Norman Blake

Norman Blake has galvanised passions and gratified hearts from Glasgow to California for over 20 years. Lead vocalist with harmonious power-pop stars Teenage Fanclub, and a formative member of Scots indie rebels the Boy Hairdressers and BMX Bandits, Blake is among alternative music’s most treasured artists.

Here's his Triptych Top 10: Del Shannon! Woah!


Merle Travis: 'Dark as a Dungeon'

Robert Johnson: 'They're Red Hot'

Equinox: 'Mad River'

Amon Duul II: 'Archangels Thunderbird'

Price & Walsh: 'Virginia Grey's Ragtime Memories'

The Champs: 'Jumping Bean'

Del Shannon: 'Cut and Come Again'

The Byrds: 'Wasn't Born To Follow'

Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers: 'Fly Into The Mystery'

Charley Jordan: 'Keep It Clean'