one particularly difficult studio session, and how Palmer's confidence in him eventually helped him nail the track

“I couldn’t get it together. Robert came in, with his martini and cigarette, and said, ‘I don’t want Robbie McIntosh. I don’t want Clapton. I want you’”: How British superstar Robe...

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